Transcript Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer (esraj and tabla) and Steve

Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer (esraj and
tabla) and Steve Gorn (bansuri)
Instruments: bansuri, esraj, tambura and tabla
Bansuri: The
bansuri is a flute
from India made
from a single
hollow shaft of
bamboo with six
or seven finger
holes.
Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer (esraj
and tabla) and Steve Gorn (bansuri)
Instruments: bansuri, esraj, tambura and tabla
Esraj: A string instrument with a medium sized sitarlike neck with 20 heavy metal frets. This neck holds on
a long wooden rack of 12-15 sympathetic strings.
There are four main strings, which are bowed.
Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer (esraj
and tabla) and Steve Gorn
(bansuri)
Instruments: bansuri, esraj, tambura and tabla
Tambura: A long necked plucked
stringed instrument found in
different versions in different
places. The tambura has no frets,
as only the open strings are played
as a harmonic accompaniment to
the other musicians. It has four or
five wire strings, which are plucked
one after another in a regular
pattern to create a drone.
Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer (esraj
and tabla) and Steve Gorn (bansuri)
Instruments: bansuri, esraj, tambura and tabla
Tabla: A pair of hand
drums of contrasting
sizes and timbres.
Version 3: Benjy Wertheimer
(esraj and tabla) and Steve Gorn
(bansuri)
• Structure:
Three movementsAlap
Gat 1 (slow)
Gat 2 (fast)
• Watch the video of V3 and annotate the score
or write notes in your green book
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJmYDwSVz0&feature=related
Detailed Analysis of Version 3:
Features
Time
Section
Features
0.00 –
8.35
Alap
(part 1)
• Slow and unmeasured section.
• Drone is established by the tambura which plays the notes Sa (C)
and Pa (G) (tonic and dominant).
• The bansuri (flute) then comes in, playing the rag. This develops
from trying out the various pitches in short fragments to a more
developed melodic part.
0.00 –
4.41
Gat 1
(part 2)
• Slow tempo.
• Lyrical unaccompanied melody for the bansuri and the tabla
comes in at 0.31 playing the seven-beat rupak tala.
•Rupak tal (7 beats): 3 + 2 + 2
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
Wave
Clap
Clap
Detailed Analysis of Version 3:
Features
Time
4.41- end
Section
Features
Gat 1
(part 2)
• This fixed composition then starts at 0.43. Following this the music becomes
more agitated and dramatic.
• Improvisation takes over around the gat, while the tabla player also
decorates the original tala pattern.
• The bansuri then plays the gat repeatedly whilst the tabla player improvises.
• At 3.32 the two instruments swap function = bansuri improvises and tabla
accompanies.
• Several tihais are heard to mark out section ends. The last of these leads
into the second gat at 4.41
Gat 2
(part 3)
• A fast tempo (drut) in ektal tala.
Ektal tal (12 beats): 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
clap
clap
wave
clap
wave
clap
•Tabla sets a fast tempo, bansuri plays an elaborate gat containing wide
ranges of pitch, scalic runs and slides.
•Fast scale passages are called tans.
Test your understanding
• You will now attempt a GCSE style question based on the 2
versions you have learnt today.
• There is silence at the beginning of the track giving you time to
read and understand the questions on the worksheet
• There are pauses between playings of the extracts
• Good luck!
Answers
1a
• i) Sarod
• ii) explores the notes of the raga scale ascending and descending
gradually and in free rhythm/unmetred feel including the use of
improvisation and melodic decoration/use of ornaments
• iii) Alap
1b
• i) Tabla
• ii) Tala (or Rupak Tala)
• iii) Gat;
1c) Any two of:
• - slow v fast tempo;
• - free v more rhythmic
• - improvised vs fixed composition
• - no pulse v steady pulse;
1d) D, F, G, B
Consolidate
• Discuss
• Evaluate your learning
L3: PLENARY – SELF ASSESSMENT
KEY WORDS – gharana, raga, pentatonic, rasa, bols,
matras, syncopation, tala, meend/mind, tan, timbre, Sitar,
Tambura, Tabla, Sarod, Sarangi, Cymbals, Alap, Gat, Jhalla
I know the terminolgy used in Indian Music
I can identify different Indian musical instruments and
describe their roles within different performances of Rag
Desh
I can use specific musical vocabulary relating to certain
playing techniques used in Indian music
I can talk about all 3 versions of Rag Desh musically
I can attempt a “Section A” style listening question on Rag
Desh
And finally
• Complete the summary
• Homework- preparation for test!!
• Revise all we have learnt about Rag Desh- focus on:
– Structure of a raga performance (characteristics)
– Instruments
– Terminology