World Music Final songs

WK 1 Cahuilla Birdsong 1

Genre or Style: Indigenous/Powwow music Where, when, and why is it played?: At powwows, to tell the the migration story of the Cahuilla people Typically performed with gourd rattles by men (but now sometimes women), for the community, dancers, spectators Who performs and who listens?: men, for the community Who is performing this particular example?: The Cahuilla, native to riverside region Instrument(s): Voice, gourd rattles Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions?: Vocables, monophonic usually. Open form, the singer is flexible and can sing and do whatever The song speeds up throughout the entire cycle, features a rise and "push-up"

Wk 2 Viene Amaneciendo

Genre or Style: Latin american music, cumbia Who is performing this particular example? Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto Instrument(s): gaita, drums guahcara, maracas?

wk 7 Bhabiye

Genre or Style: Bhangra (Indian Folk Music) Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? Bhangra was originally a folk music and dance style from Punjab, where it was used in. harvest and New Year's celebrations now its more used for dancing Who is performing this particular example? Alaap- this track is taken from their 1982 album Dance With Alaap. Instrument(s): dhol, a large barrel-shaped drum Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? pop music

Wk 4 Polegna e Todora

Genre or Style: Bulgarian Folk Music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? performed to celebrate cultural identity, tell a story, or mark a specific social occasion Who is performing this particular example? Instrument(s):

Wk 8 Huanle Ge (song of happiness)

Genre or Style: Chinese (silk and bamboo ensemble) Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? Following Confucian thought andinfluence, which promoted participation in the arts by everyone—as opposed toprofessional activity by a few—this music is performed primarily by highlyskilled amateurs in folk music clubs. These clubs generally meet once a week,often in a teahouse, and play through their repertoire together while socializing. Who is performing this particular example? Wupin Guoyue Tuan Music Club Instrument(s): dizi, sheng, erhu, pipa, yangqin, and the zheng. Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? The dizi flute and erhu fiddle are especially prominent in this recording, making the heterophonic, ornamented nature of this music easy to distinguish

Wk 5 Sama'i 'al Aryan

Genre or Style: Classical Arab music Samai Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens?: special events Who is performing this particular example? The Takht Ensemble of Cairo is one of the leading ensembles that specializes in classical Arabic music, and this piece would be performed in such settings. Instrument(s): riq: tamberine ud: rounded backed lute Nay: A traditional wooden flute used in Arabic music. Qanun: A large, zither-like instrument played with plectra. Tabla (or Darbuka): A goblet-shaped drum that plays the main rhythm. Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? heterophonic. The tune is in maqam bayati, which again is marked byintervals smaller than the 12-‐note chromatic scale.

Wk 3 Mahlet ZeYared

Genre or Style: Ethiopian Orthodox holy chant- zema chant Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens?: chanting in honor of St. yared at the Ethiopian orthodox church Who is performing this particular example?: A group of debtera (an itinerant ecclesiastical group of singers, cantors, scribes, and teachers) Instrument(s): The kebero (drums) and tsanatsel (sistrum/metal rattle) Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions?: Monophonic texture since they all sing in unison. Chant singing that employs the use of melisma (single Multiple notes over a single syllable of text) typically sung acapella

wk 9 Playon Lasem

Genre or Style: Gamelan music of Indonesia Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? Central Javanese gamelan music for shadow puppet theater. Who is performing this particular example? Ki Suparman Instrument(s): gong? Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? begins in soft style but speeds up and gets loud at the end of the first phrase. It then prcceeds through the entire gendhing, begins to repeat (from phrase E), and ends, on signal, after the first phrase of this repeatable section.

Wk 1 Straight Intertribal

Genre or Style: Indigenous/powwow music (northern) Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? recorded by black lodge singers Who is performing this particular example? black lodge singers Instrument(s): drums, voice Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions?: initial call of the lead singer, called the "push-up," that begins each repeat of the song, and for the repeated falling "terraced" melody that follows

wk 6 Man Hamoon Iranam

Genre or Style: Iranian/Persian pop music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? his song,recorded and released online in the midst of the "Green Revolution" in 2009-10that protested the re-election of then-president Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, calls attention to the suffering of people in Iran, and appeals directly to the sense of disconnect and distance from the "motherland" (embodied literally in the voiceand person of Googoosh) felt by those in exile Who is performing this particular example? Googoosh Instrument(s): synthesizers, drums, electric guitars, bass Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? typical pop song

Wk 4 Garrett Barry's Jig (second version)

Genre or Style: Irish Traditional Music (specifically, an Irish Jig). Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens?: pub sessions, festivals, concerts for musical enjoyment. Who is performing this particular example? : Jerry O'Sullivan, one of the most accomplished players of the uilleann pipes. Instrument(s): uilleann pipes are a type of bagpipe Musical form or structure?: typical form of an Irish jig, which is often structured in A-A-B-B form. This means: A Section: A melodic phrase is played twice. B Section: A contrasting melodic phrase is played twice. Can you identify important transitions?

wk 10 Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal

Genre or Style: Khoomei music- khoomei style Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? praise song for Ghengis Khan. practice of throat-singing is very much tied to epic poetic traditions of the Indigenous peoples of Inner Asia. Here, contemporary khoomei performer Batzorig Vaanchig performs a song praising Ghengis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire during the 13th century that spanned much of the Eastern hemisphere of the globe Who is performing this particular example? Performed by Batzorig Vaanchig Instrument(s): morin khuur (2-string "horsehead fiddle"), a staple traditional instrument of Mongol culture. Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? multiphonic, he piece is performed in a ballad style, repeating the same melody to different text. Unlike traditional ballads however, this song uses both a verse and chorus structure, where the chorus praising the great Khan concludes each new stanza of lyrics.

