Peru Part 4

Bellwork: Define Terms Quipu – system of strings and knots used to keep track of numerical information. Sikuri--panpipe ensemble. Parallel Polyphony—when two melody lines follow the same melodic contour, but start on different pitches. Bellwork: Define Terms

Announcements Benchmark Exam Tuesday April 15th 9am Reading Outline #21 due Today Announcements

Outcomes Scholars Will: Logic: Master facts about Peruvian music. Rhetoric: Re-enact a Siku ensemble Outcomes

The many shades of Diversity   Many different races are acknowledged in South America For example, in Brazil 37 different races are recognized on the census! Some include: Indian, European, Asian, Middle-Eastern, African, Mestizo (Spanish and Indian), Mulatto (Black and White), Zambo (Black and Indian) and Criollo (Creole and Venezualean) . The many shades of Diversity

Quipu-- sometimes called talking knots, were recording devices historically used in the region of Andean South America. A quipu usually consisted of colored, spun, and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It could also be made of cotton cords. For the Inca, the system aided in collecting data and keeping records, ranging from monitoring tax obligations, properly collecting census records, calendrical information, and military organization. The cords contained numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system. A quipu could have only a few or up to 2,000 cords. Inca Math

Quipu

Sikuri-video

One song aids in the cutting down of trees by sending the tree-soul away from the roots and trunk. Pre-columbian: the time preceding Christopher Columbus's voyages of 1492. Hocket--the rhythmic technique using the alternation of notes. In Peruvian practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) siku such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests. Take your own notes

Active Listening #5 Amancay What are the two stringed instruments performing? The main wind instrument? Active Listening #5 Amancay

Just the facts Listening #5 Amancay Amancay is the Inca word for flower, a symbol of chastity and beauty.   Nusta means the favorite of the Incas. Just the facts Listening #5 Amancay

Lyrics Pretty little woman of my songs, neither the flower nor the bird is like her and her name is sweet as the rainwater they call her la Nusta, her name is Amancay. She's as cool as an earthenware jar. She is my humility: a cross I bear. Such pretty eyes, such a pretty mouth, such pretty hair, she is my pretty little thing. I am crying, my life, as I blow my horn I'll go up the hill laden with basil and lavender. With my burdened donkeys towards the hill I'll go. Lyrics

Amancay-Peruvian Daffodil

CFU: Siku ensemble

Active Listening #6 Los Palafitos (Huts Over the Water) What other Peruvian instrument does the charango and guitar mimic at the opening of this song? What two wind instruments are accompanying the voices? Active Listening #6 Los Palafitos (Huts Over the Water)

Just the facts: Listening #6 Los Palafitos (Huts Over the Water) The charango is traditionally made with the shell of the back of an (armadillo).   The musicians performing this song are called Grupo Raiz. They give support through their music to the (resistance) movement in Chile and the liberation movements in Latin America and throughout the world. Just the facts: Listening #6 Los Palafitos (Huts Over the Water)

World Instruments Project One of the final projects this year will be to master a few skills and songs on various instruments. Today you will begin with your first instrument project. At the end of class you will test for as many skills and songs as possible. This is worth 30 mastery points per instrument World Instruments Project

Exit Ticket What is Parallel Polyphony? How do songs aid in the cutting down of trees? What is a hocket? How did we perform hockets during our bottle choir activity? Exit Ticket