Melody
Multiple notes sung on one syllable (ah's at the beginning)
What is melismatic?
The term for offbeat
What is syncopation?
Define a mode
What is a scale where the tonic 1 is not the first pitch?
The texture for the majority of the piece
What is polyphonic?
The difference in timbre between the hurdy gurdy and uilleann pipes?
What is the uilleann pipes sound more pingy and bright?
A musical cell that repeats (think Defying Gravity)
What is a motif?
The instrument that primarily keeps the pulse
What is bodhran?
The two modes in the piece
What is dorian and what is aeolian?
The term for the repeating sections of music played by different instruments, often layered on top of each other
What is a loop?
The two West African instruments that most prominently feature
What is djembe and what is talking drum?
The pitch that is raised according to one of the modes in the song
What is A?
The term for the lack of metre at the beginning of the piece
What is free time?
The key signature of the piece
What is C minor?
Define multitracking
What is layering different recordings part by part?
The name of the vocalist
What is Sinead O'Connor?
The term for the musician/storyteller who speaks French at the beginning
What is a griot?
The metre of the piece
What is 4/4?
Define an extension chord
What is a chord that has added 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, etc?
The order of the instruments at the beginning before the female vocals come in
What is drone, talking drum, speaking voice, bodhran, shaker?
The four Irish instruments that feature
What is bodhran, what is tin whistle, what is fiddle, and what are uilleann pipes?
The type of scale (not mode) sung in the first two bars
What is pentatonic minor?
The difference between polyrhythm and cross rhythm
What is polyrhythm is multiple rhythms layered on top of each other and cross rhythm is rhythms in different metres played simultaneously?
The modes you have learned that do not feature in the piece
What is mixolydian, lydian, phrygian, and ionian?
Explain polyphonic vs homophonic vs monophonic
What is polyphonic is different rhythms/melodies simultaneously and homophonic is different melodies moving together rhythmically and monophonic is unison?
The West African stringed harp/lute that is one of the loops
What is kora?