Lesson Plan in Music 8 - Indian Music

November 11 – 15, 2013 LESSON PLAN IN MUSIC 8 I.

Objectives: a. Listen to songs from Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asian countries alone and/or with others. b. Relate Central, Southern, and West Asian countries’ music in the lives of the people. c. Analyze examples of music from Central, South Asia and West countries and describe how the elements are used. d. Explain the distinguishing characteristics of representative Central, South Asian and West countries’ music in relation to the culture of the area. e. Perform using available instruments from Central Asia, South Asia and West countries alone and/or with others. f. Improvise simple rhythmic/harmonic accompaniments to music from selected Central, South, and West Asian countries. g. Explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate instruments being studied. h. Sing vocal music from Central, South, and West Asian countries alone and/with others. i. Evaluate music and music performances applying knowledge of musical elements and styles

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Subject Matter: Music of South, Central and West Asia

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Lesson 1: Music of India A. Motivation Let the students guess from what country do the following images come from?

Answer: India B. Lesson Proper Aside from having a rich culture, Indian music is as vast as its geographic location. It remains fundamental to the lives of its people as a source of spiritual inspiration, cultural expression and entertainment.

Vocal Music - uses melismatic singing - Rig Veda and Sama Veda are sung in a Samagana style Veda – canonical collections of hymns, prayers and liturgical formulas that compromise the earliest Hindu sacred writings  Carnatic Music - music from South India - temple music - unified (same ragas) - music piece are mainly set for voice and with lyrics krti – devotional songs mridangam – most common instrument for keeping rhythm  Hindustani Music - predominantly found in the northern region - religious and folk music developed with Persian influences (Mughal era) khyal – means imagination; nasal singing tabla – most common instrument for keeping rhythm Instrumental Music – Sangeet Tala – common Indian system of rhythm Theka – repeated pattern Musical Instruments 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Ghan – non-membranous percussive instrument with solid resonators Avanaddh – a membranous percussive Sushir – blown air Tat – referred to as vina; plucked instruments Vitat – bowed string instruments

C. Application Identify which words from the box fit the description of Carnatic and Hindustani music. khyal unified

temple music Northern

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krti nasal singing Persian influence

Southern lyrical imagination

Carnatic Music

Hindustani Music

Evaluation Name the following Indian musical instruments.

Lesson 2: Music of Pakistan