China
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Track 24 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Chinese music for Yang-qin from Saydisc album 'Like Waves Against the Sand', performed by Jing Ying Soloists (4'32")
Main features: yang-qin, pentatonic scale, descriptive music.
This music from China, based on a traditional folk melody, is played by the yang-qin (Chinese hammered dulcimer). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, the four sections of the piece and their descriptions.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, China, Far East, Yang-qin, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
Track 21 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3.
Music from China for er-hu and cheng from Saydisc album 'Evening Song', performed by Jing Ying Soloists (4'38")
Main features: Chinese instruments, pentatonic scale, imitation.
This gentle, meditative piece is played on the er-hu, a stringed instrument and the cheng, a Chinese zither. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, the melody of the er-hu based on the pentatonic scale of G and the cheng's imitation of the er-hu.
Official classification: Listening, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Echo, China, Far East, Er-hu, Cheng, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
Track 2 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Chinese music for solo pi-pa from Saydisc album 'Like Waves against the Sand' (2'27")
Main features: pitch, tempo, structure.
This traditional Chinese piece is played by a pi-pa (a Chinese lute). The Track Explorer has three tracks focusing on instrumentation, descriptions of the different sections of the music and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Pentatonic Scales, China, Far East, Unit 12 Dragon Scales , Programme Music, Pi-pa, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Picture of chinese stringed instrument, to hear example listen to Track 21 Meditating on the Past from Saydisc material
Official classification: Image, Key Stage 3, China, Er-hu, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Image of chinese chang (or cheng) stringed instrument. For an example, listen to Track 21 Meditating on the Past
Official classification: Image, Key Stage 3, China, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records
Track 32 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Chinese music with solo di-zi from Saydisc album 'Like Waves against the Sand' (3'35")
Main features: structure, timbre, pentatonic scale.
This Chinese music is played on a di-zi (a bamboo flute) and yang qin (a Chinese dulcimer). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and claves.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Ternary(ABA), Animals, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, China, Far East, Unit 12 Dragon Scales , Claves, Programme Music, Di-zi, Yang-qin, Trills, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 22 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from Northern China from Saydisc album 'Evening Song' (2'56")
Main features: timbre, structure, pentatonic scale.
This music from China is played on traditional Chinese instruments, such as the cheng (Chinese zither) and er-hu (Chinese fiddle). The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Xylophone, Listening, Tempo, Interactive Activities, Pentatonic Scales, China, Er-hu, Cheng, Bar-woo, Track Explorer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: Trumpet, China, Tibet, Curriculum support, Trumpet Family, Rudiments of Wisdom
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: China, World Instruments, Curriculum support, Rudiments of Wisdom
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: Pitch, China, Curriculum support, Rudiments of Wisdom
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: China, Curriculum support, Rudiments of Wisdom, Tam Tam
Track 2 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (2'59") Sheng-guan music from China. This ceremonial music features a traditional Chinese wooden wind instrument, the guanzi. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on the guanzi and accompanying instruments.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Pentatonic Scales, China, Chanting, Tibet, Di-zi, Track Explorer, Buddhism, Guanzi, Sheng, Gu, Chazi, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (1'24") Call to worship at the Mula Gadha Kut Buddhist Temple, Sarnath. This piece features a bell and the chanting of monks. The learning track of the Track Explorer focuses on the sound of the bell.
Official classification: Example Instruments, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Pentatonic Scales, China, India, Di-zi, Track Explorer, Buddhism, Guanzi, Sheng, Gu, Chazi, Bell, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
This Listen and Respond resource is one of a range of resources relating to track 24 of the Saydisk 'Listen To This, KS3' world music recordings. It is suitable for use on first listening. The Active Listening points suggest specific (differentiated) things for pupils to listen out for as the music plays through.
Three further menu items show texts with missing words that users choose from a pop-up list of alternatives. A correct choice is signalled with a green highlight, so it is possible to learn basic background musical information through intelligent self-discovery. More detailed understanding and follow-up activities are available through other resources based on the same piece - please search the title of the track to find these.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, China, Yang-qin, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Tags: pentatonic scale, descriptive music, octaves, tremolo, qang-yin
This Listen and Respond resource is one of a range of resources relating to track 21 of the Saydisk 'Listen To This, KS3' world music recordings. It is suitable for use on first listening. The Active Listening points suggest specific (differentiated) things for pupils to listen out for as the music plays through.
Three further menu items show texts with missing words that users choose from a pop-up list of alternatives. A correct choice is signalled with a green highlight, so it is possible to learn basic background musical information through intelligent self-discovery. More detailed understanding and follow-up activities are available through other resources based on the same piece - please search the title of the track to find these.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 3, China, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records
Tags: pentatonic scale, imitation, interlude, er-hu, cheng, trills, China
March of the Volunteers is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, originally adopted in 1949, included Hong Kong from 1997 and officially added to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China in 2004.
Official classification: National Anthems, Audio, China, Curriculum support
Chinese Music Master Winnie Wong describes how it feels to play the Guzheng, a traditional instrument. From Travels With Music, www.travelswithmusic.org
Official classification: Video, China, Curriculum support, Performance video clip, Travels with Music, Guzheng
Displaying 1 to 17 of 17 resources labelled with 'China'