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1
Q

Who is her father?

A

Ravi Shankar

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What genres she explored?

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Indian, Flamenco, Jazz, Electrona and Western classsical

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Who collaborated on the album?

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Anoushka Shankar
Karsh Kale
Salim Merchant
Norah jones

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4
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What fusion is there?

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Indian Classical
Bollywood
Western

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(Burn) How is Burn the most lavishly scored?

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Sitar and strings heard then other instruments

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(Burn) What’s heard in verse 1?

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piano and very high Ethereal Synth bad

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7
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(Burn) What helps launch the first chorus?

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Fat Lead Synth

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(Burn) What adds a touch of ‘Eastern’ colour?

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sarangi

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(Burn) What Western orchestral instruments can be heard?

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strings
harp
brass
flute
concluding cello solo
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(Burn) What’s the primary melodic interest in the intro?

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slow-moving string tune with some octave doubling for additional interest

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(Burn) How does the Sitar countermelody contrast the main melody?

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different timbre and lower pitch
less continuous
more diverse/vigorous rhythm

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12
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(Burn) What’s the main texture?

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homophonic

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13
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(Burn) Name 3 dynamic features

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opening sitar over low strings
magical quiet moments
crescendos into new section

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14
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(Burn) What is the structure and what marks it out?

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verse-chorus

changes of sonority

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15
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(Burn) Name the key

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Csharp minor

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16
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(Burn) What’s present most of the time?

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Csharp

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17
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(Burn) Is the music diatonic?

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Yes

almost always

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18
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(Burn) When’s the modulation?

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Coda

interrupted cadence goes to an ambiguous tonality

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19
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(Burn) Why is the final chord unclear?

A

D with no third

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20
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(Burn) Are triads used?

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Yes

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21
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What unusual chords are used?

A

slash
sus
add

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22
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Are harmonic used?

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yes

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23
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(Burn) describe the vocals

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small and narrow range
conjunct
motif made up of rising 2nd and falling 3rd

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24
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(Burn) Why do the vocals fit well with the harmony?

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hypnotic narrowness and repetitiveness accords well with static harmony

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(Burn) describe the string melodies

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slow-moving
same notes as vocal melody
freer in use of small leaps and has some doubling at the upper octave

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26
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(Burn) what occurs more frequently as the song continuous

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higher pitches

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27
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describe the sitar parts

A

elaborate with much ornamentation

phrases are often short and well separated by rests

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28
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Are microtonal intervals heard?

A

yes

in glissandi between notes

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29
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(Burn) Describe the tempo

A

80 cpm
4/4
both maintained throughout but rhythmic activity varies

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30
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(Burn) How do rhythms vary?

A

initially long notes which define the metre

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31
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(Burn) Describe the sitar rhythms

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freer and more rhythmically diverse
various triplet groupings
syncopated rhythms
mixture of long and short notes

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32
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(Burn) What suggests a raga in the intro?

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free improvisatory nature

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33
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(Burn) Where is there much syncopation?

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vocal part, sarangi and lead synth

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34
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(Burn) What happens in the last part of the intro?

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percussion and synth bass interject more movement with a clear and insistent ‘beat’

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35
Q

(Breathing) describe the sonority

A

sitar solo with strings

wordless vocal phrases

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36
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(Breathing) What Western instruments are there?

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Woodwind
Horns
Flute
Chromatic cello solo

37
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(Breathing) Describe the texture of section one

A

Mel-dom-hom

slow moving string chords accompanying the sitar melody

38
Q

(Breathing) How is the sound expanded?

A

More complex texture
traces of melody in strings
wordless vocal countermelodies

39
Q

What are the overall dynamics?

A

mostly quiet

few markings

40
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(Breathing) What’s the structure?

A

gradually unfolding

unified by various important ideas

41
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(Breathing) What’s the key of the opening and end?

A

Db major

42
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(Breathing) Describe the tonality of the middle 8

A

Lydian A

tertiary modulation

43
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(Breathing) Are the vocal melodies varied?

A

Yes

44
Q

(Breathing) Describe the string parts

A

chordal

long succession of minims cover a perfect 12th

45
Q

(Breathing) Describe the sitar part

A

continuous
repetition
variation
improvisatory

46
Q

(Breathing) What suggests blues notes?

A

Fbs and Cbs compare to the lowered third and seventh scale-degree in blues music

47
Q

(Breathing) What’s the tempo?

