World Music Exam 2

Areophone

Instrument produces noise with Air

Membranophone

Instrument has a skin membrane that is struck

Chordophone

Instruments with string that is stretched and vibrated to make sound

Metallophone

Instrument which sounding-producing body is metal

Idiophone

Instruments that create sound via the vibration of itself

7 elements of music

Melody

Harmony

Rhythm

Texture

Timbre

Dynamics

Form

Indian Instruments

Bansuri

Harmonium

Sitar

Sarod

Sarangi

Tabla

Tamboura

Indonesian Instruments

Bonang

Gong

Gender

Ensemble: Gamalan

Bansuri

Vertical wooden flute

India

Areophone

Harmonium

India

Keyboard Areophone

accordion like keyed instrument

Sitar

India

plucked Chordophone

Hindustani Stringed instrument

Sarod

India

Hindustani plucked chordophone

deeper sound than Sitar

Sarangi

India

Bowed short-neck string instrument

Bowed Chordophone

\-Has skinned membrane, but for a resonator

Tabla

India

Twin hand drums

Tampura

India

Bonang

Indonesia

Gong

Indonesia

Gender

Indonesia

Indian Ensembles Solos

• Vocal

• Sitar

• Sarod

• bansuri

Indian Ensemble Accomp/Rhythm

• Tabla (North India)

• Mridangam (South India)

Indian Ensemble Drone

• Tamboura (north India)

• Harmonium (south India)

Teaching: India

Oral/Arual

Teacher = Guru

Solfege parallel to ours

learned by demonstration or singing

Teaching: Indonesia

Parts are learned by sitting and playing with teacher

* ( think George Harrison of “The Beatles”)

Pitches assigned number identified within 2 scales

Mythology in both culutres

Mahabharata \n Ramayana

Brahma

Vishnu \n Shiva, Siva

Alap, Alaap

South India

improvised melody structures that reveal the musical characteristics of a raga

Raga

India

A ***raga*** or raag is a melodic framework for improvisation in ***Indian*** classical music akin to a melodic mode

Hindustani

North Indian classical music

Karnatak, Carnatic

South Indian classical music

Bollywood

India

Hindu movie/film song genre

Kathak

India

classical dance music

Guru

India music teacher

Unity in Diversity

Indonesia “Motto” - this is what she said in class.

Gamelan

traditional Indonesian ensemble with mostly percussive instruments

Slendro

Indonesia

Music scale

Pelog

Indonesian

music scale

Barong

Indonesian

Mythical panther like character

Dalang, dhalang

Indonesian

Puppeteers/shadow puppeteers

Dangdut

Indonesian

Pop music Genre

Wayang Kulit

Indonesian

traditional form of puppet shadow play

Kecak

Indonesian

Ramayana story monkey army

Indian Video

Indonesian Video