With You, Without You

Question 1

What is raga??

musical term

Answer 1

• Raga is like a scale that the melody is based on raga which means colours’
• There are different ragas for seasons & tones of the day

Question 2

What is tala??

musical term

Answer 2

• Tala is the repetitive rhythm heard in Indian music

* It’s usually played on the tabla & the rhythm is usually between 6&15 beats

Question 3

Give an example of tala..

Answer 3

•An example of tala is the final which has 16 beats & can be subdivided into groups of 4

Question 4

What is alap??

musical term

Answer 4

• The alap is the introduction to an Indian song.

* It usually starts with a long drone by the tamboura

Question 5

Into

Answer 5

• the song starts with the alap, drone is played by the tamboura
• it’s recorded in a C but played back as C# as it was sped up
• the dilruba enters with the melody with swooped notes setting the mood of the song
• the tabla enters with the 16 beat tinal against the drone
• it’s played at the tempo madhya Laya
( medium tempo)

Question 6

verse1

Answer 6

.- the music is slow paced & in a refection style, like a conversation between 2 people.

• the lyrics are about ‘spacy between people’
• the interval between the lowest note and the highest note is the vocal melody is a ‘tri tone’ this has an unstable sounding effect.
• the dilruba plays the same melody as the vocal line 7 the voice imitates the style that the dilruba is playing in.
• there is a change of time signature from 5/4 for one bar to accommodate the natural emphasis of the vocal.
• we hear the cello riff for the first time towards the end of the first verse.

Question 7

verse 2

Answer 7

• the first 12bars are exactly the same as verse1. The lyrics change to talk about the ‘love we all could share’
• violins and cellos come in, playing a simple melody in octaves alongside the vocals.
• at the end of the verse, there is a big change in melody, it rises to the highest register on the words’ if only they know’ at the same time , the table stops playing.
• George s passionate about his message that love could the world but that people don’t understand this.
• this is melody is similar to the opening dilruba phases in the into.

Question 8

links between v1 and v2

Answer 8

• between verse2 & the chorus there is a 3 bar instrumental fill on the dilruba and string, it ends with a pause.
• the table then has a two beats fill in a string 2/4 to lead into the chorus.

Question 9

chorus

Answer 9

• very simple, crotchet beats throughout
• the crotchets are in 4/4 with 2 changes to 5/4 to accommodate the lyrics.
• the dilruba still the same as the vocals
• table still in tintal tala .
• the violins plays a short riff in the middle
• drone on the tambura on a C
• cellos join in with a drone on a C
• the hook only heard at the end of the chorus, life flows on within you, without you

Question 10

instrumental

Answer 10

unusually long, 27 bars long In 5/4 bars in 4/4