What are the features of “Ho Wey Hey Yo?”
What will be an ideal response?
• Open-throated singing
• Use of call-and-response
• "Eskanye songs typically have two melodic phrases (A and B), and the form may be described as a kind of ‘incomplete repetition.'" The resulting form is: AAB AB.
• The use of vocables
• The phrase "gai na we yo he ya" is used to end both phrases of this song and is used to "mark the endings of virtually all Eskanye songs." (Worlds of Music, citing Diamond 2008:107.)
• These songs are performed at a gathering called a "Sing" which is a large community event that is held in a longhouse.
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