Author Question: What is the nature of the text for this fast-paced song? What will be an ideal ... (Read 44 times)

itsmyluck · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What is the nature of the text for this fast-paced song?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Diagram the forms of these three songs. (Use a : : for repeating sections and classify their overall forms as either a three-part ternary form (a return to the beginning at the end, as in A B A) or a two-part binary form (no return to opening material at the end, as in A B). Indicate the approximate pitches in scale order on which each song is based.

What will be an ideal response?

SomethingSomething · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

celebration of heroic passion, a vivid confrontation between two war gods

Answer to Question 2

Agbekor Song 1 : A1 A2 : B B A2 = A B A, ternary.
Agbekor Song 2 : A1 B1 A2 B2 : = A B, binary
Agbekor Song 3 : A1 A2 :: B1 B2 : A2 = A B A, ternary.
(In Agbekor Song 3, since at the end only A2 returns and A1 does not return, you may also think of the overall form as rounded binary, that is, basically a two-part binary form with limited reference to the opening material at the end.)