AII SEMINAR 6 World Music -- Answer Key Task 1, 2 and 4 based on class discussion Task 3 1 Deep Forest -- Boheme -- "Café Europa" piccolo (flute), clapping, synthesizer, sampling, American Indian influence, chanting, electronic fusion, dulcimer (cimbalom), World Music, up-beat tempo 2 The Magic of Rhodope Mountain -- "Izlel e Delio Haidutin" Bulgarian folk music, bagpipes, high shrill voice, female vocals, trill (melismatic), ethno music, slow tempo 3 Spirit of Micronesia -- "Beet!" Voices in harmony, mixed chorus, guitar accompaniment (ukulele), celebrating opening of new church, line dance, ethno music, Pacific island music, high shrill voice 4 Radio Tarifa -- Temporal -- "La Tarara" accordion, wind instruments (flute), Arabic influence, North African sound, string instruments (lute), percussion (bongos), Spanish lyrics, love song, cultural fusion, up-beat tempo 5 Paco Pena -- Arte e Pasion -- "Granada en Flor" live concert performance, audience applause, castanets, Spanish guitars, flamenco, dance, clapping, both slow and up-beat tempo Notes about the music: Deep Forest is a French group that combines high technology with ethnic songs from Africa, Transylvania, Hungary, Byelorussia, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Latin America. Marta Sebestyen and Peter Gabriel are featured on Boheme, which won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. "Cafe Europa" merges American Indian chant and techno beat. The Magic of Rhodope Mountain is a collection of Bulgarian kaba-bagpipe and folk music. The piece "Izlel e Delio Haidutin" by Valya Balkanska was chosen by American astronomer Carl Sagan to be sent out on the Voyager space station as a message from the Earth. Spirit of Micronesia is a compilation of recordings made by English ethnomusicologist David Fanshawe. "Beet!", recorded on Ujae Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1983, was composed for the celebration of the completion of a new church, and was accompanied by a line dance on that occasion. Radio Tarifa, an ethno music group based in Spain, recorded Temporal in 1996. "La Tarara", a traditional Andalusian love song, is arranged using soprano saxophone, oud, ney, accordion, derbuca, tar, bass guitar, bongo, and vocals. Paco Pena and the Flamenco Dance Company made the live-recording Arte e Pasion in 1998. Andalusian music, including the piece "Granada en Flor", has a rich history influenced by Celtic, Arabic, Moorish, Jewish and Gypsy traditions, among others. Task 5 -- Gap fill -- Music and Language World Music makes use of a lot of styles from many different countries. As a result, World Music also includes a lot of different lyrics in different languages. Many of these languages are only spoken in those particular countries -- African dialects; French in France and Quebec; German; Hebrew; Spanish in Latin America and Spain . . . the list goes on. This linguistic diversity can be one of the most appealing aspects of World Music. Songs become windows into the particular culture of the artist in every way from instruments to language. In some cases, music becomes a way in which a person learns another language. When I was a student, I found a good way to remember almost anything was to put it to a rhythm. How does this apply to music and language? If someone studying English was struggling, then when a English-language artist with an intriguing sound is discovered, all of a sudden pronunciation becomes easier. But the act of simply listening to music in a particular language is not enough to make one fluent. The only way to master a language is to live for a while amongst native speakers: become interested in the culture, read books and magazines in the language, and write e-mail messages to new-found friends. As a World Music enthusiast, however, I listen to music in many languages. It's unrealistic to expect that I will learn every language in which I hear someone sing, any more than I will learn how to play every musical instrument used to create the music. It raises lots of questions, but one in particular: why listen to songs with lyrics you don't understand? Task 6 -- Grammar -- Focus on so, such and such a 1 That was really an outstanding performance. Such great musicians are hard to find. 2 It was a super concert. We had such a good time that we will always remember it. 3 I didn't enjoy the music. The singers were so loud and shrill. 4 The lyrics were so difficult to understand; I really couldn't catch even a single word. 5 We can't decide which performance to attend; it's such a dilemma. 6 It was such difficult music, that we had a hard time appreciating it. 7 He is so good a composer that he gained worldwide recognition. So + adjective Such a + countable noun Such + uncountable noun and plural nouns Task 7 -- Grammar -- Focus on few and a few; little and a little 1 A few of the band members gathered for a jam session last night. 2 There was very little applause after the embarrassingly bad performance. 3 Very few people came to the concert, as it was not very well promoted. 4 Could you turn up the volume a little? 5 There was little attention paid to the event in the media, therefore almost nobody came. 6 I was really lucky to get the tickets, because there were only a few left. 7 Just a few people can read music these days. 8 I listen to this kind of music just a little bit. A few / few goes with countable nouns. A little / little goes with uncountable nouns. A few and a little implies that there ARE enough. (positive attitude) Few and little implies that there are NOT enough. (negative attitude)