African a cappella Singing
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- African a cappella Singing
- Choral Music with no instruments
- Zulu styles are from South Africa which developed at the start of the 20th centuary
- Performed at religious ceromonies
- Linked to dance movements
- Songs are performed from memory
- No conductor but a soloist leads
- Famous groups
- Soweto Gospel Choir
- Ladysmith black Mambazo
- Melody and Texture
- Very repetitive with the same basic phrase repeated many times
- Phrases frequently descend and sometimes die away
- Call and Response
- Texture is usally homophonic with the different parts moving together in parallel motion
- Rhythm
- Complex Syncopated rhythm sound very fluid
- Flexible rhythms and beat make the music difficult to notate
- Harmony and Tonality
- Major key and use repetitive diatonic harmonies
- Parts move together in parallel 3rds
- Timbre
- Singing with force creates a nasal sound
- soft and mellow blend combined with dynamic changes gives a gentle, rippling effect
- Unusual vocal effects such as ululating which creates a high pitched wavering sound, tongue clicks ad glissandos
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