Afro Celt Sound System Release

Question 1

Date of release

Answer 1

1999

Question 2

What instruments are apart of the African side?

Answer 2

.A kora
.A djembe
.A talking drum

Question 3

What is a kora?

Answer 3

A type of harp

Question 4

What is a djembe?

Answer 4

A goblet-shaped drum

Question 5

What is a talking drum?

Answer 5

A drum that changes pitch and mimics the tone patterns of human speech

Question 6

What instruments are apart of the Celtic side?

Answer 6

.Uilleann pipes
.Fiddle
.Accordian
.Low whistle
.Bodhran
.Hurdy Gurdy

Question 7

What is an uilleann pipe?

Answer 7

Irish bagpipes that have a softer tone than the Scottish variety

Question 8

What is a fiddle?

Answer 8

Folk musicians names for a violin

Question 9

What is an accordion?

Answer 9

This one has hand operated bellows and blow metal reeds

Question 10

What is a low whistle?

Answer 10

An instrument like a metal recorder

Question 11

What is a bodhran?

Answer 11

A handheld drum played with a double-headed beater

Question 12

What is a hurdy-gurdy?

Answer 12

A mechanical violin, strings are made to vibrate by a cranked handle

Question 13

What features are apart of the sound system side?

Answer 13

.Male and female vocals
.synthesisier and samples
.electric piano, drum machine
.shaker and tambourine
.various digital effects

Question 14

Who is the first voice heard?

Answer 14

N’Faly Kouyate recites an introduction in Mankinka which is one of the languages of Guinea

Question 15

Who sings verses 1 and 3?

Answer 15

Sinead O’Connor in English, she also wrote the lyrics

Question 16

Who sings verse 2?

Answer 16

Larla O Lionaird in Irish

Question 17

What is the meter at the opening section?

Answer 17

Free time

Question 18

What is the tempo and meter of the piece?

Answer 18

4/4 and moderately fast

Question 19

Describe the overall rhythm

Answer 19

.Slightly swung

.Syncopation in the vocal melody

Question 20

What do the strings of rapid short notes in the instrumental solos and loops echo?

Answer 20

The fast decorative style of Irish folk music

Question 21

Where do triplets feature?

Answer 21

In the low whistle solo and fiddle loops

Question 22

What effect do the repeating loops create?

Answer 22

Ostinatos or riffs

Question 23

What does a 4 above a rest mean

Answer 23

The rest lasts for 4 bars

Question 24

Describe the overall melody and why?

Answer 24

Modal, tries to be in the C minor key but the piece does not include the note Bb, which is the leading note of the key

Question 25

How is the piece anchored to C minor

Answer 25

Drones and repeating patterns based on a chord of C minor

Question 26

What is the texture mainly?

Answer 26

Homophonic

Question 27

How is a layered texture achieved in the accompaniment?

Answer 27

Through the layering of loops

Question 28

State the texture

Answer 28

``` Intro Verse 1 Verse 2 Solos Verse 3 Build Outro ```

Question 29

What plays a solo in the solo section?

Answer 29

Uillean pipes Low whistle Hurdy-gurdy

Question 30

What is the build?

Answer 30

A period of long crescendo and thickening texture

Question 31

How does the outro end?

Answer 31

Fades out on electric piano loops

Question 32

Where is the general melody from?

Answer 32

Modal (aeolian mode on C)

Question 33

Describe the melody in verse 1?

Answer 33

5 pitches of the pentatonic minor scale (C-Eb-F-G-Bb)

Question 34

How is the melody quite repetitive?

Answer 34

Many similar 2 bar phrases that fall from G to C

Question 35

What is the introductory vocal solo closely based on?

Answer 35

The falling melody of verse 1

Question 36

Describe the ranges of the singers

Answer 36

``` Male - .Wide range (13th) Female - .Narrow range (6th) .Low tessitura ```

Question 37

Describe the vocal line

Answer 37

Conjunct, syllabic, some parts whispered

Question 38

Describe the melody of the instrumental parts

Answer 38

.Wide range .disjunct movement .emphasise G and C as the main notes of the mode

Question 39

What is a pad?

Answer 39

A sustained synthesizer sound, often resembling strings, organ or voices

Question 40

What does vox mean?

Answer 40

It is Latin for voice

Question 41

What does the word pickup show and indicate?

Answer 41

Shows where the loop starts and indicates that it begins on an anacrusis