Where Worlds Meet By KULCHA Pre-show Slides © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Why Music? • How often do you encounter music in your everyday life? • What type of music do you listen to? • What type of music do your peers listen to? • Do you play any musical instruments? If yes, what are the instruments? • Is music important to you? Why? © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Listen to these sounds… Listen, Scribe and Share As you listen, write down your thoughts to these questions: • Describe the music. • What images does it bring to mind? • In what setting do you imagine this music is best listened to, and why? • Can you guess the name of the instrument(s)? Background image source: http: //www. asianart. com/israel/02. html © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Listen to these sounds… Listen, Scribe and Share 1. Sound clip 1 2. Sound clip 2 3. Sound clip 3 Note to teachers: Blank out the screen. Do not reveal the video to students. Background image source: http: //www. asianart. com/israel/02. html © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Share your thoughts to the previous questions with your classmates: • Describe the music. • What images does it bring to mind? • In what setting do you imagine this music is best listened to, and why? • Can you guess the name of the instrument(s)? © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
What are the instruments? 1. Sound clip 1 – Acoustic Guitar 2. Sound clip 2 – Pipa ensemble 3. Sound clip 3: Gambus Hadramaut/oud Note: To watch videos, click on the images (optional) © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Discuss… • How often do you hear or listen to traditional music? • What type of traditional music have you heard before in Singapore? • When and where have you heard traditional music? • Do you like traditional music? Why or why not? © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Traditional Musical Instruments and its Sounds During the show, what are some traditional musical instruments you will see the band play? © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Pipa Frets What is a pipa? • It is a type of lute. • It comes from China. • The modern pipa has many frets on the neck and the body of the instrument. While watching… • find out how a pipa is held and played. • listen to the sounds it can produce. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Gambus Hadramaut aka Oud What is a gambus? • Within the Malay archipelago, there are 2 main types of gambus: the gambus Melayu and gambus Hadramaut or oud. • The oud is a type of lute. • It has no frets. While watching… • observe out how it is held and played. • listen to how different or similar it sounds compared to the pipa. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Bansuri What is a bansuri? • It is a type of flute. • It comes from India. While watching… • observe how it is held and played. • listen to the sounds it can produce. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Angklung What is an angklung? • It is a bamboo musical instrument. • It comes from Indonesia. While watching… • observe what the different parts of an angklung are. • find out how it is held and played. • listen to the sounds it can produce. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Sundanese Kendang What is the Sundanese kendang? • It is made up of a set of 3 to 4 drums of different sizes. • Each drum body is carved from a single piece of wood. While watching… • observe how the drums are held and played. • observe how the musician is seated. • compare the different types of sounds produced when the drums are struck differently. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Modern Western instruments Observe and listen to how the band uses these modern Western instruments together with traditional musical instruments to create music. Electric bass guitar Drumset Image Source: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Stingray_guitar. jpg http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Platin_Drums_PTCL 2016_AF. jpg © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Where Worlds Meet will introduce you to traditional music through the use of traditional Asian instruments. This will help you to understand music from various cultures and of various genres. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Kulcha – The Band Kulcha brings together distinct Asian music cultures to create a new brand of world music. The sextet plays both original and traditional music featuring a variety of traditional Asian instruments such as the Chinese pipa（ 琵 琶 ） , Indian bansuri (ब सर ), Indonesian angklung and Malay gambus against a contemporary soundscape. © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
Enjoy the show and don’t forget about the 12 golden rules of theatre etiquette! © The Esplanade Co. Ltd
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