anushka shanka

• Anoushka Shankar, Breathing Under Water: Burn Listen to Track 3 of the CD and refer to Excerpt 3 in the resource booklet. (a) (i) Name the melody instrument which plays in bar 1.

  sitar
• (ii) Describe the melody in bars 1 to 2.

  Improvised , Starts ascending , Later descending ,conjunct
• (b) Describe the melody in bars 9 to 12.


  Descending,Sequence ,Conjunct / step, Ornamentation
• (c) Identify the section which starts at bar 17.

  Chorus / refrain
• (d) Identify two features from the list below that describe the harmony in this excerpt.

  F & G
• (e) Name the instrument which enters at bar 25.


  Sarangi
• (f) Describe the popular music features which make this piece an example of fusion

  Riffs , Diatonic , Vocal style , Backing vocals