When was yiri by koko released

Notify me of new posts by email. William Green. Repetition — The restatement of a section of music. This might just be a few notes or a whole section. Improvisation — The music is made up spontaneously without the use of written musical notation. With Yiri, the music was later noted by a recording which is known as transcription.

Polyphonic texture — This is where there are two or more parts playing different melodies at the same time creating a multi-layered texture. Melodies are usually short and simple and repeated over and over. This is known as an ostinato. Melodies can be changed at will by other singers so that we end up with a theme and then variations on that theme. Performers often improvise new melodies while others continue the original melody creating a polyphonic texture.

Clap sticks Slit gongs Stamping tubes Aerophones wind. Flutes bamboo, horn Ocarinas Panpipes Horns from animal tusks Trumpets wood or metal Pipes being single or double reeds Whistle Chordophones strings. Zithers Lutes kora Lyres Musical bows In Yiri, the instruments used are the balaphone which is similar to a xylophone and is made up of wooden bars, the djembe which is a drum shaped like a goblet and played with the hands and the talking drum that is played with a hooked stick and can be used to imitate speech by creating different pitches and slides.

Madou Kone — vocals, balaphone and flute. Sydou Traore — vocals and balaphone. Jacouba Kone — djembe Francois Naba — vocals, tam-tam, dundun and maracas.

Keresse Sanou — talking drum and Tidiane Hema who does vocals and plays the maracas. In addition, the music focuses on creation, community celebrations and friendship. The balaphone ostinato — in combination, these produce a complex polyphonic texture. The drum ostinato — in this piece they play a relentless one-bar pattern.

The vocal line — this is a simple pentatonic call and response structure. Here are the main points about Yiri by Koko:. The tempo stays unvaried. The beat is regular and unvarying providing a good beat.

The drum ostinatos persist throughout the music. The dynamics are largely unvaried. Yiri is in the key of G flat major and is hexatonic meaning it is based on a size-note scale. The balaphones tend to play short patterns from high to low emphasising G and D. They have solo breaks in between choruses which are more vituosic. Syncopation is used mostly in the vocals and balaphone sections.

The drums play a rhythmic ostinato which lasts throughout the piece consisting of a quaver and two semi-quavers played over and over again. There is monophonic texture at the beginning which leads on to be heterophonic. Balaphone at beginning uses tremolos and grace notes as decoration.

Related Reads. Share 0. Tweet 0. Pin it 0. William Green Author. Will created AskWillOnline. He now runs others websites such as PoemAnalysis. You can follow him willGreeny. Some good information in here! Oral tradition. Use the words below to identify the structure they can be used more than once. Newmans Class. Van Morrison Tupelo Honey By. Context Soft rock - Ballad Much of it improvised! The fourth area of study looks at aspects of world music We will look specifically at Indian, African and Celtic music.

Our second set work is Yiri by. The Motown Beat A medium tempo, between beats per minute A strong backbeat Light timekeeping, usually percussion Moderate syncopation A bass line. Yiri by Koko. Tonality Major Minor Atonal Modal. Similar presentations. Upload Log in. My presentations Profile Feedback Log out. Log in. Auth with social network: Registration Forgot your password?

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