Dholak
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Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to This' for Key Stage 3. Also used as track 18 of Saydisc Percussion Around the World.
Traditional music from Rajasthan, from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music', performed by Habib and Ramjan Khan (3'47"). Main features: pentantonic scale, drone, rondo, melodic decoration, improvisation, circular breathing.
This piece of Rajasthani folk music features the use of the dadara santara, a double flute with a drone pipe and the dholak, an Indian drum. The three learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation, the drone and pentatonic melody.
Official classification: Listening, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, India, South Asia, Dadara Santara, Dholak, Drone, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
Track 7 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" - notes from Maureen Hanke.
'Ansam' is an example of Arabic music. The Arabian Gulf is an important geographical and trading link between the Mediterranean and the Far East. It is an area of rich demographic diversity with a commensurate variety of music.
Ansam features the darbuka and dholak.The darbuka is a type of single headed goblet-shaped drum. It is made from pottery, wood or metal and can be played either under the arm or resting on the player's knees. The base is hollow and the skin is attached by nails or glue.The darbuka originates from the Arabic region and the dholak from North India.
The piece of music opens with a solo flute. At the end of the flute statement there is a pause and the rhythm is clearly stated. The piece unfolds as an improvisation over and around the basic rhythm.
It might be helpful to think of improvisation as the equivalent of talking in language development. Improvising means making up as you play, listening to what you are playing as you go. As the piece develops, the improvisations by the darbuka and dholak become increasingly elaborate and exciting: each skin adding its own colour to the piece. As you keep listening try tapping the rhythm throughout.
Throughout the course of the piece all the instruments have a go talking over the rhythm.
( in a music session everyone could tap the basic rhythm and two people with different drums could take it in turns to improvise.)
In this recording the players start their improvisation by playing the rhythm exactly, then they gradually change parts of it; first just a beat, then a couple of notes, then half a phrase etc. This way the music has a feel of unfolding.
Official classification: Percussion, Tabla, Flute, Improvising, Timbre, Audio, Key Stage 3, Dholak, Darbouka, Bendir, Middle East, Arabic, Unit 1. Musical processes, Saydisc Records, Nay, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 18 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" - notes from Maureen Hanke. (Also track 11 from Saydisc Listen to This! KS3.) 'The Shepherds' Music' is from Rajasthan and enables the clear sound of the dholak to be heard against the dadara santara, a type of Indian flute.
The dholak ia a double headed cylindrical drum that tapers slightly at each end. One head is usually slightly larger than the other and made of goatskin whilst the smaller head is calf hide. The tension of the heads is regulated by a system of hoops and rings around the edge of the head from which laces are attached down the outside of the drum shell. Smaller rings then placed around adjacent laces regulate the tension of the head.
Official classification: Percussion, Tabla, Timbre, Audio, Key Stage 3, India, Dadara Santara, Dholak, Rajasthan, Indian, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Wedding song from Rajasthan from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music' (2'20")
Main features: instrumentation, structure. This folk song from Rajasthan features a sarangi and dholak. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, instrumental sections, dholak and drone.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, India, Dholak, Drone, Unit 19 Songwriter, Rajasthan, Indian, Sharangi, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
Track 8 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Arabic music from Saydisc album 'Traditional Arabic Music' (2'01") Main features: traditional Arabic instruments, repeating rhythm patterns. This Arabic music features traditional instruments, such as the nay (a bamboo flute) and darbouka (a pottery drum). The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and the two sections of the piece.
Official classification: Listening, Improvising, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Dholak, Darbouka, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Nay, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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