Transcript yiri 2x
Yiri part 2
AIMS:
To learn more about African musical
traditions and to begin to understand
the set work YIRI
AFRICAN SONGS
There
is a belief that music
serves as a link to the spirit
world.
Singing unites whole tribal
communities
It is a means of
communication
African
languages are
TONE LANGUAGES ie, the
Pitch level determines
actual meaning. This is
useful as melodies can be
made to fit to match
meanings and speech
rhythms of song lyrics.
Common Features of African Music
One
Basic form is call and response
Melodies usually use a scale of
only 4,5,6 or7 different notes
Melodies can be changed at will
by other singers
Singers often improvise new
melodies over existing ones
person sings a line and the
group responds with a vocal
reply
Usually short and simple,
repeated over and over
Can therefore end in a theme
and variations format
Leads to polyphonic textures
More features
Music
can be sung in rounds, often creating a very
complex texture
Harmony will vary from tribe to tribe
Some communities sing in octaves or unison with a 4th or
5th added rarely
Some tribes sing in 3rds and sixths, freely harmonising.
Learnt by oral tradition
AFRICAN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
IDIOPHONES
AEROPHONES
CHORDOPHONES
Rattles
Bells
Mbira ( thumb piano)
Xylophones/ Balaphones
Clap sticks
Slit gongs
Stamping tubes
Flutes
Ocarinas
Panpipes
Horns ( animal tusks)
Trumpets
Pipes
Whistle
Zithers
Lutes (kora)
Lyres
Musical bows
Extras
Also common is the use of body
percussion
Hand clapping
Foot stamping
Vocables
Vocal effects
Instrumental music of Africa
Common
Instrumental music
features of instrumental music
Repetition
Improvisation
Cyclic structures
Polyphonic textures
Intertwining melodies
Vocab test
Improvisation
Djembe
Repetition
Dundun
Polyphonic
Donno
Vocables
Yiri
Balaphones
Cross
Call
and response
Tone language
Aerophone
rhythms
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Membraphone
YIRI
PLAYED
BY GROUP NAMED KOKO
Comes from Burkino Faso, West Africa
Themes in music from here conjure up man kinds life
battles, fight for survival and environmental issues
Music focuses on creation, community celebrations and
friendships
Yiri
Three
main strands
Balafon ostinato, combined to make complex
polyphonic texture
Drum ostinato – relentless one bar pattern
Vocal line, mainly call and response.
Other features in Yiri
Tempo
is unvaried
Beat is regular and unvarying
Drum ostinato persists throughout with only small
exceptions
Pattern of voices followed by instrumental breaks
Dynamics largely unvaried
Cross Rhythms