A

120 cpm

rit in vocal phrases

48
Q

(Breathing) Describe the metre

A

4/4

single 2/4 bar

49
Q

(Breathing) What rhythms does the sitar use?

A

diverse
syncopation
triplets
quintuplets

50
Q

(Breathing) How does the sitar compliment the strings?

A

strings lack syncopation and chords often last one or two bars

51
Q

(Easy) How is the sonority the most western?

A

prominent role for electric guitar and piano

52
Q

(Easy) What’s the centre of attention?

A

Singer

Sitar if singer silent

53
Q

(Easy) Where is there interplay?

A

Between voice and sitar

54
Q

(Easy) What’s the structure?

A

AABA

55
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(Easy) Describe the vocal melodies

A

vocal range wider in the verses

intervals of a fourth and octave

56
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(Easy) describe the sitar melodies

A

elaborate with much ornamentation

57
Q

(Easy) What’s the tempo?

A

84 cpm

58
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(Easy) What’s the metre?

A

4/4 with a five quaver pick up bar

59
Q

(Easy) What’s the most striking rhythmic feature?

A

syncopated guitar rhythm

60
Q

(Easy) describe the sitar rhytgms

A

more rhythmically ornate than the other songs

61
Q

(Burn) Give an example of a slash chord

A

Gsharp(add4)/Fsharp

62
Q

(burn) give an example of an add chord

A

Csharpminor(add9)

63
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(breathing) What chords are in the intro?

A

VI and V

64
Q

(Breathing) Give an example of a slash chord

A

B/A

65
Q

(breathing) What’s suprising about the link?

A

Am chord (key is A major)

66
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(Easy) What’s the chord sequence?

A

Db(sus4), Gb(sus2)/Bb, Cb(sus2)

67
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(Easy) What chord does it end on?

A

Db(sus4) unresolved

68
Q

Alankara

A

ornaments

69
Q

Andolan

A

Vibrato

70
Q

Meend

A

Slides

71
Q

Kan

A

Grace notes

72
Q

Gamak

A

trills/mordents

73
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Tar saphak

A

upper range of sitar

74
Q

Mordra Saphak

A

Lower range of sitar

75
Q

Pandiatonicism

A

diatonic scale without limitations of functional harmony

76
Q

Comparisons

A 
Within you, Without you - George Harrison
Sea Dreamer
'Sunset' - Nitin Sawhrey
Butterfly - Talvin Singh
Talamanam sound clash - Tabla beat science
Rad Desh
Love You To - Beatles
J'ai Ho
I want to tell you
Within you, without you
77
Q

Within you, without you context

A

1960s

George Harrison spent time with Ravi Shankar and wrote this version of one of his songs

78
Q

Within you without you instrumentation

A 
Indian = Sitar, tambura, dilruba, swarmandal, tabla, tambura, drone, ornamented sitar
Western = acoustic guitar, strings
79
Q

within you, without you tempo/metre/rhythm

A 
improvised feel
no real sense of pulse
tala-like rhythm
tala changes metre
ever changing rhythms
80
Q

Within you, without you melody

A

Indian = improvised sounding instrumental
extended and decorated melody
minor decoration
antiphonal responses in sitar
Western = word painting, countermelody, octaves

81
Q

withing you, without you structure

A

alap intro
continuous drone joins parts
Western = ABA (ternary)

82
Q

Within you, without you sonority/texture

A 
Indian = drone, decoration, slides
Western = glissando, counter-melody, contrapuntal, dialogue, pizz strings
83
Q

Within you, without you tonality/harmony

A

Done of Db and Ab

modal tonality closely linked to mixolydan mode based on major 3rd intervals

84
Q

Sea Dreamer

A 
Sting
verse-chorus
mel-dom-hom
steady tempo maintained by drums
simple and repetitive melody 
sitar and bansuri
improvised feel
syncopation
85
Q

Rag Desh

A

Sitar solo accompanied by Tabla and Tambura drone
rag = Rag Khamaj
Alap - Gat ( fast, clear pulse)- Jhalla (fast end section)
Rhythms = Jhaptal (10 beats), Tintal (16 beats) and Tal in tabla
Improvised
Rag = scale
alap = strumming, plucking and note bending on sitar

86
Q

Anoushka context

A

born 1981
daughter of Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar
First solo debut at the age of 13
Half sister Nora Jones = american singer

87
Q

Breathing under water context

A

2007

colab with Karsh Kale (pioneer in Asian underground music)

88
Q

What Rag is used in Easy?

A

Rag Khamaj

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