How is a steady tempo and consistent time flow maintained by the Agbekor musicians?
What will be an ideal response?
• A "time-feel (meter)" is established by all the performers by maintaining a "four feel" or background of four ternary beats, each beat containing 3 quicker units within it (similar to a Euro American compound meter of 12/8 where the dotted quarter note is the value of each beat). Remember, however, the author's use of the unconventional time signature—a number over a note value means "all beats in the measure have equal ‘weight' or metric stress." As you study Transcription 3-5, see if you can hear how the bell part fits into the four-feel beat. Notice the duration of both the four-feel beat background and the bell pattern is equal to twelve eighth-note units.
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