Chinese Songs for the Masses
“We Workers Have Strength” and “Internationale”
Chinese Pop Music
“Ye Shanghai,” “Having Nothing,” and “Blessing to My Mother”
Teruna
Example of Kebyar
Kecak
Popular Indonesian music among tourist (trance)
Dangdut
“Qu’ran dan Koran” – Indonesian pop music
Shona-Bira
e.g. “Nhemamusasa” – Trance-like, buzzy echo-y, Lamellophone -focused on hierarchy
Bambuti
e.g. “Alima”
Mande
e.g. “Ala l’a ke” – Vocal imrpov is called citarro, Barintango is instrumental improv, Donkilo is composed, used vocables
Ewe
“Gadzo” – Drumming and drumming groups, community
Post-WWII African Popular
“Salome” – IK DARO AND THE BLUE SPOTS (ACCORDION, Dundun, clave, bongo) – and “Chitima Ndikature”
Dundun
Talking drum in Yorubian culture
Qin
stringed instrument in Chinese culture
Chinese Traditional
(Pentatonic, Heterophony, improv)Programatic title (Flowing water)
Dan
Female role in Chinese music
Instruments in traditional Chinese Music
Gongs, erhu (Bowed string)arias
Java music v. Bali
Java music is softer
What Javanese music included?
shadow puppets
Imbira music
Buzzy, bottlecaps
Ghana (Highline) music
Swing, samba, calypso, e.g. “Salome” – IK DARO AND THE BLUE SPOTS
Balinese Gamalon
Volture Speis – tourism – Layered tempo and sounds
Roma Irama
Indoneisian that praised and shot down technology