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Who is her father?

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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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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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(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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(Burn) What’s the main texture?

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homophonic

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

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verse-chorus

changes of sonority

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(Burn) Name the key

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Csharp minor

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

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Csharp

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(Burn) Is the music diatonic?

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Yes

almost always

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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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(Burn) Why is the final chord unclear?

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D with no third

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(Burn) Are triads used?

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Yes

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What unusual chords are used?

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slash
sus
add

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Are harmonic used?

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yes

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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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(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
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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(Burn) what occurs more frequently as the song continuous
higher pitches
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describe the sitar parts
elaborate with much ornamentation | phrases are often short and well separated by rests
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Are microtonal intervals heard?
yes | in glissandi between notes
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(Burn) Describe the tempo
80 cpm 4/4 both maintained throughout but rhythmic activity varies
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(Burn) How do rhythms vary?
initially long notes which define the metre
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(Burn) Describe the sitar rhythms
freer and more rhythmically diverse various triplet groupings syncopated rhythms mixture of long and short notes
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(Burn) What suggests a raga in the intro?
free improvisatory nature
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(Burn) Where is there much syncopation?
vocal part, sarangi and lead synth
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(Burn) What happens in the last part of the intro?
percussion and synth bass interject more movement with a clear and insistent 'beat'
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(Breathing) describe the sonority
sitar solo with strings | wordless vocal phrases
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(Breathing) What Western instruments are there?
Woodwind Horns Flute Chromatic cello solo
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(Breathing) Describe the texture of section one
Mel-dom-hom | slow moving string chords accompanying the sitar melody
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(Breathing) How is the sound expanded?
More complex texture traces of melody in strings wordless vocal countermelodies
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What are the overall dynamics?
mostly quiet | few markings
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(Breathing) What's the structure?
gradually unfolding | unified by various important ideas
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(Breathing) What's the key of the opening and end?
Db major
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(Breathing) Describe the tonality of the middle 8
Lydian A | tertiary modulation
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(Breathing) Are the vocal melodies varied?
Yes
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(Breathing) Describe the string parts
chordal | long succession of minims cover a perfect 12th
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(Breathing) Describe the sitar part
continuous repetition variation improvisatory
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(Breathing) What suggests blues notes?
Fbs and Cbs compare to the lowered third and seventh scale-degree in blues music
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(Breathing) What's the tempo?
120 cpm | rit in vocal phrases
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(Breathing) Describe the metre
4/4 | single 2/4 bar
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(Breathing) What rhythms does the sitar use?
diverse syncopation triplets quintuplets
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(Breathing) How does the sitar compliment the strings?
strings lack syncopation and chords often last one or two bars
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(Easy) How is the sonority the most western?
prominent role for electric guitar and piano
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(Easy) What's the centre of attention?
Singer | Sitar if singer silent
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(Easy) Where is there interplay?
Between voice and sitar
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(Easy) What's the structure?
AABA
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(Easy) Describe the vocal melodies
vocal range wider in the verses | intervals of a fourth and octave
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(Easy) describe the sitar melodies
elaborate with much ornamentation
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(Easy) What's the tempo?
84 cpm
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(Easy) What's the metre?
4/4 with a five quaver pick up bar
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(Easy) What's the most striking rhythmic feature?
syncopated guitar rhythm
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(Easy) describe the sitar rhytgms
more rhythmically ornate than the other songs
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(Burn) Give an example of a slash chord
Gsharp(add4)/Fsharp
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(burn) give an example of an add chord
Csharpminor(add9)
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(breathing) What chords are in the intro?
VI and V
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(Breathing) Give an example of a slash chord
B/A
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(breathing) What's suprising about the link?
Am chord (key is A major)
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(Easy) What's the chord sequence?
Db(sus4), Gb(sus2)/Bb, Cb(sus2)
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(Easy) What chord does it end on?
Db(sus4) unresolved
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Alankara
ornaments
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Andolan
Vibrato
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Meend
Slides
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Kan
Grace notes
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Gamak
trills/mordents
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Tar saphak
upper range of sitar
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Mordra Saphak
Lower range of sitar
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Pandiatonicism
diatonic scale without limitations of functional harmony
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Comparisons
``` 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 ```
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Within you, without you context
1960s | George Harrison spent time with Ravi Shankar and wrote this version of one of his songs
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Within you without you instrumentation
``` Indian = Sitar, tambura, dilruba, swarmandal, tabla, tambura, drone, ornamented sitar Western = acoustic guitar, strings ```
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within you, without you tempo/metre/rhythm
``` improvised feel no real sense of pulse tala-like rhythm tala changes metre ever changing rhythms ```
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Within you, without you melody
Indian = improvised sounding instrumental extended and decorated melody minor decoration antiphonal responses in sitar Western = word painting, countermelody, octaves
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withing you, without you structure
alap intro continuous drone joins parts Western = ABA (ternary)
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Within you, without you sonority/texture
``` Indian = drone, decoration, slides Western = glissando, counter-melody, contrapuntal, dialogue, pizz strings ```
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Within you, without you tonality/harmony
Done of Db and Ab | modal tonality closely linked to mixolydan mode based on major 3rd intervals
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Sea Dreamer
``` Sting verse-chorus mel-dom-hom steady tempo maintained by drums simple and repetitive melody sitar and bansuri improvised feel syncopation ```
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Rag Desh
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
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Anoushka context
born 1981 daughter of Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar First solo debut at the age of 13 Half sister Nora Jones = american singer
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Breathing under water context
2007 | colab with Karsh Kale (pioneer in Asian underground music)
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What Rag is used in Easy?
Rag Khamaj

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