Bowed Strings
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Track 21 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3.
Music from China for er-hu and cheng from Saydisc album 'Evening Song', performed by Jing Ying Soloists (4'38")
Main features: Chinese instruments, pentatonic scale, imitation.
This gentle, meditative piece is played on the er-hu, a stringed instrument and the cheng, a Chinese zither. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, the melody of the er-hu based on the pentatonic scale of G and the cheng's imitation of the er-hu.
Official classification: Listening, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Echo, China, Far East, Er-hu, Cheng, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
Track 6 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Song with rebabah from East Sudan, from Saydisc album 'Spirit of African Sanctus', recorded by David Fanshawe (1'32")
Main features: rebabah, Arabic scale pattern.
This song from East Sudan features a male singer accompanying himself on a rebabah, a one stringed fiddle. The four learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation, the sung melody, the rebabah's repeated pattern and decorative figure.
Official classification: Listening, Key Stage 3, Sudan, Arabic, North Africa , Rebabah, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 5 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Song and dance music from Uganda from Saydisc album 'Spirit of African Sanctus' (2'23")
Main features: instrumentation, rhythmic and melodic ostinatos, call and response.
This celebratory music from Uganda features a call and response, accompanied by two edongos (bowed harps), clap-sticks, seed-pod shaker and drum. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melodic and rhythmic ostinatos and the call and response.
Official classification: Listening, Ostinato, Call and response, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Uganda, East Africa, Choral (World), Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Edongo, Clapsticks, Seed pod shaker, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 9. Music for dance, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Tags: Uganda accompanied call and response
Picture of chinese stringed instrument, to hear example listen to Track 21 Meditating on the Past from Saydisc material
Official classification: Image, Key Stage 3, China, Er-hu, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Wedding song from Rajasthan from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music' (2'20")
Main features: instrumentation, structure. This folk song from Rajasthan features a sarangi and dholak. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, instrumental sections, dholak and drone.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, India, Dholak, Drone, Unit 19 Songwriter, Rajasthan, Indian, Sharangi, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
Track 24 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Jewish song from the Sephardi tradition, from Saydisc album 'Raisins and Almonds' (1'53")
Main features: instrumentation, melody.
This Sephardic folk song features the rebec (a stringed instrument) and the lauto (a metal strung lute). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melody and drone.
Official classification: Recorder Family, Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Female, Drone, Rebec, Lauto, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 22 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from Northern China from Saydisc album 'Evening Song' (2'56")
Main features: timbre, structure, pentatonic scale.
This music from China is played on traditional Chinese instruments, such as the cheng (Chinese zither) and er-hu (Chinese fiddle). The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Xylophone, Listening, Tempo, Interactive Activities, Pentatonic Scales, China, Er-hu, Cheng, Bar-woo, Track Explorer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: Violin, Early Instruments, Rebec, Curriculum support, Rudiments of Wisdom
Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Descriptive music for Chinese ensemble from Saydisc album 'Like Waves against the Sand' (1'41") Main features: traditional Chinese instruments, descriptive music, pentatonic melody. This descriptive piece from China features traditional Chinese instruments such as the pi-pa, er-hu, di-zi and yang-qin. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and descriptions of the variations.
Official classification: Listening, Form & Structure, Variations (Divisions), Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Pentatonic Scales, Er-hu, Yang-qin, Pi-pa, Di-zi, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 35 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Jewish song from the Sephardi tradition, from Saydisc album 'Raisins and Almonds' (2'32") Main features: early instruments, structure, lyrics, drone. This Sephardic folk song is sung in Ladino by a female singer. It features traditional instruments such as the shawm (a wind instrument) lauto (a string instrument) and rebec (a type of lute). The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure, lyrics and translation of the lyrics.
Official classification: Form & Structure, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Shawm, Drone, Rebec, Lauto, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Recorder part 1, including lyrics and sol-fa, for the piece 'Yangtze Rain', from Lambeth Music Service's Musitrax Play scheme of work for recorders, glockenspiel and djembe.
Official classification: Soprano/descant, Pieces, Camanche, SMILE, Musitrax
Note names: D, E, G, A, B
Displaying 1 to 11 of 11 resources labelled with 'Bowed Strings'