World Music Instruments

World Music Instruments

• In Area of Study 4: World Music, there are many new and unusual instruments that come up; such as the bouzouki (Skye Waulking Song) and the pakhawaj (Rag Desh- by Chiranji Lal Tanwar).
• This is to help become more familiar with these.
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• Caption: Djembe drum (used in Yiri)

Capercaille- Skye Waulking Song

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• Caption: Wurlitzer piano: A type of early electric piano
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• Caption: Uilleann pipes: Like bagpipes but with a softer tone

Slide 3

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• Caption: Bouzouki: A type of lute that comes from Greece

Rag Desh- Anoushka Shankar

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• Caption: Sitar: A plucked string instrument with a very long neck. It has seven main strings, which are used to play the melody. There are also twelve sympathetic strings- these are plucked, but resonate 'in sympathy' with the other strings. This creates a characteristic shimmering sound.
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• Caption: Tabla: A pair of drums. The right is called the dayan. It's smaller, so higher pitched, and made of wood. The left is called the bayan. It's larger, so lower pitched, and made of metal. The drums are mainly played with the fingers

Rag Desh- Chiranji Lal Tanwar

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• Caption: Sarod: A plucked string instrument
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• Caption: Sarangi: A bowed string instrument

Slide 6

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• Caption: Pakhawaj: A long drum with a head at each end
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• Caption: Tabla (description as before) There is also a small pair of cymbals used

Rag Desh- Steve Gorn and Benjy Wertheimer

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• Caption: Bansuri: A bamboo flute which has holes instead of keys
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• Caption: Esraj: A bowed string instrument

Slide 8

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• Caption: Shruti box: An electronic instrument that plays like a drone
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• Caption: Swarmandel: a plucked string instrument. There is also as Tabla

Koko- Yiri

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• Caption: Balafon: similar to the xylophone, this instrument is made of wooden bars which are tuned to different pitches. Gourds hang beneath the bars to make the instrument sound more resonant
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• Caption: Djembe: a drum shaped like a goblet, played with the hands

Slide 10

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• Caption: Talking drum: a drum that is played with a hooked stick and can be used to imitate speech by creating different pitches and slides