Set Work 7 – Release - Stratford School...
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‘Release’ from the album Volume 2: Release Afro Celt Sound System Performing Forces Copyright © 2016 Sean Young Fusions African Kora, talking drum Harmony and Tonality Starts with drone on C Aoelian and Dorian in C Melody Melody provided by vocalists and solos Structure Rhythm and Metre Extended verse structure Texture Constantly changing, layered Repetitive chord sequences Solos based on folk melodies Vocals are syllabic Some extended chords Stepwise melody lines Parts fade in and out Mainly homophonic Some polyphony/heterophony Western Synth, bass guitar, percussion, piano European Folk Fiddle, accordion, hurdy-gurdy Irish Uillean pipes, bodhrán, tin whistle, low whistle Vocal sections mark structural points between solos Clear intro and coda 4,8 and 12 bar sections Vocals African, English, Gaelic Studio Effects Short phrases Ornaments No pulse or metre at beginning Bodhrán rhythm syncopated Ostinato rhythms Semiquavers prominent in solos Polyrhythms Triplets and Sextuplets used
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‘Release’ from the album Volume 2: Release
Afro CeltSound System
Performing Forces
Copyright © 2016 Sean Young
Fusions
AfricanKora, talking drum
Harmony and Tonality
Starts with drone on C
Aoelian and Dorian in C
Melody
Melody provided by vocalists and solos
Structure
Rhythm and Metre
Extended verse structure
Texture
Constantly changing, layered
Repetitive chord sequences
Solos based on folk melodies
Vocals are syllabic
Some extended chords
Stepwise melody lines
Parts fade in and out
Mainly homophonic
Some polyphony/heterophony
WesternSynth, bass guitar, percussion, piano
European FolkFiddle, accordion, hurdy-gurdy
IrishUillean pipes, bodhrán, tin
whistle, low whistle
Vocal sections mark structural points between solos
Clear intro and coda
4,8 and 12 bar sections
VocalsAfrican, English, Gaelic
Studio Effects
Short phrases Ornaments
No pulse or metre at beginning
Bodhrán rhythm syncopated
Ostinato rhythms
Semiquavers prominent in solos
Polyrhythms
Triplets and Sextuplets used
‘Release’ from the album Volume 2: Release
Afro CeltSound System
Performing Forces
Copyright © 2016 Sean Young
Fusions
AfricanKora, talking drum
Harmony and Tonality
Starts with drone on C
Aoelian and Dorian in C
Melody
Melody provided by vocalists and solos
Structure
Rhythm and Metre
Extended verse structure
Texture
Constantly changing, layered
Repetitive chord sequences
Solos based on folk melodies
Vocals are syllabic
Some extended chords
Stepwise melody lines
Parts fade in and out
Mainly homophonic
Some polyphony/heterophony
WesternSynth, bass guitar, percussion, piano
European FolkFiddle, accordion, hurdy-gurdy
IrishUillean pipes, bodhrán, tin
whistle, low whistle
Vocal sections mark structural points between solos
Clear intro and coda
4,8 and 12 bar sections
VocalsAfrican, English, Gaelic
Studio Effects
Short phrases Ornaments
No pulse or metre at beginning
Bodhrán rhythm syncopated
Ostinato rhythms
Semiquavers prominent in solos
Polyrhythms
Triplets and Sextuplets used
