Sunday, November 29, 2009

Mr. Earl & Mr. Hall's classes -- Deconstructing "Ahri-rang"



Hi Third Grade Magnet -- Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving and found time to practice "Ode to Joy"

The other piece we will be performing is "Ahri-rang," a very beautiful Korean melody with words in English and Korean. The music is posted above.

Part of what's great about "Ahri-rang" is that it is a "pentatonic" song, meaning, among other things, that any part of the melody sounds great with any other part. You can hear this in the two part Canon version I have posted here.

The part we're going to focus on this week is the first line, also posted above with note names. Listen to the audio clips above and try to master the fingerings and rhythm (in 3/4). How far we take it after that depends on you.

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