Discuss slit drum (also called slit gong) construction from a hollowed out tree trunk.What type of instrument is this (aerophone, chordophone, idiophone, membranophone)? Samples of the instruments in solo are available online, as are pictures.Is it easy to do? Does the music speed up/slow down/ stay the same? What is the musical term that describes this phenomenon? Listen to “Lali” and try to pat the beat.
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Students may demonstrate understanding by providing answers to discussion points and by demonstrating ability to notate sounds through the pipe cleaner dictation activity.
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You can find information freely available online. Optional extension: Build a conch shell trumpet.View photograph of conch shell and discuss how the anatomy of the shell lends itself to being played as an instrument.Listen to the recording of “Taps.” Have you heard this signal before? What does it mean? When/where have you heard it? Is it music, a signal, or both? Aerophones are used to provide signals in other cultures.Do these conch shells from different countries sound similar or different? Why? Are some higher or lower than others? Why? Why would a similar instrument be found so far away? Listen to the conch shell signals of Mexico, Peru, and Nepal and try to notate with pipe cleaners.Listen again and try to “notate” the conch shell signal with pipe cleaners (alone or in small groups (bend the wire to match the undulation of the shell’s pitch).Why would it be used? Music? Signals? Both? Why? Discuss the conch shell as an instrument.Samples of the instruments in solo are available online, as are pictures. Listen to “Pu” and determine what type of instrument is being played and, if able, identify the instrument itself (aerophone conch shell).Pipe cleaners (6 per person or small group).“ Taps” unknown performer from Sounds for Camp (FW06112_107).“ Flame Shrine: Conch and Drum” (Nepal) performed by Sumduch and Unabsong from Songs and Dances of Nepal (FW04101_205).“ Conch Shell Trumpets” (Peru) performed by Q’eros authorities from Mountain Music of Peru, Vol.“ Ancient Instruments” (Mexico) unknown performer from Indian Music of Mexico (FW08851_111).“ Pu” (Samoa) performed by Malufinao Falemai from Music from Western Samoa: from Conch Shell to Disco (FW04270_101).
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