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Afro-Celt Sound System : Release - Coggle Diagram
Afro-Celt Sound System : Release
Performing Forces and their Handling
African Instruments
Kora
Talking Drum
Celtic Folk Instruments/Features
Fiddle
Whistle
Accordion
Bodhran
Hurdy-Gurdy
Uilleann Pipes
Ornamentation
Double Stopping
Glissando
EDM
Male and Female Vox
Drum Machine
Synthesizer
Electric Piano
Shaker
Tambourine
Breath Samples/ Sound FX
Technology
EQ
Looping
Panning
Delay
Reverb
Filter
Sound FX
Structure
Verse Structure
No Choruses
0.0 - 1.38 : Intro
1.38 - 2.55 : Verse 1 ( Break at the end)
2.55 - 3.51 : Verse 2
3.51 - 4.55 : Solos
4.55 - 5.51 : Verse 3
5.51 - 6.59 : Break 2
6.59 - 7.28 : Outro
Context
Afro Celt Sound System
Released in 1998
A fusion of Celtic Folk, African and EDM
Texture
Constantly changing
Use of layering (EDM)
Loops (EDM)
Mainly homophonic
Heterophonic during verse 3 (Celtic Folk)
Melody
Female Vocals (roughly 1.19)
Nonsense lyrics - similar to vocalisation
Short phrases
Repetitive
Spoken Words
Mainly syllabic
Descending
Range of 6th - interval between the lowest and highest notes
English, Irish and Maninka lyrics (African)
Male vocal has a range of a 13th
Main verse is syllabic
Sense of improvisation in female vocals
Non-vocal Melodic Features
Glissando (Celtic Folk)
Double-stopping in the fiddle (Celtic Folk)
Ornamentation (Celtic Folk)
Harmony
Static Harmony - mainly based on a C minor chord
Hints of chromatisism.
Use of extended chords.
Use of a drone on the note C.
Rhythm/ Metre/ Tempo
Free time in the intro
100 bpm at 0.50
4/4 metre
Syncopation (African)
Polyrhythms and Cross Rhythms (African
Rhythmic Ostinato (African)
Semi-quavers used in Uilleann pipes solo (Celtic Folk)
Triplets in whistle solo (Celtic Folk)
Sextuplets (Celtic Folk)
Tonality
Diatonic
C minor
Modal (Celtic Folk)