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MUSIC APRRECIATION UNIT 1. PART TWO: MUSIC IN OTHER CULTURES. MUSIC OF OTHER CULTURES. There are many ways to make music! All music shares three common elements Melody Rhythm Timbre – the quality of a sound Think of words to describe what your hear such as “Lively” or “dancelike.”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MUSIC APRRECIATIONUNIT 1
PART TWO: MUSIC IN OTHER CULTURES
MUSIC OF OTHER CULTURES There are many ways to make music! All music shares three common
elements› Melody› Rhythm› Timbre – the quality of a sound
Think of words to describe what your hear such as “Lively” or “dancelike.”
MUSIC FAMILIARITY AND ORIGINS
MELODY RHYTHM TIMBRE SOURCES COUNTRY
DIRECTIONS Listen to the musical examples and using the scale of 0
– 3 where 0 means no familiarity and 3 means great familiarity, rate the familiarity with the melody, rhythm and timbre. You may use any number between 0 and 3.
Determine the types of instruments and/or voices you hear
Determine the country of origin of each selection. Use the list below› A. Bali (Indonesia) F. Japan› B. Germany G. Mexico› C. Greece H. Nigeria (Africa)› D. India I. Russia› E. Ireland J. Hawaii (United States)
WHO THEY ARE The music of other people’s help define
who they are The work of two professionals helps us
to understand the music of other cultures› Anthropologist – a scientist who studies
the physical and cultural characteristics and social customs of a group of people
› Ethnomusicologist –a professional who studies the music of different cultural groups
CAMEROON Located in west
central Africa Over 150 ethnic
groups Two official languages
– English and French Majority live on
plateau in central part of country
Home to the Bamileke tribe
LALI A warrior dance performed by the Menne people in
Bamileke tribe Music of great energy served to prepare and
celebrate battles Later, dance served as source of pride in their
culture Performed by
› Woodblocks› Four two-toned bells› N’to – medium sized drum› N’ket – large, low sounding drum› Three rattles
MEXICO Mexico is a large
country with many regions
Blend of three cultures – Indian, Spanish and African
Regional forms of music throughout country
Mexicans use music to celebrate events like weddings, birthdays, baptisms, holidays
MUSIC OF MEXICO-VERACRUZ
Veracruz located in eastern part of Mexico
Sones jarochos – traditional songs from Veracruz
Performed by four instruments› Requinto jarocho – four string guitar
(melody)› Arpon – 35 string harp› Jarana – thin guitar› Traditional six-string guitar
MUSIC OF MEXICO-JALISCO
Sones jalisciense – traditional song Cancion ranchera – country song Performed by mariachi ensemble
› A musical group with several violins, two trumpets, a bass guitar(guitarron), a short five-string guitar (vihuela), and a six-string guitar
LISTENING EXAMPLES Sones jarochos – “La Bamba”
La Bamba.mscz.pdf
Sones jalisciense – “La Negra” La Negra.xlsx
CHINA Largest population
in world (over 1 billion)
Chinese practice three main religions› Confuciansim › Taoism› Buddhism
MUSIC OF CHINA In the 1600’s, a new style of music called Peking
opera was created Peking opera combines an orchestra with speaking,
singing, acrobatic martial arts, and pantomime Heterophony- everyone sings or plays the same
melody, but each in their own way Every large city in China has an opera company Types of instruments used
› Jinghu – small bowed string to accompany male roles› Jing-erhu – accompanies female roles› Percussion- used to accompany the actors’ movements
THE STORY OF WHITE SNAKE
The story of White Snake is an ancient tale that combines action, romance, martial arts and tragedy.It is the story of Hsu Sheng who meets White Snake while she is disguised as a human (she is in fact a goddess). Hse Sheng falls in love as does White Snake. A monk named Fa Hai know her true identity and tricks Hsu Sheng into drinking a potion that reveals White Snake’s true form. Sheng dies of fright at the sight of her.White Snake fights her way through heaven and brings Hsu Sheng back to life, but Sheng wants nothing to do with her and joins a monestary.White Snake is so hurt that a monk is able to capture her and imprisons her in a pagoda for 10,000 years!
EXCERPT FROM PEKING OPERA
In this scene, White Snake is heartbroken to learn that Hsu Sheng is leaving her; she loves him too much to destroy him and forgives him instead
Listen and answer the three questions below› How many different sources of sound can you
distinguish? Do they blend or contrast?› Do the two instruments that accompany White
Snake play the same melody that the singers is singing or do they play independent parts?
› What makes this different than anything you have ever hears?