Listen carefully to the mus

Where is this music from?

ic

How do you know?

What do you know about it?

What instruments can you name?

Music of
India
Background and
Instruments

By the end of the lesson you

will

Understand the musical traditions of

India
Know some Indian instruments
Be able to recognise what they sound
like

Music of India
Stretches

back over 2000 years.

One of the oldest musical traditions in
the world.
Strongly linked to religious and cultural
identity.
Two main traditions:

Hindustani - northern India

Carnatic - southern India

Music

is not notated, but taught from

master to pupil by listening and playing.

Common Elements
Can

often be very complex, but there

are three common elements:

Melody usually improvised from a type

of scale called a rag.
Drone accompaniment using only two
notes, a fifth apart.
Rhythm known as the tala, and
organised into repeating cycles.

Indian Instruments
Apart

from the voice, some common

instruments in Indian classical music
are:

Sitar
Sarangi
Tabla
Bansuri
Shenhai

In groups
Use

the internet to create a short

presentation answering the below
questions:

What does the instrument look like?

What is it made from?
How is it played?
What does it sound like?
What is its role in a musical ensemble?

In pairs
What

Hindustani and Carnatic

What

are two string instruments?

Sitar and Sarangi

What

are the three common elements?

Melody, Drone, and Rhythm

What

are the two main traditions?

are two wind instruments?

Bansuri and Shenhai

What

is the name of a percussion

instruments?

Tabla

Homework: Due next

lesson
Click

on the link in your email,

and make notes on the page.
Listen to the audio examples,
and be prepared to answer
questions about it next
lesson.