WORLD MUSIC

WORLD MUSIC LESSON PLAN

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WORLD MUSIC WEBSITES
You can learn about world music in general in these websites.

INDONESIAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC
Visit this BBC website about the music of Indonesia. Besides your textbook, you'll find here information to write a wonderful summary.

Let's listen to a gamelan orchestra and its insturments.

The gamelan orchestra.
To know the instruments of this orchestra you can watch this video.

 

Gamelan music also means dance. Here you have a relaxing dance with gamelan music

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CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC
MUSIC OF THE ORIENT
Website to know how Chinese instruments sound.

CHINESE ORCHESTRA
Watch and listen to a Chinese orchestra  and a small ensemble in this website.

Another video of a traditional ensemble (high quality video).

Two Beijing Opera videos.

This one is amazing. How singers can make such impressive sounds.

JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC

The history of traditional music in Japan is rich and varied. Many musical forms were imported from China more than a thousand years ago, but over the years, they were reshaped into distinctively Japanese styles of expression.

Learn more about these music on this website:

Listen to this koto ensemble and enjoy music from such a faraway country:

TAIKO DRUMS

KODO 

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC

You can learn about African music on the next website:

AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS

1. KALIMBA

2. DJEMBE

3. TALKING DRUMS

4. DRUM ENSEMBLE

5. KORA

6. BALAFÓN

SINGING

In Africa, songs are sung for every occasion: birthdays, marriages, funerals, etc. Let's listen to some example of those wonderful songs.

AMAVOLO

SHOSHOLOZA

In this song, wait for the choir performance. It's amazing.

Another choir.

TRADITIONAL ARABIC MUSIC

Visit this website to know the musical system, instruments and more about arabic music.

INSTRUMENTS

1. OUD TRIO

    From minute 45 you can really listen to a vibrant sound.

2. DARBUKA AND RIQ

3. QANOON

4. NEY (NAY)

5. TAKHT ENSEMBLE.

6. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE AND VOICE

7. TRADITIONAL BERBER MUSIC AND DANCE

8. ARABIC POP MUSIC

AMERICAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC

This website give us more information about traditional instruments.

Another interesting website: "Atlas of plucked string instruments".

TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS

QUENA AND SIKUS (PAN PIPE)

ENSEMBLE OF ANDEAN INSTRUMENTS (CHARANGO, QUENA, DRUM....)

BERIMBAO

MUSICAL GENRES

VENEZUELAN JOROPO

CHILEAN CUECA

TANGO

MÚSICAS DEL MUNDO

Aquí puedes ampliar la información sobre este tipo de música.

 

Músicas Del Mundo by Pedro Centeno on Scribd