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World Musical Instruments Overview

The document provides an overview of various musical instruments from different cultures, including the Indian sitar, tabla, and sarangi, as well as Arabian, Chinese, Japanese, and African instruments. It describes the scales and rhythms associated with these instruments, such as Raga, Tala, Maqam, and Pentatonic scales. Additionally, it outlines the structures of Indian and Japanese classical music, highlighting their unique improvisational and rhythmic elements.

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World Musical Instruments Overview

The document provides an overview of various musical instruments from different cultures, including the Indian sitar, tabla, and sarangi, as well as Arabian, Chinese, Japanese, and African instruments. It describes the scales and rhythms associated with these instruments, such as Raga, Tala, Maqam, and Pentatonic scales. Additionally, it outlines the structures of Indian and Japanese classical music, highlighting their unique improvisational and rhythmic elements.

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Indian Sitar – This instrument plays the melody of a Raga.

The strings are plucked and the frets are moveable.


A Raga is an Indian Scale.
Indian Tabla Drums – This instrument plays the rhythm of a Tala.

A Tala an Indian Rhythm Cycle.


Arabian ‘U-d (Oud) –
This instrument plays the melody using a Maqam.

A Maqam is an Arabian Scale.


Arabian Rhythms – An Arabian Rhythm is called an Iq’a

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Indonesian GAMELAN Instruments
Arabian Rabab – Arabian String instrument

It plays melodies using the Maqam scales. Maqam’s are Arabian


Scales.
African Kora – Stringed Instrument
African Xylophone (Balafon)
Arabian Guitar
Bansuri – An Indian Flute
Indian Sarangi – This is a bowed string instrument.

This instrument is Bowed.


Chinese Ch’in – This instrument is plucked and
plays melodies or accompaniments using a Pentatonic Scale
Chinese Dizi – This instrument plays a melody using the
pentatonic scale and is blown into it to make a sound.
Chinese Erh-hu – This instrument plays the melody using the
Pentatonic Scale and is bowed.
Japanese Shakuhachi – This instrument plays a melody and is
blown to make a sound.
Japanese Koto – This instrument is plucked like the Chinese
equivalent.
Japanese Sho- – A mouth organ made of Bamboo and is blown to
play the melody or chords.
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La n American Pan-Pipes.
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La n American Charangos
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La n American - Guitars
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Indian Classical Music Structure

Alap – Freely with no set tempo or metre play the notes of


the scale – The Tambura Drone may be added.

Jor – Improvise using the scale – Tambura Done Added

Jhalla – The tempo speeds up and the melody is fully


established

Gat – The Tabla drums come in playing the Tala rhythm.


Japanese Musical Structure
• 1st sec on – Jo – Freely - Slow passage called ‘jo’ –
rhythmic freedom.

• 2nd sec on – Ha – Breaking Away - ‘Ha’ (breaking away) –


structured pulse develops.
• 3rd sec on – Kyu – Hurried - ‘Kyū’ (hurried) – many more
notes performed to each pulse – musicians playing at
speed.
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Japanese Gagaku
Chinese Tradi onal
Indonesian Gamelan
La n American
African
Indian
Arabian
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