Transcript Persia Part 2

SOUTH AFRICA
PART 3
BELLWORK: DEFINE TERMS
 Ibombing: the loud, almost shouting vocal style of early isicathamiya.
 Makwaya: mission-derived choral performance.
 Overtones: tones produced by a resonant lower register fundamental tone,
common in musical bow playing
 e-shaywayo nezim tambo: guitar; literally “the thing that is struck or sounded by
means of strings or with a bone”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Test on South Africa this Tuesday May 6th.
 Reading Outline #23 is due today.
OUTCOMES
 Scholars Will:
 Grammar: Learn basic facts about South African music
 Logic: Learn how to sing in solfege
MIRIAM MAKEBA-IBOMBING VIDEO
OVERTONES-VIDEO 2
MISSION STYLE CHOIR DRESS
RE-AFRICANIZED CHOIR DRESS
GUIDED NOTES
 Music is more than embellished speech.
 Melodies are derived from chords. These blocks of sound are contained
in a single melody line.
 Phala: tonic
 Thakhula: leading tone
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 The Leading tone lifts the melody back onto the tone center.
 This melodic movement corresponds with the raising, dipping and
turning the body.
ACTIVE LISTENING #4
KUNGCONO KHONA
 What form is this song in?
 Do you think the singer is telling a story or singing a love song?
 What musical aspects influenced your decision?
JUST THE FACTS #4
KUNGCONO KHONA
 This song is used to accompany gumboot dance therefore it provides a
basic rhythmic groove.
 In the story of this song, a young man leaves his home with his lover and
finds her to be a bad choice.
TRANSLATION OF LYRICS
I am alright as I am, Father
Better than what I am seeing around
me.
THE THREE PARTS OF A MASKANDA
GUITAR AND VOICE SONG
The maskanda guitar player included all
of the following elements:
a choral part
A narrative part
self-praises
CFU: THINK, PAIR, SHARE
 Quote analysis:
 One musician writes:
 “In the shared experience of music itself there is the possibility of
reaching beyond the constraints of words and social role and cultural
time, by extending tonal and harmonic structures in a special world of
musical time.”
 Q: How does music create freedom? Is music separate from daily life?
CFU: SOUTH AFRICAN SONG
EXIT TICKET
 What is the name for mission-derived choral performance?
 Name two characteristics of Maskanda guitar performance:
 What is the song Kungcono Khona about?
 What is the difference between mission style and re-africanized choir
dress?