wk 10 Kargyraa

Genre or Style: Khoomei music- khorekteer, kargyraa style Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? Performed by Radik Tülüsh to the spirit-owners of Middle Pass. Tangdy-Uulamountain range, Tyva, 2005. Who is performing this particular example? Radik Tülüsh Instrument(s): just voice, kargyraa style Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? divided into multiple timbral styles in Inner Asia. example is typically low in register and is meant to evoke the tones of camels and dromedaries of Inner Asia. Listen for the distinct separation of the low drone sound with its growly undertones (pitches lower than the natural range of the voice) and the whistled overtones sung simultaneously

wk 7 Raga Yaman Kalyan

Genre or Style: Northern Indian classical music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? played at UCLA for students Who is performing this particular example? Performed by Shujaat Khan (sitar) and Abhiman Kaushal (tabla). Instrument(s): sitar, tabla Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? 1. alap, a lengthy, slow, non-metered, improvised section. 2.jor, a still somewhat slow,improvised section, but one in which the performer establishes a steady pulse and moves his improvisation up into the middle register of the instrument 3. jhala, beginning at 3:27, thepulse becomes a much faster strumming pattern and the improvisation moves yet higher on theinstrument, into faster and more complicated melodic patterns. 4. gat (4:50). The tempo is slowed back down somewhat, 5. jump to a later part of the gat, where you will hear how thetempo has increased again and the improvisation has moved to the higher register 6. jhala begins at 7:20, marked (as with the jhala in the 1st half of the performance) by the faststrumming pattern on the sitar, with multiple strumming strokes per note on the melody string. 7. very endof the performance, the fastest part of the jhala. At 9:30, you hear the sitar begin a repeatedmelodic figure, signaling to the tabla player that he is about to end. Note the incredible speed ofboth players at this point.

wk 6 Dhyahar-eh-ishq-Meh

Genre or Style: Qawwali music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? the devotional music of Sufi Muslims in Pakistan and northern India.Often referred to as the "mystical" sect of Islam, Sufism emphasizes ritual formsof music and dance as vehicles for achieving heightened, even ecstatic, spiritualexperience. The most common context for qawwali music is known as a sama, or"spiritual concert," often held at the shrine of a Sufi saint on the anniversary ofhis death, a ritual known as an 'urs (literally, "wedding," referencing the spiritualunion of the saint with God). Who is performing this particular example? Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Instrument(s): harmoniums (smallhand-‐pumped organs); and 3) one or more tabla (double hand drum) players. Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions?: vocables, a group of supporting singers, who also clap in rhythm

Wk 2 Taquile Sikuris

Genre or Style: Sikuri music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? Part of taquileno ritual. Particularly performed for community by Taquileno Who is performing this particular example? 40 male siku players Instrument(s): 3 different sized siku panpipes with wankara (bass drum) Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? AABBCC, Paired instrument played in hocket- Ira- male, leader Arca- female, follower

Wk 3 Gambia

Genre or Style: Traditional West African Music, song is rooted in Mandinka traditions, reflecting the griot (oral historian and musician) culture. It's a blend of West African folk music, particularly from Gambia Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens?: Written to mark the 50th anniversary of independence for Gambia in 2015, played at cultural celebrations, public gatherings, festivals, or during ceremonial events Who is performing this particular example?: The primary performer is Sona Jobarteh, a Griot (descendant of the Mandinka griot tradition), who plays the kora and sings. Instrument(s): Kora: The kora is a 21-stringed lute-like instrument, Traditional djembe (a goblet-shaped hand drum) and other African percussion instruments, like balafon (a wooden xylophone) Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? repetitive structure with a call-and-response. increases in complexity/pace

Wk 6 Dastgah Mahur

Genre or Style: full modern Persian classical music performance Who is performing this particular example? Performed by Jalil Shahnaz (tar), Abdolvahhab Shahidi (ud and voice), Asqar Bahari (kamancheh), Faramaarz Payvar (santour), Hasan Nahid (ney), and Howeyn Tahrani (zarb) Instrument(s): tar(a long-necked lute with 6 strings in three courses, recognizable by the figure 8shaped skin head on the body), a kamancheh (a small 4-string bowed instrument with a round body and skin head, played vertically), a santour (a trapezoidal zither with 72 strings, played with small felt-covered mallets in the manner of western hammer dulcimer), a ney (the open-ended reed flute found throughout the Middle East), an oud (the same 11-string fretless, pear-shaped lute found throughout the Middle East, but which actually has its origins in ancient Persian music), and the zarb or tombak (a single-headed drum played with the fingers, inthe shape of a goblet) Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? heterophonic Pishdaramad Chaharmezrab First gushe (dad). Second gushe (shekaste). Third gushe (delkash) Tasnif Reng

Wk 8 Tsuru No Sugomori

Genre or Style: japanese traditional music Where, when, and why is it played? Who performs and who listens? This song is often performed in "Kanadehon Chushingura"(Treasury of Local Retainers,) a famous kabuki play, when parting lovers notice the sceneoutdoors. Instrument(s): The fast trills of the shakuhachi, a vertical bamboo notched flute, representthe crane's fluttering wings. Musical form or structure? Can you identify important transitions? employs the concept of ma ("space" orinterval"), or the balance between silence and noise. Ma is based on the idea that soundenhances silence and that silence enhances sound. the music is unmetered and has unequal rhythms that are difficult totranscribe in Western notation. A key characteristic of this piece is the constant change in dynamics and timbres withina single phrase. Almost every phrase increases or decreases in volume; in many cases, themusician increases the volume on one long note and decreases it on the next one. The contrast of timbresand flexibility of pulse are important to the texture and expression of the piece.