European Traditional Music
VSVA- Mrs. Sims- Music Appreciation
START
Index
01. Eastern Europe
05. EE Dances
09. W.E. Instruments
02. E.E. Purpose of Music
06. WEstern Europe
10. W.E. Danves
03. EE Music Traditions
07. W. E. Purpose of Music
11. Global Impact
04. EE Instruments
08. W.E. Music Traditions
12. Review Links
Eastern Europe
Environment: Mountainous, and lots of farming communities
Culture: Experienced a lot of serfdom, religious upheaval, and cultural bridge between asia and western europe
Countries: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Balkans, Baltic states, the Caucasus, Visegrád group.
Purpose of Music
Religious
Daily
Civic
worship, rituals, ceremonies, weddings
Entertainment, comfort, community
Work Songs, National Identity, Community Identity, Gypsy Culture
+ Practice
Music Traditions
Genres
Music Theory
Focus
music of the Romani/Gypsy, Balkan Brass, klezmer, polka, Bulgarian vocal ensembles, Bosnian sevdalinkas
Setu Scales, more “haunting” melodies, large intervals in melody, specific rhythmic lines/no “pad”
story telling, communicating with “spirit”/emotion, legacy building, retaining tradition
+ Practice
Music Traditions
While you listen to the videos click on paint and create five different boxes. Color whatever you hear in each box, one per video.
+Paint
Music Instruments
Click the video and scroll over the info button to view traditional instruments from each of the four main instrument families.
Eastern European Dance
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas.
+ Practice
Western Europe
Environment: Varies, Mountaineous, Coastal, Alpine
Culture: a lot of serfdom, and old established kingdoms and countries, rivalries between varying countries
Countries:Austria, Belgium, France, Lichtenstein, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, UK, Malta, Portugal, Ireland
Purpose of Music
Religious
Daily
Civic
worship, ceremonies, weddings
Entertainment, comfort, community
festivals, national anthems
Music Traditions
Genres
Music Theory
Focus
Sea Shanties, Ballads, Ceildh, flamenco, “Classical” orchestral music, art music, opera, ballet, yodeling
major and minor scales, rhythm as the pad, polyphony, established universal theory
story tellingart, worship
+ Practice
Music Traditions
While you listen to the videos click on paint and create six different boxes. Color whatever you hear in each box, one per video.
+Paint
Music Instruments
Click on each image to explore the instruments in that family that came from Western Europe.
Western European Dance
Ballet is Italian performance dance which became French and Russian Concert Dance. Ballets typically are dramatazations of various stories with full orchestral accompaniment.
Ceilidh's are UK/ Scottish styles of dance.Couples swing around one another in giant rows following the "lead" couple.
+ Practice
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European Traditional Music
VSVA- Mrs. Sims- Music Appreciation
START
Index
01. Eastern Europe
05. EE Dances
09. W.E. Instruments
02. E.E. Purpose of Music
06. WEstern Europe
10. W.E. Danves
03. EE Music Traditions
07. W. E. Purpose of Music
11. Global Impact
04. EE Instruments
08. W.E. Music Traditions
12. Review Links
Eastern Europe
Environment: Mountainous, and lots of farming communities
Culture: Experienced a lot of serfdom, religious upheaval, and cultural bridge between asia and western europe
Countries: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Balkans, Baltic states, the Caucasus, Visegrád group.
Purpose of Music
Religious
Daily
Civic
worship, rituals, ceremonies, weddings
Entertainment, comfort, community
Work Songs, National Identity, Community Identity, Gypsy Culture
+ Practice
Music Traditions
Genres
Music Theory
Focus
music of the Romani/Gypsy, Balkan Brass, klezmer, polka, Bulgarian vocal ensembles, Bosnian sevdalinkas
Setu Scales, more “haunting” melodies, large intervals in melody, specific rhythmic lines/no “pad”
story telling, communicating with “spirit”/emotion, legacy building, retaining tradition
+ Practice
Music Traditions
While you listen to the videos click on paint and create five different boxes. Color whatever you hear in each box, one per video.
+Paint
Music Instruments
Click the video and scroll over the info button to view traditional instruments from each of the four main instrument families.
Eastern European Dance
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas.
+ Practice
Western Europe
Environment: Varies, Mountaineous, Coastal, Alpine
Culture: a lot of serfdom, and old established kingdoms and countries, rivalries between varying countries
Countries:Austria, Belgium, France, Lichtenstein, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, UK, Malta, Portugal, Ireland
Purpose of Music
Religious
Daily
Civic
worship, ceremonies, weddings
Entertainment, comfort, community
festivals, national anthems
Music Traditions
Genres
Music Theory
Focus
Sea Shanties, Ballads, Ceildh, flamenco, “Classical” orchestral music, art music, opera, ballet, yodeling
major and minor scales, rhythm as the pad, polyphony, established universal theory
story tellingart, worship
+ Practice
Music Traditions
While you listen to the videos click on paint and create six different boxes. Color whatever you hear in each box, one per video.
+Paint
Music Instruments
Click on each image to explore the instruments in that family that came from Western Europe.
Western European Dance
Ballet is Italian performance dance which became French and Russian Concert Dance. Ballets typically are dramatazations of various stories with full orchestral accompaniment.
Ceilidh's are UK/ Scottish styles of dance.Couples swing around one another in giant rows following the "lead" couple.
+ Practice
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