Links, Resources, and Assignments

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This page includes the following categories:

• Videos of Holidays, Festivals, and Songs from World Religions and Traditions

• Video Playlist of International Stars of Our Time

• Videos for Knowledge About Music in Historical Context

• World Music Links and Resources

• Music Literacy Links and Resources

NOTE ABOUT DOING ASSIGNMENTS: To do assignments in google docs online, click on the assignment link first, which will be in View Only mode, then make a copy of it using File-Make a Copy. Note that you must be signed into your google account in order for the 'Make a Copy' option to be available. Rename the copy to include your name while keeping the name of the assignment, such as 'Instrument Classification-John Smith'. Then, share it with Mrs. Cianciola (jciancio@bsdvt.org) allowing her to Comment.

Videos of Holidays, Festivals, and Songs from World Religions and Traditions:

• Assignment - Listening Reflection on Holidays, Festivals, and Songs from World Religions and Traditions

  • African-American - Kwanzaa - About Kwanzaa

  • African-American - Kwanzaa - O Kwanzaa Song

  • American - Traditional (Secular) Holiday Songs

  • Bahai - Ridvan Festival Greetings from Around the World

  • Bahai - Ridvan Festival - Iraq

  • Buddhism - Magha Puja Day - Thailand

  • Buddhism - Vesak Festival - Sri Lanka

  • Christianity - Boxing Day - Dec. 26 in Australia, UK, Canada, Kenya, etc.

  • Christianity - Christmas - 2-part song with Minka

  • Christianity - Christmas - Songs for Children

  • Christianity - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mexico

  • Christianity - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Song - Mexico

  • Christianity - Saint Lucia Day Song - Scandinavia

  • Christianity - St. Nicholas Day - Eastern Europe - December 6-19

  • Christianity - Three Kings Day - Jan 6 in Mexico, Russia, Poland, etc

  • Hinduism - Dashain - Nepal

  • Hinduism - Dussehra (Dashami) - India - Nepal - Sri Lanka

  • Hinduism - Diwali - India - Festival of Lights

  • Hinduism - Diwali - Nepal (Kathmandu)

  • Hinduism - Diwali - Songs for Children

  • Hinduism - Lata Mangeshkar Remembering the Sino-Indian War

  • Hinduism - Nepali National Anthem

  • Hinduism - Tihar Festival - Nepal

  • Islam - Islamic Kids' Songs List

  • Islam - Eid al-Adha 2016 in Burlington, VT

  • Islam - Eid al-Adha 2016 Around the World

  • Islam - Eid al-Fitr 2016 Around the World

  • Islam - Ramadan - About Ramadan

  • Islam - Ramadan - Children's Song

  • Islam - New Zaky Ramadan nasheed - Knock Knock it's Ramadan with Muhammad Khodr

  • Islam - Ramadan - Eid al-Fitr: Feast of Breaking the Ramadan Fast

  • Judaism - Hanukkah - Dreidel Song

  • Judaism - Hanukkah - O Hanukkah Song

  • Judaism - Hanukkah - Story of Hanukkah

  • Judaism - Rosh Hashanah 2016 - the Jewish New Year

  • Judaism - Rosh Hashanah 2016: Can't Stop the Feeling

  • Judaism - Yom Kippur Song List

  • Native American Diaspora - Gathering of Nations Powwow 2013

  • Native American Diaspora - Lakota Nation Powwow

  • Native American Diaspora - Navajo Song List

  • Shintoism - Gion Matsuri Festival - Japan

  • Shintoism - Omisoka - Japanese New Year - January 1

  • Shintoism - Omisoka - Japanese New Year Celebration

  • Taoism - Chinese Lantern Festival

  • Taoism - Chinese New Year - 2013 Parade in San Fransisco

  • Taoism - Dragonboat Festival - China

  • Taoism - Dragonboat Festival - Korea

Videos for Knowledge About Music in Historical Context

• Assignment - Listening Reflection on Videos for Knowledge About Music in Historical Context

  • Science and History of Sound and Recording

  • Let's Dance!

    • And All That Jazz - Minstrelsy, Ragtime, Blues, Swing, Bop

  • Beethoven, Bach, or Mozart? - Which of these famous Classical Composers do you like the best???

