World Music Instruments

Today you will be working in groups to find out about some of leading musical lights in the World Music. You will work in small groups to find out key information about each group/artist.

You will create a short google doc powerpoint presentation. Which must include the following elements:

1. What musical style are/were they associated with? Include a brief (no more than 100 words) description of the style.
2. What was their instrument/s? provide a brief description of unusual instruments..include photos
3. What other instruments are associated with that style?
4. Where is this music from?
5. What is the context of this style? i.e. is it dance music? for religious ceremony etc.
6. Please include a youtube link to a typical recording
7. Include information about the typical musical aspects of each style to include something about:

• RHYTHM - tempos, time signatures, grooves
• HARMONY - tonality (major/minor), typical chord progressions etc
• MELODY - scales used, melodic shape, use improvisation etc
• TEXTURE - how are groups of instruments used?

You will have 30 minutes to prepare your presentation which must be no longer than 3 minutes.

The artists/groups:

1. Beuna Vista Social Club

2. Mighty Sparrow

3. Juan Luis Guerra

4. Toumani Diabaté

5. Thomas Mapfumo

6. Fela Anikulapo Kuti

7. Ravi Shankar

8. Ali Akbar Khan


Reliable web research places include:
BBC
National Geographic (http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/)