Click on the following link:

 

 

Explore the webpage.

Based on your experience with the visual/audio samples on the webpage above, explain the sound qualities of the following instruments.

 

Furthermore, list one or two western instruments which are most similar to the following traditional Instruments,

 

(Record in your portfolio.)

 

• Gu Zheng 

 

• Di Zi

 

• Er Hu

 

• Tang Gu

 

• Pi Pa

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following audio is called "March of the Volunteers", or more formally recognised as the "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China". 

 

Listen to the audio and answer the corrolating questions in your portfolios. 

 

 

 

 

 

Pick a part in the score provided for Chinese Anthem and learn the part on one of the instruments at your station. Peform this to your teacher or record in GarageBand, saving under the 'Chinese MoV' folder in your music class files. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lets explore Chinese Notation!

 

Look at the following Websites, and venture further if you wish, to learn and observe how Chinese notation works...

 

 

 

 

Based on what you have read and researched, you must try to write the numeric Chinese notation for the melody of the 'March of the Volunteers' in your portfolios. If you need further help with this task ask for assistance from your teacher. The first line is given for you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the kinds of rhythmic/melodic patterns explored and heard through the audio samples of the traditional Chinese instruments, use the instruments available at your station to compose a group melody with similar qualities (based on the pentatonic scale). 

 

The melody only has to be up to 8 bars. You may wish to use la or do pentatonic scale. 

 

As a group, you must attempt to notate your group melody in Chinese notation in you porfolios. 

 

After composing your melody, you must each individually create slight variations on the melody to be performed to each other. After each performance, give each other constructive advice on what was effective/what could be more effective. 

 

Think about what you want these variations to be! You could embellish the melody or simplify it, or change the mode from major to minor, or change tempi....

 

After performing for you station and adjusting according to the advice given, record your final variation into GarageBand on any instrument of your choice (saved with your name), under the folder 'Chinese variation melodies'.

 

Alternatively feel free to notate in the manuscript in you porfolios.