Author Question: Notice how the music sounds when the bell part is played in a duet with each of the other percussion ... (Read 76 times)

captainjonesify · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Notice how the music sounds when the bell part is played in a duet with each of the other percussion instruments. List the name of each of the instruments and tell the time in elapsed seconds when the different instruments begin to play with the bell. As you hear each new instrument, match its sound with its illustration in Figure 3-2, WOM, page 79.

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Question 2

Listen to the bell As you listen to the demonstration of the bell pattern try to tap along with the strokes to get the feel of the pattern. Focus on the opening bell part and describe its pattern (the shape of the bell phrase) by writing L for the long strokes and S for the short strokes. How many times is the bell pattern phrase played in the opening demonstration?

What will be an ideal response?

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

Answer to Question 1

(0:34) axatse, rattle, enters
(1:07) kaganu, highest pitched drum, enters
(1:40) kidi, drum, enters; pitch below the kaganu
(2:13) kloboto, drum, enters; pitch below the kidi
(2:48) totodzi, drum, enters; lowest pitch of Agbekor drums

Answer to Question 2

(0:000:31) bell parta repeating seven-stroke pattern of long (L) and short (S) tones:
L S L L L S L
the bell phrase plays 12 times in this portion