Release (Afro Celt Sound System)

What is a drone?

• A note that is played only once.
• A note that is held.
• A bass note held or repeated throughout a passage of music.
• The same thing as an ostinato.

The metre at the beginning is....

• Steady tempo
• 4 / 4 
• Free time
• Simple 

The melody...

• Melismatic, Not repetitive, No samples, No sense of improvisation, Male vocals, No ornamentation.
• Nonsense lyrics, Syllabic, Some spoken parts, Repetitive, Samples, Has a sense of improvisation, Ornamentation (acciaccatura).
• has a good rhythm.
• has extremely complicated melodies.

Glissando is...

• The same thing as an ostinato.
• When you improvise
• When you glide around the music.
• When you glide from one pitch to another.

Afro Celt Sound System was originally formed by...

• bassist Simon Emmerson.
• guitarist Simon Emmerson.
• singer Sinead O' Connor
• Peter Gabriel.

The African forces (instruments) played in the song...

• Hurgy-Gurdy, Fiddle
• Djembe, Bongo
• Kora, Talking Drum.
• Synthesizers, drum machine.

The Celtic forces (instruments) played in the song...

• Loops
• Synthesizers, Drum machine
• Kora, Talking Drum, Hurdy-Gurdy.
• Hurdy-Gurdy, Uilleann Pipes, Bodhran, Fiddle, Whistle, Accordion.

The Western (dance) forces played in the song...

• kora, talking drum.
• hurdy-gurdy, bodhran, fiddle.
• loops.
• male vox, female vox, synthesisers, breath samples, drum machine, electric piano, shaker and tambourine.

There is a distinct verse form:

• Structure: a break and an outro
• Structure: verses, choruses and solos.
• Structure: Intro, Verse 1, Verse 2, Solos, Verse 3, Build and an outro.
• Structure: intros and outros.

The harmony:

• Repetitive chord sequences, use of diminished chords.
• Modal, Repetitive chord sequences, Hint of chromaticism, Use of extended chords (7th, 9th).
• Layeredm heterophonic and polyphonic.
• Uses nonsense lyrics.