  • Civil Rights History in the US - Bob Dylan's Blowing in the Wind, Photos of Segregation in the South, Separate But Equal Schools?, We Shall Overcome, Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech, Music of Civil Rights In Performance at the White House

  • Country Music In Performance at the White House - Tributes by Alison Kraus, Band Perry, Kris Kristofferson, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley/Lauren Alaina

  • From Russia With Love - Rimsky-Korsakov (Flight of the Bumble Bee and Scheherezade), Tschaikovsky 1812 Overture and Ballets (Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet), Russian Anthems

    • Great American Composers - Gershwin, Copland, Berlin, Barber, Porter, Rodgers, Ellington, Ives, Glass, Cage, Herrmann, Arlen, Kern, Wilder, Bacharach, Whitacre, Cohan, Sondheim, Crumb, Bernstein

    • How the Beatles Changed the World - Paul McCartney Interview, McCartney Live in Red Square (2005)

  • In Performance at the White House - Paul McCartney, Ray Charles Salute, Celebration of American Creativity, Memphis Soul, The Blues, Women of Soul, The Gospel Tradition, Red..White...and Blues, President Obama Singing Sweet Home Chicago

  • Moving on to Modern Classical Music - Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Schoenberg, Stravinsky

    • Opera - La Traviata and more

    • Oratorio and "Oohs" - "Messiah" (G.F. Handel), Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas), Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saens)

    • Patriotic Songs from the USA - Sousa Marches, Civil War Songs, Anthems, and the 50-States Capital Song

    • This Is Your Brain On Music - Dr. Daniel Levitin, How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain, Ted Talks on Music Benefits, The Mozart Effect

  • Time for Romance! - Piano music of Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann

Contemporary World Music Links and Resources

• Playlist of Recent International Stars (the artists in this playlist are listed below alphabetically by country)

• Alpha List of Stars by Their Country (this is a listing of the artists in the playlist)

• radiooooo.com (cool site where you can listen to music played in a selected country and decade)

• Assignment - Listening Reflection on International Stars

  • Algeria (Khaled)

  • Australia (Gurrumul)

  • Belize (Andy Palacio)

  • Benin (Angelique Kidjo)

  • Brazil (Gilberto Gil, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim)

  • Cape Verde (Cesaria Evora)

  • Colombia (Carlos Vives)

  • Cuba (Silvio Rodriguez Buena Vista Social Club)

  • Dominican Republic (Juan Luis Guerra)

  • Egypt (Amr Diab)

  • France (Gipsy Kings, Edith Piaf, Manu Chao)

  • Guadeloupe/Martinique (Kassav’)

  • Hawaii (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole)

  • India (Ravi Shankar, Kailash Kher)

  • Ireland (The Chieftains), Israel (Idan Raichel)

  • Jamaica (Bob Marley, Harry Belafonte)

  • Japan (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

  • Mali (Habib Koite, Salif Keita)

  • Nepal (Resham Filili - Jaalma II)

  • Niger (Bombino)

  • Pakistan (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)

  • Panama (Ruben Blades)

  • Puerto Rico/USA (Tito Puente)

  • Scotland (Capercaille)

  • Senegal (Youssou N’Dour)

  • Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars)

  • South Africa (Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Miriam Makeba)

Traditional World Music Links and Resources

• • Assignment #1 - Classify the Instruments By Instrument Category *

  • Assignment #2 - Classify the Instruments by World Region *

  • Description of Instrument Classifications

  • Traditional World Instruments Playlist (youtube) (Indian Sub-Continent, Far East (Japan and China), Near East, Middle East, Africa, South America)

  • Traditional World Instruments by Region (African, Far Eastern, Indian/Middle Eastern, Latin American):

    • List of Instruments

    • African Instrument Images

    • Far Eastern Instrument Images

    • Indian/Middle Eastern Instrument Images

    • Latin American Instrument Images

Music Literacy Links and Resources

• Basic Drum-set Pattern in 3/4 Time (youtube)

• How to play the Cross-Stick (youtube)

• Evolution of the Hip-Hop Groove (youtube)

• How to Play a Hip-Hop Beat (youtube)

• Ted Talk about Hip Hop and Shakespeare (youtube)

• Excerpt from Hamilton (youtube)

• About Hamilton from the PBS Newshour (youtube)

• Worksheet for Writing a Rap Song (pdf)

• Rhythm Reading

  • 4/4 Rhythm Patterns (stems up)

  • 4/4 Rhythm Patterns (stems down)

  • 2/4 Rhythm Reading

  • 3/4 Rhythm Reading

  • 4/4 Rhythm Reading

  • 6/8 Rhythm Reading

• Tonal (Melodic) Reading

  • Major Scales

  • Sight Reading Sheet #1

  • Tone Patterns (CM without Solfege)

  • Tone Patterns (CM with Solfege)

  • Tone Patterns (FM without Solfege)

  • Tone Patterns (FM with Solfege)

  • Tone Patterns (GM without Solfege)

  • Tone Patterns (GM with Solfege)

• Word Wall

  • Assignment #1 -

  • Assignment #2 -

    • Word Wall - Composers

    • Word Wall - Musical Elements

    • Word Wall - Musical Genres

    • Word Wall - Musical Notation

    • Word Wall - Musical Form

• Songwriting

  • Assignment #1 - Working with Lyrics of 'My Shot' from Hamilton

  • Assignment #2 - Mapping "My Shot"

  • Assignment #3 - Hip Hop Example (2 Chords)

  • Assignment #4 - Hip Hop Template for Original Song

Miscellaneous

• • The True Story of Christian the Lion - Unforgettable for Any Time!