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Unit 3: Music from China and Japan

Unit 3: Music from China and Japan. Chinese Instruments. Source: http://www.agpix.com/view_caption.php?image_id=150182&photog=1. TONE > Melody!. Eight classes of instrument, categorized by the materials with which they are made and the TONE they produce! Gourd ( sheng )

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Unit 3: Music from China and Japan

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  1. Unit 3: Music from China and Japan Chinese Instruments Source: http://www.agpix.com/view_caption.php?image_id=150182&photog=1

  2. TONE > Melody! • Eight classes of instrument, categorized by the materials with which they are made and the TONE they produce! • Gourd (sheng) • Bamboo (panpipes) • Wood • Silk • Clay (globular flute, xun) • Metal (bell) • Stone (sonorous stone) • Skin (drum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWt4mf3whxw (chu, trough-shaped percussion) (zither, strings of silk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLa4aXxispc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en_xlxq5FP4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGH24QepCRE

  3. More details: Strings • http://www.philmultic.com/home/instruments/ • Plucked Strings: • Lute family • Zither family • Harp family • Bowed Strings • Huqin family • Hammered Strings • Yang-qin (Chinese Dulcimer)

  4. Luogo Ensemble • Daluo – large gong • Xiaoluo – small gong • Bo – cymbals • Gu – drum • Xing (Pengling) – bell • Bangzi – Woodblocks • Yunluo – Cloud gong (pitched) • Percussion ensemble • Seen at parades and festivals • Often theatrical • Use mnemonic chant to learn parts

  5. HuaguGe – Flower Drum Song of Feng Yang • One of the most famous Chinese folk songs • From Anwei providence in Southern China • Originally: Sung by a girl with a painted drum accompanied by a man with a small gong (a mini Luogo ensemble!) • Many different versions • Used for many occasions • Formal concerts, choirs, dances, festivals, pop…

  6. HuaguGe – Flower Drum Song of Feng Yang Begins with mnemonic chant(da da) dong chahng dong-dong dong chahng … … … (d d) D K dD D K | D K dD D K| D K O D KO | D K D K K D | K K D K O Verse 1Zuo sho luo, you sho guShou na luo gu lai chang ge Zhi hui chan ge Feng Yang ge Feng feng yang ge yi yo ya Verse 2 Wo ming ku, wo ming boYi sheng yi shyr jia bu jan hau jang fu Ren jia de jang ful zuo guan you zuo fu Wo jia jang fu ji huei da hua guDa, da hua gu, ge yi yo ya Refrain: Drrr ling dang piao yi piaoDrrr ling dang piao yi piaoDrr piao drrr piaoDrrr pio drrr piao piao you drrr,Ling dang piao yi piao Left-hand gong, right-hand drumWith drum and gong in hand I came to sing Other tunes I do not now knowOnly Feng Yang song – yi yo ya Bitter my lot, bitter my fateMy whole life long, never a good husband All the best men married other girlsI married a man who plays the drum all dayPlay, play the flower drum, yi yo ya (Imitates drum sounds)

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