Beatles & Shankar

Question 1

Ravi Shankar & Beatles

Answer 1

Ravi Shankar
musician
Introduced Beatles to Indian influences:
Norwegian wood
Love to you
Within you without you
(use of sitar)

Question 2

Use of sitar

Answer 2

The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows
Shankar, Naked, Traces Of You - slides

Question 3

Vocal line prominence, sitar sits back

Answer 3

Traces Of You - harmonisation, west American country influence, America cover by First Aid Kit

Question 4

Afro Celt Sound System album by Release

Answer 4

Fuse elements of:
Traditional Gaelic
African
Indian
With an electric dance style

Question 5

Jhule Jhule lal

Answer 5

By Prince Inderpreet Singh
Indian (vocals - melisma) with drims

Question 6

Nadia

Answer 6

By Nintin Sawhney
Synth, dreamy like
Drum track - house track music
Indian vocals - slides, melisma

Question 7

Jai Ho

Answer 7

A R Rahman
Scherzinger female vocals
Noa Lemberzky
Nora Jones

Question 8

Argument 1

Answer 8

2 styles to create new genre that wouldn’t typically be used together
Things people are/aren’t familiar with

Question 9

Argument 2

Answer 9

Similarities between two styles

Question 10

Unusuality of sonority

Answer 10

Flute not usually in Indian music

Question 11

Techniques - Indian

Answer 11

Imitation

Question 12

Techniques - Western

Answer 12

Counter melody - classical
Flute starts with conventional diatonic melody
Little ornamentation