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China

China. Think, Pair, Share…. What do you already know about China?. Map. Cultural snapshot. One of the world’s oldest civilizations Population of over 1.3 billion people That’s about 1/5 th of the world’s ENTIRE population! Many different dialects Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese ...

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  1. China Think, Pair, Share…. What do you already know about China?

  2. Map

  3. Cultural snapshot • One of the world’s oldest civilizations • Population of over 1.3 billion people • That’s about 1/5th of the world’s ENTIRE population! • Many different dialects • Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese... • Family based culture

  4. Music- Instruments • Xaio- flute made of dark brown (“purple”) bamboo • Huquin- bowed 2 string instrument • Zheng- Plucked strings • Pluck with right hand • Bend strings with left hand

  5. Listen! • Think, Pair, Share • What type of music do you think this is? • What do you think it’s about? • What instruments do you think you hear? • Describe the voice of the singer.

  6. “Purple Bamboo” • Folk song (lullaby) • From the Beijing region of China (Manderin) • Singer: Male voice • Sliding tones, nasal tone highly prized • Xaio: embellished melody- “adding flowers”

  7. Pentatonic scale • Much of Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale • PENTA: 5 • TONIC: Note • 5 note scale

  8. Your turn! • The Pentatonic scale is the same as the black keys of the bells! • Take some time to explore the Pentatonic scale and create your own mini- black key only song!

  9. Write in your Travel Journals • Make sure to mention the pentatonic scale and what it is in your activity summary!

  10. Mongolia Think, Pair, Share… What do you think you know about Mongolia?

  11. Map- Tuva

  12. Mongolia • Genghuis Khan • Built the largest contiguous land empire in history • Gobi desert in the south, cold mountains in the north • Music influenced by nature, nomadism and religion • Festivals • Mostly celebrations of Mongolian culture. • Naadam Festival is the largest festival, celebrated in every town and village across the country. It features three sporting events: wrestling, archery and horse racing, amongst other traditional games and exhibits. • Eagle Festival draws about 400 eagle hunters on horseback to compete with their birds

  13. Cultural Snapshot • Tuvan people • Live in southern Siberia • “Nation within a Nation” • Traditionally divided into 9 regions • Cattle-herding nomads • Closest genetic relatives to the Native Americans

  14. Listen! • What instruments do you think you hear? • Number of voices?

  15. Tuvan throat singing: Khoomei • Usually done by male herders (women are now beginning to throat sing) in Southern Siberia. • Singers sometimes will travel many miles to find the perfect spot in which to throat sing. • The worldview of this region identifies the spirituality of objects in nature, not by physical being, but in their sound as well. • Imitating the sounds of nature is the root of throat singing.

  16. How is it done?

  17. India Think, Pair, Share…. What do you know about India?

  18. Map

  19. Cultural snapshot • Very diverse culture • Shaped by many different religions • Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainisam, Sikhism originated here • Christianity and Islam came later • Population over 1.2 billion • Once ruled by the UK • Non-violent resistance led by Ghandi led to independence in 1947

  20. Music • Indian classical music has strong roots in folk • 2 styles: • Hindustani: North India • Carnatic: South India • Raga: • Scale system used in India • 5 or more notes on which a melody is built • “to color” the mind/ emotions (Sanskrit) • Specific ragas used at different times of day or different seasons • Some ragas have the same notes- but the way they are approached is different.

  21. Listen • What do you think about the sound? • Do you have any idea what this instrument is? • What is similar to/ different from music you listen to daily?

  22. Sitar • 20 strings • 7 are plucked • 13 are resonators

  23. Influence on the world • Just as other music genres began to influence Indian music (pop, rock, hiphop etc.), Indain music influenced those genres • Most popular in the 70’s • Inspired the Beatles!- Listen! • Any songs you can think of that sound like they may have Indian influences?

  24. Ravi Shankar

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