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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