texture

Question 1

opening of the extract

Answer 1

consists of monophonic gankogui

Question 2

the gankogui

Answer 2

plays an ostinato throughout the performance

Question 3

a two part texture

Answer 3

is created half-way through bar 1 with the entry of the atsimevu

Question 4

arrival of sogo

Answer 4

in bar 3 introduces a highly complex, three-part, polyrhythmic texture, which, with brief variants, remains with us for the rest of the piece

Question 5

bars 29-30

Answer 5

the atsimevu plays in rhythmic unison with the gankogui for two ostinato cycles

Question 6

homorhythm

Answer 6

is very briefly present in the final three notes of the excerpt