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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar. Symphony – finale (excerpt) Secondary / KS3 / 3 rd & 4 th Level Classroom Lesson Plan. Written by Rachel Leach. Trailblazer.

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Ravi Shankar

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  1. Ravi Shankar Symphony – finale (excerpt) Secondary / KS3 / 3rd & 4th Level Classroom Lesson Plan Written by Rachel Leach

  2. Trailblazer Passionate sitar performer Ravi Shankar shared his love of Hindustani classical music by exploring it using the instruments of a large western orchestra

  3. Lesson outcomes After this lesson, pupils will be able to: • listen and reflect on a piece of orchestral music • create their own piece of music using instruments and voice • perform as an ensemble • learn musical language appropriate to the task

  4. Curriculum checklist Learners will: • play and perform in ensemble contexts, using voices and playing musical instruments • improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music • listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

  5. Glossary of music terms

  6. Lesson 1 Watching, listening and researching

  7. Background – the composer Ravi SHANKAR (1920–2012) • Indian musician and composer • Known as a sitar maestro • Brought Indian classical music to a western audience in the 1960s and was a huge influence on George Harrison from the Beatles, US composer Philip Glass and classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin

  8. Background – the music Symphony – finale (excerpt) • This 2010 work is a cross between a symphony and a concerto – it has four movements like a symphony and a prominent concerto-like solo part for sitar • Much of the sitar part is improvised • Uses traditional Indian ragas (modes) rather than major or minor scales and keys • Towards the end, there is a vocal section which uses Indian drum syllables as text

  9. Watch the orchestral performance

  10. List the instruments you have seen in the performance

  11. Research these topic areas: • Instruments of the orchestra • What is a symphony? • What is a concerto? • The music of India • Carnatic (south Indian) instruments • The Sitar

  12. Lesson 2 Ragas, drones and solos

  13. Pat your knees quickly – this sounds like a ‘drone’ Hum a low sound too – a ‘vocal drone’

  14. A RAGA is a scale used in Indian music Play notes from the Raga on a xylophone Improvise some new melodies using these notes

  15. Lesson 3 Two-note patterns

  16. Copy the motif that your teacher plays.It goes like this:

  17. Play a game of ‘call and response’ using just two pitches These are the rules: The ‘call’ needs to be simple All team members play the same rhythm at the same time The ‘call’ should be just four beats long

  18. Lesson 4 Vocalisation, Indian drum syllables

  19. Warm up your voices! Raising left hand = long ‘hmmmmm’ sound Raising right hand = short, horrible ‘urgh’ sound

  20. Learn the Indian drum syllables that Shankar uses in his music Use this melody as a basis for your own vocal selection. You can: • Change the order of the phrases • Repeat phrases more than once • Experiment with the structure • Create their own phrases

  21. Lesson 5 Massive coda

  22. Massive coda Listen to the Coda again, which is at the end of the piece. You can hear: • Raga running up and down • Pulse and spiky rhythms

  23. Three tasks! • Pitched instruments:create a short section that wanders up and down the raga notes • Unpitched instruments:a constant, steady pulse, but other sound effects may be added • Fit these together to make your own Coda!

  24. Lesson 6 Put it all together!

  25. Recap • Improvised solos with drone • Call and response • Sung syllables • Massive Coda

  26. Practise and perform!

  27. Taking it further – cross-curricular activities MUSIC: Listen to traditional South Indian Carnatic music and see how it compares and contrasts with Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. Listen to how Ravi Shankar inspired the Beatles and American composer Philip Glass. BE A TRAILBLAZER: Ravi Shankar brought his style of music to the symphony orchestra and created something new. Combine your favourite style of music with someone else’s or combine your style with the rules of raga or the symphony. DANCE: Indian music is often danced to. Record your new piece and create a dance to go with it. Or alternatively, choreograph a dance to Ravi Shankar’s piece. UPLOAD: Showus what you’ve created! Submit your creative responses using our Uploader for a chance to be featured on the Ten Pieces website.

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