MUSIC

• INDIA - largest country in Southeast Asia
• Vocal Music


  Made for singing
• Instrumental Music


  Solely for instruments, sometimes accompanied by singing
• Melismatic Singing


  One syllable is stretched to many notes and has a distinctive nasal quality
• India's Vocal Music


  • Samagana
  • Sama Veda
  • Rig Veda
• Samagana


  Vedic era singing system with pitch
• Sama Veda


  Sacred song sung as samagana
• Rig Veda


  First of the four sacred scriptures; collection of ancient vedic sanskrit
• Carnatic Music


  South India; 'temple music'; Krti: composition of devotional songs
• Hindustani Music


  North/Central India; nasal singing; Kyal: "imagination," common style of singing in the region
• Classification of Instruments


  • Ghan (non-verbal membranous instruments, IDIOPHONES)
  • Avanaddh (membranous percussive, MEMBRANOPHONES)
  • Sushir (blown air, AEROPHONES)
  • Tat (plucked "vina", CHORDOPHONES)
  • Vitat (bow stringed, CHORDOPHONES)
• Tala


  Common indian system of rhythm, often translated as "tal", "taal", or "taala"
• Tala Rhythms


  • Dadratala (6 beats)
  • Keherwatala (8 beats)
  • Ektala (8 beats)
  • Chautala (12 beats)
  • Jhumratala (14 beats)
  • Tintala / Teentala (16 beats)
• ISRAEL - CAPITAL: JERUSALEM, LANGUAGE: HEBREW, ARABIC, DEMONYM: ISRAELI, RELIGION: JUDAISM
• Israeli Music


  Modal, harmony is NOT emphasized
• Uses of Israeli Music


  • Communal worship
  • Mystic rituals
  • Life passage events
  • Entertainment
• Distinctive Vocal Style of Israeli Music

  Cultural and Throaty Enunciation
• Israeli Vocal Music


  • Devotional Music (Hazan: prayer leader in synagogue, Shofar: special call to prayer/repentance)
  • Secular Music (Instrumental and vocal, Life passage events, rhythmic)
• Israeli Instrumental Music


  • Chordophones (Lute, Laud, Jewish Lyre, Psalterion, Oud)
  • Membranophones (Darbuk, Goblet, Toft)
  • Aerophones (Shofar)
• Hora


  Dance that has strong beats and asymmetrical meters
• Zum Gali Gali


  Traditional Hebrew folk song; helps people work as they sing
• PAKISTAN - CAPITAL: ISLAMABAD (Karachi, Largest City), LANGUAGE: URDU, DEMONYM: PAKISTANI, RELIGION: ISLAM
• Pakistani Music


  Known for vocals
• Influences on Pakistani Music

  • South/Central Asia
  • Persia
  • Turkey
  • Arab World
• Ghazal


  Traditional expression of love, separation, and loneliness
• Qawwali


  Devotional of Christi Order, Performed at Sufi Shrines
• Punjabi Music


  Strengthens the importance of instruments (instrumental music)
• Bhangra


  One of the most recognized forms; based on the drum rhythm of dhol
• Pakistani Instruments


  • Membranophone (Tabla, Dholak)
  • Chordophone (Rubab)
  • Aerophone (Harmonium)