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GCSE Music - Yiri
Yiri flash cards
14
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Not Applicable
10/11/2013

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Monophonic
Definition
The texture at the start of Yiri - One single Balafon playing
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Heterophonic
Definition
The texture in Yiri when the second balafon joins, playing a similar melody
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Polyrhythmic
Definition
Many rhythms playing at once
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Syncopation
Definition
Off beat rhythms
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Cross Rhythms
Definition
Rhythms in different time signatures played at the same time
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Ostinato
Definition
Repeating patterns, could be a rhythm or a melody
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Pentatonic scale
Definition
A five notes scale - used by the vocals in Yiri
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Hexatonic Scale
Definition
A six note scale used by the Balafons
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Call and response
Definition
melodic device in which one instrument plays a melodic question, and another gives a melodic answer
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Tremolo
Definition
Fast alternation between two notes. Seen on the Balafon
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Improvisation
Definition
Making up music on the spot
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Aural tradition
Definition
Learning music by ear, passed down between generations
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Djembe
Definition
A common African drum
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Talking Drum
Definition
An African drum which you squeeze to create different pitches
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