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Yiri by Koko

Yiri by Koko. Yiri by Koko. Today you will…. Recap Yiri by Koko info learnt last lesson. Learn about the instruments used. Learn about the melodies & tonality used. Where is this music from?. The West African country of Burkina Faso. Official Language.

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Yiri by Koko

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  1. Yiri by Koko Yiri by Koko

  2. Today you will… • Recap Yiri by Koko info learnt last lesson. • Learn about the instruments used. • Learn about the melodies & tonality used.

  3. Where is this music from? • The West African country of Burkina Faso

  4. Official Language • French, but 90% of the population speak tribal languages of the Sudanic family.

  5. Cultural Context • Yiri is a native folk music piece from Burkina Faso. • Much of the music here is traditional folk music. • Yiri is celebration music for bringing a person out to honour them (usually an older person).

  6. Structure Introduction (1st balaphon) Theme (1st balaphon) 12 variation verses(1st balaphon/group singers/solo tenor) Coda (drums play louder/rhythmic accents/more improvisation)

  7. Structure continued • The overall structure is strophic (AAAA). • The piece consists of a set of variations over an ostinato.

  8. Texture Light Polyphonic Heterophonic

  9. Instruments Used • Talking drum – a traditional WestAfrican drum. It was originally used to send messages across open plains. • Balaphon – a wooden xylophone of West Africa. • Cowbell – this is only used right at the end of the piece. • Singers – they sing in unison & use the high tenor range as doe the solo tenor singer.

  10. Melodies & Tonality • The music begins in Db major • It then quickly moves to Gb melodies moving against a pentatonic ostinato on Db. • The tonic is Gb as the melodic phrases consistently end on that note. • The music is diatonic.

  11. Dynamics • Mostly mezzo forte • Crescendos & diminuendos at the beginning. • Coda is forte

  12. Tempo Moderate except at the beginning where the tempo is quite free.

  13. Lyrics The lyrics are in a native tribal language & there is no translation currently available.

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