MUS 130A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Silk Road, Wu Man, Pentatonic Scale
27 Aug 2016
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Ambush from all sides mus 130: music of china. Instrument pipa- wu man: han nationality a. Instruments: solo and ensemble musics, narrative traditionsy, theatrical practices, regional folk songs f. Identified as a key marker of chinese identity c. i. National instrument: does not come from china, pear shaped with ridged frets, and bent neck f. Eighth century painting of pipa shows it moved from iraq and iran to china over many centuries f. i. East to west along silk road: wu man, studied with master musicians a. i. Master, student relationships: when a master teaches b. i. Expects a student to play in the image of the master b. ii. She performs solo and does collaboration with other artists: man"s experience in the silk road helped her be curios and travel to the north and. South parts of china: takes risks, han chinese music, pentatonic scale dominates, melodies highly ornamented, monophonic/ heterophonic texture, free rhythm in not uncommon, variable tempos in some music e. i.
