Australian music: Students-Listening

Listen 

After listening to this track by traditional Aborigines, answer the following questions and post your answers on your student blogs.

1. What animal can you hear in this excerpt? Listen carefully.
2. What animal do you think the didgeridoo is imitating?
3. Is there a drone in this excerpt?
4. What images do you see when you listen to this excerpt?

Listen to a contemporary Aboriginal artist

After listening to this excerpt from I Was Born Blind by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, answer the next set of questions and post your answers on your student blogs.

1. What do you think this song is about?
2. Describe the tone colour.
3. What kind of pattern is the guitar playing? Arpeggio, chromatic notes or descending notes?
4. Does this song have a major or minor tonality?

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