Release - Afro Celt Sound System

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  • Created by: stray
  • Created on: 06-12-17 19:13
What is this piece a fusion of?
African, Celtic, and electronic dance music
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What are the African instruments?
kora - talking drum
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What is the Western instrumentation?
male and female vox - synths - breath sample - drum machines - electric piano - shaker - tambourine
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What is the Celtic instrumentation?
hurdy-gurdy - uilleann pipes - bodhran - fiddle - whistle - accordion
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What playing techniques are included?
glissando - ornamentation - double-stopping - open and closed hi-hat
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Describe the structure of the piece.
Extended verse structure - contains intros, solos, breaks and an outro (no choruses) - 4, 8 and 12 bar sections
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Describe the melody of the piece.
main verse is syllabic - short phrases - repetitive - sense of improvisation from opening female vocals - use of ornamentation - use of reverb - conjunct
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What is the texture of the piece?
constantly changing - use of layering - loops - main texture is homophonic - heterophonic in outro
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What is the key of the piece?
C minor
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Describe the harmony.
diatonic - modal - repetitive chord sequences - some extended chords - drone on c at the beginning - Aoelian and Dorian in c
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What is the tempo and metre of the piece?
free time at the beginning - steady tempo at 100bpm - 4/4 time sig
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Describe the rhytm.
Bodhran syncopated rhythm - slighlty swung semiquavers - triplets and sextuplets used - Rhythmic ostinato - polyrhythms
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What are the African instruments?

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kora - talking drum

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What is the Western instrumentation?

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Card 4

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What is the Celtic instrumentation?

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Card 5

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What playing techniques are included?

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sooooo good

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