{"id":217,"date":"2016-07-14T16:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/?p=217"},"modified":"2016-12-01T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:22:10","slug":"asafo-audio-and-video-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/uncategorized\/asafo-audio-and-video-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Asafo Audio and Video Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Audio Selection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The audio clip presents an extended example of the full drum and vocal ensemble of the Kyirem Co. No. 6 of Anomabu. It was recorded during the funeral for an officer of the company. All the basic components of Fante ensemble music are perceivable in this example, from the strong bell pattern (played on two large bells by two players) to the lead drummer vacillating between the dance and speech modes of drumming. The forced, almost shouting style of male singing is evident especially in the cantors’ voices (three men alternate in this role). The chorus part is less pronounced than is usually heard with this group; several company members could not forego fishing that day (the funeral took place on a Saturday instead of a Tuesday, which is the day of the week during which the spirit of the sea is honored and fishing is prohibited).<\/p>\n

Texts \/ Translations for the Songs Heard on the Audio Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Ye<\/u>rebo<\/u> do<\/u>n safohen ewu]
\nye<\/u>rebo<\/u> do<\/u>n do<\/u>m nye<\/u> mbra<\/i>
\n[We are ringing the bell to announce the death of the captain of the warriors]
\nWe are ringing the bell so that people should come.<\/p>\n

O<\/u>manhen e ye<\/u>se ye<\/u>rebo<\/u> do<\/u>n e.
\nSafohen bi okyir he<\/u>n.
\nHe<\/u>n safohen e he<\/u>n ara a.<\/i>
\nParamount chief, we are ringing the bell (i.e, listen to us)
\nOur captain hates us.
\nOur captain, here we are.<\/p>\n

Ye<\/u>regye aba [kuwmba ye<\/u>regye aba.]
\nPa he<\/u>n kye<\/u>w.
\nYeenya e.<\/i>
\n[We are coming home as champions.]
\nBeg to us. (note:<\/em> said to the enemy)
\nWe have got it.<\/p>\n

[Ye<\/u>nam o Paapa boa he<\/u>n.]
\nNsu afon he<\/u>n.<\/i>
\n[We are still on the way (i.e., fighting), help us, father (i.e., leader)]
\nWe are fed up with the water.<\/p>\n

[Bo<\/u>bo<\/u> abe<\/u>n] abofra roko<\/u> a mannko<\/u>.
\nOpanyin roko<\/u> a mannko<\/u>.
\nBo<\/u>bo<\/u> abe<\/u>n.<\/i>
\n[Come and play the horn] with us.
\nDon’t go with either the young or the old.
\nJust come and play the horn with us. (Note:<\/em> Come and join the asafo<\/em> company.)<\/p>\n

[Onyimpa rowu.]<\/i>
\n[Someone is dying.] (Note:<\/em> the group is calling for help for a man on the verge of death.)<\/p>\n

Video Selection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this brief video excerpt taken during a funeral (for a fuller documentation of this event see: Events Involving Music–Funeral for Asafo Officer<\/a>), the bell players and the drummers can be seen in the foreground and the singers in the background. The intensity of this organization’s music is captured nicely in this excerpt.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Asafo.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Performance Forces:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
two adawur<\/i><\/td>\nsingle iron bell, clapperless, struck with a wooden stick; time-keeping instrument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
asafokyen<\/i><\/td>\nsingle-headed tubular drum, elongated barrel-shaped body, struck with one stick beater and one open hand or occasionally two stick beaters; master drum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ampaa<\/i><\/td>\nsingle-headed tubular drum, goblet-shaped, struck with both hands; support drum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ansaba<\/i><\/td>\nsingle-headed tubular drum, footed, struck with two straight sticks; support drum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kumkum<\/i><\/td>\nsingle-headed tubular drum with elongated barrel-shaped body, struck with one stick beater and with an open palm; support drum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cantors<\/td>\nmale, four trading off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chorus<\/td>\nmale, approximately twelve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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