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African Welcome Piece: each Composer: Udow Michael
This work is scored for 12 percussionists and an optional chorus of chanters. There are three specific rhythms used in this work. The first, the Agbadza is a polyrhythmic structure in 12/8 and 6/8 meters. The second, the Tigere Dance, is a cross rhythm in 6/8. The third, called the Hi-Life, a cross rhythm is 2/4, is a modern African restructuralisation of an older rhythmic mode Mr. Udow has taken these three rhythms and composed this work with the energy and spirit which exist in African communities. His aim was not to duplicate an existent African musical type, but rather to extract the essentials of the musical style and mold it into a unique experience for "Western" percussionists. Instrumentation also includes agogo bells or steel drum, small wooden blocks(24), bull-roarers(6), rattles(6); with chorus of chanters.
