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2 WEEK TASK. KNOW: Wk 1 - Improvisation, Raga, Conjunct & Disjunct, Pitch bend. Wk 2 - Drone and timbre. TASK: Wk1 – Improvise a raga. WK 2 - Perform your own piece of Indian classical music. UNDERSTAND: Indian classical music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXk_8_8oLY&feature=related.
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2 WEEK TASK KNOW:Wk 1 - Improvisation, Raga, Conjunct & Disjunct, Pitch bend. Wk 2 - Drone and timbre. TASK:Wk1 – Improvise a raga. WK 2 - Perform your own piece of Indian classical music. UNDERSTAND:Indian classical music.
What does Indian Classical sound like? Construct a full sentence using as many key words as possible. Use the key word reminder if necessary (Next slide).
Drone Ostinato Improvisation Tempo Instrumentation Tonality Sequence Pitch Dynamics
Indian scale: Raga TASK: Decode & Play Asavari raga -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei4S-332qXs C is to the left -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri1-YHJgE9g Virtual Keyboard -http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/
Insert pitch bend sitar
Task: Improvise to the backing track Talvin Singh - Traveller Extension task: Improvisation is an excellent skill and must be use wisely. To avoid it being boring and repetitive use Disjunct and conjunct. MAKE YOUR MELODIES INTERESTING Conjuct: Melody that moves by step never more than a tone. Disjuct: Melody that moves using lots of jumps. Larger than a tone.
Tambura TABLA First we need to create the drone. The drone is a really long note which is held for ages. How will we create a drone? Find the Tampura on your keyboard and create a drone in C. Now we need a rhythm. How will we create the rhythm? Find a similar sound on your keyboard and compose an Indian style rhythm. 81 197 Choosing the right timbre… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSgSlc4LmPE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joyk_EMtzn0&feature=related Task: Class performance SITAR 80 After decoding the raga, creating a rhythm and a drone we now need to improvise a melody on the Sitar. This is the final piece to our class performance jigsaw. Style: 141 197 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cZSzDnhdJQ&feature=PlayList&p=96FA56FA66CBCA24&index=36&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
Other Instruments: Extended task Bansuri http://www.youtube.com/user/bansuriflute?blend=2&ob=1 Sarangi Similar sounding instruments to the oboe, but doesn’t have the metal keys. You play it the same way you would play a recorder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1alN9g_2M Half the size of a sitar with a much softer sound making it an ideal instrument for accompanying the voice. Uses a bow. Look how intense the guy is playing it!
Drone A drone is a fundamental part to Indian music. Listen to the YouTube clip below and tell me what a drone is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSgSlc4LmPE How can we create a drone sound using what we’ve got in this room?
Task: Compose your own piece of Indian music Assessment: • Timbre: Use authentic Indian Timbre • Melody: Accurate use of Raga • Melody: Use of Disjunct and Conjunct • Performance: Accurate timing • Drone: Use of drone is present • Pitch bend: Research it, use it!