Do listen to this most beautiful song - your dear grandparents may know it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4SgxKbiD6E&feature=related
Do look at the lyrics too .... they are so poetic !!
Mr Tan bb :)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
National Anthems
Dear People,
More notes on chapter to be tested - the National Anthem
The general characteristics of anthems
Anthems usually involve simple rhythm and stepwise movements in their main melodic lines for their citizens to easier learn it.
Anthems involve significant intervals of 4s and 5s to project a sense of stability and "grandiosity".
Most anthems end in the Tonic for a sense of closure, finality.
Countries have anthems to forge a sense of unity and identity and to stir up pride amongst its people.
"That's all folks !!"
More notes on chapter to be tested - the National Anthem
The general characteristics of anthems
Anthems usually involve simple rhythm and stepwise movements in their main melodic lines for their citizens to easier learn it.
Anthems involve significant intervals of 4s and 5s to project a sense of stability and "grandiosity".
Most anthems end in the Tonic for a sense of closure, finality.
Countries have anthems to forge a sense of unity and identity and to stir up pride amongst its people.
"That's all folks !!"
Jazz
Dear people,
As requested, these are the notes for JAZZ ( !! ).
I have make them as succinct as i can so that it is easy for you guys to learn for the coming test.
Where it started
Jazz music started from the spiritual songs and work songs of African slaves in America.
Its relationship to other music forms
It influences many of the major music forms-genres including the pop, hip-hop and rock.
Musicians
Many performers include jazz in their works and repertoire. Outstanding among them is B.B. King.
Technical aspects
The main melodic phrases of a jazz piece is carried mainly by what is known as the "12 Bar Blue Scale"
The accompaniment's harmonic progression of a typical jazz piece usually follows this pattern: 5 6 5 6 / 5 6 5 6 OR "Extended 5 - / Extended 5 -
Do listen to some samples of jazz integrated with say the rock or the pop if only for enjoyment !!
( You can get them from the You Tube !! )
As requested, these are the notes for JAZZ ( !! ).
I have make them as succinct as i can so that it is easy for you guys to learn for the coming test.
Where it started
Jazz music started from the spiritual songs and work songs of African slaves in America.
Its relationship to other music forms
It influences many of the major music forms-genres including the pop, hip-hop and rock.
Musicians
Many performers include jazz in their works and repertoire. Outstanding among them is B.B. King.
Technical aspects
The main melodic phrases of a jazz piece is carried mainly by what is known as the "12 Bar Blue Scale"
The accompaniment's harmonic progression of a typical jazz piece usually follows this pattern: 5 6 5 6 / 5 6 5 6 OR "Extended 5 - / Extended 5 -
Do listen to some samples of jazz integrated with say the rock or the pop if only for enjoyment !!
( You can get them from the You Tube !! )
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Hanya Ingin Tau
Dear Students,
As promised, this is one of the favourite songs I heard while on a 9 hour long bus ride from Borobudur back to the historic city of Solo in Indonesia.
I literally explored cose to 20 You Tube postings of it but none could come close to the utter magic of listening to the Street Musician with his "ukelele" like instruments on ths bus and his slightly husky voice minus the perfect vocalisation-techniques.
Hope you will all like it !!
bb : )
The Chinese Orchestra
What are the main instrumental groups in the Chinese Orchestra ??
- Idiophones: jade stone ( qing ) / lian hua ban / luo / etc
- Aerophones: suo na / etc
- Chordophones: pipa / ruan / er hu / gao hu / zhong hu /
- Membranophones: da gu etc
Trace the initial development of the Chinese Orchestra:
1) Villagers, the urban environment
2) The royal courts
3) Back again to the common people
p/s: With influences from neighbouring regions throughout the process ( eg: Central Asia etc )
Art forms / other genres traditionally associated with the Chinese Orchestra:
- Literature, poetry and the arts
What is the impact of global-interactions on Chinese Orchestra ??
Instruments: Adoption of certain western instruments into the Chinese orchestra ( eg: cello and double bass )
Performances: expansion of performance venues to include western cities and other non-Asian regions.
The formation of the Chinese orchestra itself: simulating the Western Symphonic Orchestra, beginning in the 1950s … from Shanghai and Beijing which in turn triggered extensive composition for the Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, it exists in small ensembles.
- Idiophones: jade stone ( qing ) / lian hua ban / luo / etc
- Aerophones: suo na / etc
- Chordophones: pipa / ruan / er hu / gao hu / zhong hu /
- Membranophones: da gu etc
Trace the initial development of the Chinese Orchestra:
1) Villagers, the urban environment
2) The royal courts
3) Back again to the common people
p/s: With influences from neighbouring regions throughout the process ( eg: Central Asia etc )
Art forms / other genres traditionally associated with the Chinese Orchestra:
- Literature, poetry and the arts
What is the impact of global-interactions on Chinese Orchestra ??
Instruments: Adoption of certain western instruments into the Chinese orchestra ( eg: cello and double bass )
Performances: expansion of performance venues to include western cities and other non-Asian regions.
The formation of the Chinese orchestra itself: simulating the Western Symphonic Orchestra, beginning in the 1950s … from Shanghai and Beijing which in turn triggered extensive composition for the Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, it exists in small ensembles.
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