Bendir
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Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3.
Traditional Arabian music from Saydisc album 'Arabesque' performed by Hassan Erraji and Arabesque (4'05")
Main features: 10 beat metre, Arabian instruments.
This piece of Arabic music is in a 10 beat metre and features Arabic instruments, the ud (a type of lute) darbouka and bandir (drums). The three learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation, rhythm pattern and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Timbre, Example Instruments, Key Stage 3, Arabic, Ud, Darbouka, Bendir, Middle East, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Picture of hand drum from middle east. Listen to examples 08 Alwan Mizan, Track 12 Sama'i Thaqil or 07 Ansam - Breezes from the Saydisc material
Official classification: Image, Bendir, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 8 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" - notes from Maureen Hanke.
Alwan Mizan is a piece of Arabic music.The Arabian Gulf is an important geographical and trading link between the Mediterranean and the Far East. It is an area of rich demographic diversity with a commensurate variety of music.
This piece of music features the bandir, a drum which originates from the Arabic region.
The bandir is a circular snare hand drum with a goat skin covering the sides of a wooden frame.
In this piece of music the beats are grouped into 9s throughout. ( in a music session everyone could try tapping the steady beat of 9 - it is quicker than you may think). The bandir often plays the first of each group of 9.
Official classification: Percussion, Tabla, Timbre, Audio, Key Stage 3, Darbouka, Bendir, Middle East, Garagab, Arabic, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 7 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" - notes from Maureen Hanke.
'Ansam' is an example of Arabic music. The Arabian Gulf is an important geographical and trading link between the Mediterranean and the Far East. It is an area of rich demographic diversity with a commensurate variety of music.
Ansam features the darbuka and dholak.The darbuka is a type of single headed goblet-shaped drum. It is made from pottery, wood or metal and can be played either under the arm or resting on the player's knees. The base is hollow and the skin is attached by nails or glue.The darbuka originates from the Arabic region and the dholak from North India.
The piece of music opens with a solo flute. At the end of the flute statement there is a pause and the rhythm is clearly stated. The piece unfolds as an improvisation over and around the basic rhythm.
It might be helpful to think of improvisation as the equivalent of talking in language development. Improvising means making up as you play, listening to what you are playing as you go. As the piece develops, the improvisations by the darbuka and dholak become increasingly elaborate and exciting: each skin adding its own colour to the piece. As you keep listening try tapping the rhythm throughout.
Throughout the course of the piece all the instruments have a go talking over the rhythm.
( in a music session everyone could tap the basic rhythm and two people with different drums could take it in turns to improvise.)
In this recording the players start their improvisation by playing the rhythm exactly, then they gradually change parts of it; first just a beat, then a couple of notes, then half a phrase etc. This way the music has a feel of unfolding.
Official classification: Percussion, Tabla, Flute, Improvising, Timbre, Audio, Key Stage 3, Dholak, Darbouka, Bendir, Middle East, Arabic, Unit 1. Musical processes, Saydisc Records, Nay, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Fit the pieces together to complete the image of a bendir.
Official classification: Percussion, Interactive Activities, Puzzle, Bendir, Jigsaw
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