yiri analysis. overview in the set work there are 3 clear strands or ideas. 1. the balaphone...
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Yiri
Analysis
Overview
In the set work there are 3 clear strands or ideas.
1. The balaphone ostinati. (When layered together form a complex polyphonic texture.
2. The drum ostinati (1 bar repeated pattern)
3. The vocal line (Based on pentatonic scale with simple call and response structure)
Intro 0’00 – 0’:18
In free tempo High improvised balaphone solo Monophonic texture Trills or rolls on some notes. Establishes key of Gb
Section 1 (0’18 – 0’34)
Second balaphone joins mainly playing in octaves.
Strong rhythmic feel based on 2 bar phrase.
Heterophonic texture as Balaphone 2 plays a decorated version of balaphone 1
Section 2 (0’34 – 1’09)
3 Drums enter. Occasional djembe fills Melody includes syncopated rhythms
Section 4 Chorus A1
Voices enter in UNISON Melody short, no harmony.
Section 5 Instrumental Solo 1
Short solo balaphone break. Accompanied by ostinati on drums
Section 6 Chorus A2
Similar to A1
Section 7 Instrumental
Voices out. Solo on lower pitched balaphone.
Section 8 Call and Response Section 1
Dramatic new melody with long held notes and short punctuated notes.
Call enters first. Still accompanied by drums
Vocals now include triplet figures. Voices answer the call in unison at b63.
Section 9 Call 2
Balaphone now plays 3 note semiquaver
figure introducing cross rhythms. Rhythmically exciting with drum ostinati,
syncopated ideas, triplet rhythms..
Section 10 Response 2
Choir in UNISON
Section 11 Call 3
Solo voice with some varied balaphone rhythms in a solo break.
Section 12 Instrumental
Solos carry on. New ideas on balaphones. Three beat rest before…..
Section 13 Chorus B1
Full choir in unison singing ‘Yiri’ with short instrumental interjections to break up the vocals.
Section 14 Dialogue
Interplay between voices and instruments
Section 15 Instrumental
Instrumental based on riffs. More virtuosic – rapid passages
Section 16 Chorus A3
Full choir again
Section 17 Final Instrumental
Heavily syncopated. Drums re-enter just before coda.
Section 18 Coda
5 x 2-bar phrases in octaves. Dramatic rests. Strong riff Concludes with bell sound.
Important style notes.
Tempo is unvaried after it is first established. Regular beat throughout. Drum ostinati persists throughout. Dynamics are largely unvaried and changes
occur only through textural layering.