Bell Ringer 9/10/12
• What makes Classical music so different from
traditional and popular music? Give an
example of each type of music.
Chapter 2
Section 2.3
Traditional Music Cultures
Mexico
• Traditional musical styles and genres are
often associated with specific cultures or
areas.
• Some cultures have musical expressions so
distinctive that they are immediately
recognizable.
• This section talks about Mexico and Bali and
their contributions to the music community.
Mexico
• This is a country with many different regions.
• The official language of Mexico is Spanish.
• For many centuries, music has played a central
role in the lives of the Mexican people.
• The Spanish introduced a rich musical
heritage, including a wide variety of music
and instruments.
• Enslaved Africans and Caribbean immigrants
also influenced Mexican music.
Music of Mexico
• The legacy of the past has been reworked
through centuries of creativity.
• The result is regional musical forms that are at
once different but yet similar.
• Each region produces its own unique musical
forms and compositions.
• All use Spanish instruments such as a folk
harp, violin, and guitar-type instruments.
Music of Mexico
• Mexicans use music to celebrate baptisms,
birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, funerals,
civic ceremonies, and religious holidays.
• The people often join in with the musicians
and sing along.
• They tend to burst out with enthusiastic yells,
laughter, clapping, and dancing.
Music of Mexico
• Now listen to the song “La Bamba.”
• Clap the rhythm with bass notes.
Bali
• Bali is a province of the Republic of Indonesia.
• One thousand of Indonesia’s 13,000 islands are
home to 180 million people, making the country
the world’s fifth most populous.
• The Balinese people are known for their
uniquely ritualistic forms of music, drama, and
dance.
• All children learn to dance and sing both in and
out of school.
Bali
• Nearly everyone in Bali is an artist- a sculptor,
painter, dancer, or musician.
• After a busy day working in the rice fields, the
men gather in the late afternoon to practice
gamelan music.
• Gamelan- Balinese music ensemble, or
performing group
Music of Bali
• The term, which is generically applied to
“gone-chime” orchestras throughout
Indonesia, is central to Balinese music.
• There are different types of gamelan
ensembles on the island.
• Some have 25 members or more in the
ensemble.
Music of Bali
• Males take up gamelan instruments when they
are young and learn to play “by ear” from the
older men.
• Females often take up weaving and dancing.
• Both young men and women dance with the
gamelan when they have mastered the difficult
movements the music is meant to accompany.
• The dances relate to stories often taken from
religion.
The Barong Dance
• There is no dance or drama in Bali without
music.
• One of the most popular dance dramas is the
story of Barong and Rangda, also know as the
Barong Dance.
• http://www.baliaround.com/barong-andrangda-balinese-two-opposites/
Listening
• Now listen to the Overture to the Barong
Dance (Balinese Gamelan)
• Does the tempo change?
• Can you detect two different moods?
• What instrument leads the group?