Music of South East Asia and Middle Asia PDF

MUSIC OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND MIDDLE ASIA INDIA  INDIA IS A UNION OF 219 STATES AND SIX TERRITORIES. IT S 7 TH WORLD’S LARGEST COUNTRY AND OCCUPIES THE GREATER PART OF SOUTH ASIA.  INDIA IS THE 2ND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY OF THE WORLD AFTER CHINA. MOST OF THE COUNTRY HAS A TROPICAL MONSO...

MUSIC OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND MIDDLE ASIA INDIA  INDIA IS A UNION OF 219 STATES AND SIX TERRITORIES. IT S 7 TH WORLD’S LARGEST COUNTRY AND OCCUPIES THE GREATER PART OF SOUTH ASIA.  INDIA IS THE 2ND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY OF THE WORLD AFTER CHINA. MOST OF THE COUNTRY HAS A TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE.  THE CHIEF CITIES ARE THE SEAPORT BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MAFRAS AND THE CAPITAL NEW DELHI.  THE DOMINAT RELIGION IS HINDUISM, ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, SIKHISM, AND JAINISM ARE ALSO FOUND. EDUCATION FREE FOR AGES 6-14. INSTRUMENTAL PIECES, FOLKSONGS, ANF RITUAL MUSIC  THE HINDUSTANI (NORTHERN) AND KARNATAK (SOUTHERN).  THE HINDUSTANI SCHOOL INFLUENCED BY THE PERSIAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS. THERE ARE GREAT VARIETY IF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENT MUSIC UNDDER THE HINDUSTANI SCHOOL.  BOTH INSTRUMENTS AND VOCAL MUSIC ARE PERFORMED IN CONCERTS USALLY OF SMALL ENSEMBLE.  BOTH INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC ARE MODES OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS, AS WELL AS ESSENTIAL MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS IN SOCIAL FESTIVITIES, INCLUDING DANCES AND NARRATION OF NARRATIVES.  INDIAN VIRTUOSOS, NOTABLY RAVI SHANKAR (COMPOSER AND SITAR PLAYER) AND ALI AKBAR KHAN (COMPOSERA AND SAROD PLAYER) BECAME RENOWNED WORLD ARTISTS.  THE TWO GREAT EPIC HINDU EPICS, THE RAMAYANA AND THE MAHABARATA WERE TURN INTO DRAMATIC CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES WHICH WERE CHOREOGRAPHED. HINDUSTANI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SITAR The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music TANPURA Is a long-necked, plucked, four-stringed instrument originating in India HARMONIUM is a keyboard instrument that is a lot like an organ. It makes sound by blowing air through reeds, which are tuned to different pitches to make musical notes. TRUCK ART RANGOLI CARNATAC