Shankar, Breathing Under Water, Burn

Question 1

Who is Shankar the daughter of?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

When was Breathing Under Water released?
What type of album is it?

Answer 2

2007
Concept

Question 3

What are the Indian influences in the album?

Answer 3

North Indian - Hindustani (free, improv)
South Indian - Carhatic

Question 4

What are the 4 structure & melodic sections in the album?
When were they clearly defined?

Answer 4

Alap
Jhor
Jhala
Gat
15th century

Question 5

Describe the alap

Answer 5

Slow
Freely composed

Question 6

Describe the jhor

Answer 6

Melody & drone
Strong rhythm

Question 7

Describe the jhala

Answer 7

Melody & drone
Faster
More improv

Question 8

Describe the Gat

Answer 8

Cycle of beats more established
Faster
More established

Question 9

What are the Indian instruments in Burn? (4)

Answer 9

Sitar
Ebla
Sarangi
Manjira

Question 10

Describe the Sitar

Answer 10

Played by Ravi, father
Lots improv, complex
Long necked
4 strings
3 for drone notes
10-13 sympathetic strings

Question 11

Describe the ebla

Answer 11

2 hand held drums

Question 12

Describe the sarangi

Answer 12

Similar to violin
Bowed
4 main strings
Set of sympathetic strings

Question 13

Describe the manjira

Answer 13

Indian finger cymbals (mini cymbals)

Question 14

What are the western instruments in Burn?

Answer 14

English vocals
Strings, Bollywood style
Solo cello
Drums
Piano & keyboard - played by Nora Jones, sister
Pop/mb vocals
Bass guitar

Question 15

Describe the range of the western instruments used

Answer 15

Wider than regular western music

Question 16

Who sings the English vocals?

Answer 16

Noa Lembersky

Question 17

Why do the strings have a key role?

Answer 17

Fuse styles together/bridge the gap as an influence in Western & Indian

Question 18

What are the western & Indian influences in the structure?

Answer 18

traditional pop structure with sarangi interludes

Question 19

What is the key?
What does static harmony mean?

Answer 19

Mainly C#m
Doesn’t venture away from C#m

Question 20

What is used to create a modal feeling?

Answer 20

Lots added chords
Sitar had naturally modal sound

Question 21

Describe one harmonic/tonal element

Answer 21

Dissonance

Question 22

Describe the harmony (3)

Answer 22

Mostly homophonic
Melody & accompaniment
Poly-animated-homophony

Question 23

What does the Sitar mainly play?

Answer 23

Beginning solo

Question 24

How is the range a western influence?

Answer 24

Limited range
Easy
D# - A

Question 25

Describe the different solos?

Answer 25

Instrument solos Sarangi solo mirrors sitar solos

Question 26

When is ornamentation used?

Answer 26

During improv

Question 27

What was the pop structure of Burn?

Answer 27

Intro verse Chorus Bridge Verse Bridge Verse Chorus Coda