#980559 added April 8, 2020 at 7:03pm Restrictions: None
April 8 prompt: the sound of a bell (Agogô)
Come sashay down Bahia's streets
dada DAA dada DAA
We play the agogô.
dada DAA dada DAA
Two notes:
one high, one low.
dada DAA dada DAA
Our bodies squeezed together,
ache a third,
to sing, to sigh, to moan,
to make our music sweeter.
We move as one with syncopation,
to repeated clacks of sticks and drums.
We groove moist lips and ample hips
and begin to thrum
DAA dadaduh DAA dadaduh DAA ...
and sashay down Bahia's streets
DAA dadaduh DAA dadaduh DAA ...
to the samba beat.
Kåre Enga [177.23] (8.abril.2020)
Notes:
Agogô: The agogô bell is a fairly old instrument that originated in Africa and it’s one that produces an extremely high note. The instrument is comprised of anywhere between two and four conical shaped or truncated cones that are all linked together by a U-shaped piece of metal. The cones on an agogô bell are sized differently, and the sound that the instrument produces will depend on which cone is hit. You can hear the agogô bell in some traditional African Yoruba music.
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