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AOS 4: Koko – ‘Yiri’

AOS 4: Koko – ‘Yiri’. Sub-Saharan African music From Burkina Faso (Western African musical traditions). Instrumental music. Is it different to Western music?. What is its importance?. Instruments. What is Sub-Saharan African music like?. Choral. Drumming. What occasions is it used for?.

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AOS 4: Koko – ‘Yiri’

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  1. AOS 4: Koko – ‘Yiri’ • Sub-Saharan African music • From Burkina Faso (Western African musical traditions)

  2. Instrumental music Is it different to Western music? What is its importance? Instruments What is Sub-Saharan African music like? Choral Drumming What occasions is it used for? Who participates? What is it combined with?

  3. Communication Social gatherings What is its importance? Feelings Emotions

  4. Who participates? Everybody Unites people Part of everyday life Regardless of ability

  5. Costumes Movement Body painting Masks What is it combined with? Mime Stories Speech

  6. Harvest Weddings What occasions is it used for? Birthdays Funerals

  7. Do you think music has the same role and importance throughout the world? Do you think it is appreciated in the same way?

  8. Drumming • Certain rhythms mean certain things • Communication • Oral tradition – no traditional notation • Varies from region to region • Will increase in tension • Signal • Solo • Improvisation • Master drummer

  9. Choral • Music = link to spirit world • Call and response • Short, simple melodies • Improvisation • Harmony varies from region to region • Overlapping textures • Tone languages – Pitch determines the meaning of words

  10. Instrumental • Membranophones • Idiophones • Aerophones • Chordophones • Body percussion • Vocables • Interlocks and overlaps

  11. Common features of Sub-Saharan African music • Repetition/Cyclic patterns • Improvisation • Polyrhythm • Call & Response • Cyclic structure • Intertwining melodies • Polyphonic texture • Singing in harmony • Cross rhythms

  12. Instruments Talking drum/Donno Djembe Dundun Shaker/beaded shekere/cabasa Ocarina Kora Balaphone

  13. Instruments in ‘Yiri’ • Vocals • Djembe • Donno • Dundun • Maracas/shakers • Balaphone • Flute • Kora • Tam-tam (gong)

  14. Questions • Which instruments are used in ‘Yiri’? • What are the 3 main strands in the piece? • How does the piece start? • Identify a place where heterophonic texture is used. What is this? • What persists throughout the whole piece? • Describe the dynamics. • Where are triplets used? • How would you describe the texture when all the parts are playing/singing? • How is variety achieved in this piece? • How does the piece end?

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