Questions about the Yiri-Koko piece

Few quick questions about the Yiri-Koko piece for GCSE Edexcel Music!

Hope it helps :)

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  • Created by: Rebecca
  • Created on: 12-04-11 18:25

1. What is a djembe?

  • The structure of Yiri
  • A goblet-shaped drum
  • A instrument made of wooden bars, tuned to different pitches
  • A playing technique on the balafon.
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2. What is the key of Yiri?

  • Gb major
  • Db major
  • Bb major
  • It is atonal

3. What happens in the introduction?

  • Balafon solo played using a tremolo
  • Solo balafon playing long and soothing notes.
  • Call and Response between the soloist and the chorus.
  • Two balafons playing in octaves

4. The music is mainly hexatonic

  • True
  • False

5. Which 2 notes do the balafons tend to emphasise? (They are the tonic and the dominant of the key!)

  • C and G
  • Gb and Db
  • Bb and F
  • G and D

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Sophie kendall

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your definition of a balafon is not correct. otherwise good test!

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