13 Aug Active Listening
12030Mindtap reading: A Carnatic Music Performance: 6-4e
Read the information provided covering certain music terms: Find it in the Active Listening 6.1
Then read the Text to Saraswati: If ACtive listening 6.1 doesn’t work then open Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l95t3qYdiVA
Now for the real business at hand:
(6 pt.) Open Active Listening 6.1 (Please be sure to open the link to the colored Active Listening guide. It is the one that looks like headphones:
Start at timestamp 3:18 and read the information as you begin to listen Tanam (Improvised) Veena with a drone. Note the words “Natai Raga”
Then jump to timestamp 8:25 “Kriti Composed song” Adi Tala drum 4.1.2.1.2 pattern Tala, a recurring time cycle
Next jump to timestamp 14:45 Kaplan swaras
Lastly at 18:00 Improvised and pre-composed rhythms:
Answer this: Choose one set of timestamps from Active Listening 6.1. Describe what intrigued you the most and verify by proving some personal reasons.
(5 pt.) Answer these: What are some of the social layers of genres of Indian music? Does American and European music also have musical styles of higher or lower status? How do they reflect various subcultures? Be careful not to judge with your default opinions.
3. (2 pt.) South Indian music uses composed songs mixed with improvisational sections. Can you think of a similar approach in Western music culture?
4. (5 pt.) Youtube: Swomya: on Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Music https://www.youtube.com/watch/CJa63MLFt_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJa63MLFt_U Answer this two-part question: Part 1: Listen then respond to her explanations and music demonstration. Referring to her explanation is useful but incomplete unless you attempt to say something (in your own words) about the flow of the melody and singing. Answer this: How did her explanation and demonstration help with the understanding of Carnatic Music?
5. (5) Youtube: Indian Rhythms with Dr. Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch/KsvKQhOeQjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsvKQhOeQjQ Great Video and simple approach to South Indian rhythms: First, keep in mind that when the presenter, Dr. Levin, is tapping his hands, he is tapping the odd meter beats, but not the rhythms.
It is expected that students in World Music, participate with Dr. Levin. If it’s difficult, then stop the video and focus on specific parts. I don’t expect you to “get this” completely, but at least spend a few minutes watching and participating. Answer this: Describe how this video helped clarify the complex rhythms of Indian music and share with us how successful you were participating with the more simple rhythms.
6. (5 pt.) Engal Kalyanam” (“Our Wedding”) eBook Active Listening has color-coated sections, following the parts in terms of MUSIC and some comical lyrics. Answer this: Musically, instrumentally, vocally, and perhaps even a reference to an American cartoon, what parts sound Euro/American, and which sound more Indian and why? You must use timestamps with complete sentence structure. You must recall and reference (What makes music Western”
“Tarab” in a “Concert”
Part I:
(2 pt.) Active Listening: The brief excerpt from a performance of “Shaghal 10-2e (4th Ed.) was recorded at a university in the United States. In what ways does the audience react as they might in a concert of Western music?
(6 pt.) From this chapter; what are some examples of women’s music-making? How does the wedding provide a context for expressions of gender and group identity?
(4 pt.) What are some common themes in Arab poetry? Give two specific examples.
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