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Celebrate Cambodian Khmer Festival and Wedding Music Through active listening, discussions of cultural context, and re-creating ostinati and pentatonic melodies, students will experience two contrasting examples of the music of the Khmer people of Cambodia. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/celebrate-cambodia-khmer-festival-wedding/music/tools-f...

Discovering the East of China: Chinese Music in Elementary School Chinese music consists of many regional traditions that differ in form, style, quality and repertory (Lau, 2008). This curricular unit introduces some difang yinyue (regional music of China) and encourages children to discover characteristics of Chinese music by “travelling” around the eastern region of this country. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/discovering-east-china-elementary-school/lullaby-vocal-...

Experiences in Music of Northern India Students will be introduced to the music of India with a focus on introductory terminology, elemental concepts, and instrument identification through various singing, listening and playing opportunities. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/gateway-experiences-north-india/classical/music/tools-f...

An Exploratory Short Course in Tuvan Throat Singing An introductory course exploring “throat singing” (or overtone singing) as practiced and performed by the people of Tuva. We will explore this truly unique style of vocal production through attentive listening, watching video and practicing techniques and types of throat singing. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/exploratory-short-course-tuvan-throat-singing/folk/musi...

Ganggangsullae: Korean Dance Music of the Full Moon In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of the mode of Namdo Korean folksongs, as well as the call-and-response musical form. To illustrate these features, this lesson focuses on the 5,000 year-old Korean dance known as "Ganggangsullae" ("Kang-Kang-Soo-Woo-Nae"). This dance is typically performed by women under the full moon, and it incorporates singing, dancing, and playing. Within the cultural unit are various activities such as drawing, exercising melodic skills, singing the song form, writing lyrics, and dancing in a circle. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/ganggangsullae-korean-dance-full-moon/traditonal-folk/m...

Indian Music and the Sitar Students will experience traditional Indian music and internalize it by moving to it. There will be an opportunity to listen to, play and dance to sitar music and raga. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/indian-sitar/classical/music/tools-for-teaching/smithso...

An Introduction to the Music of Mongolia Students will be introduced to the music of Mongolia through several activities looking into different aspects of Mongolian music. Students will be introduced to the sound of the Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle), the techniques of Khöömei (throat singing), and given an opportunity to play a traditional Mongolian song with western instruments. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/introduction-mongolia/throat-singing/music/tools-for-te...

Melodic Rhythms of India Introduce students to the melodic rhythms of the tabla tarang, classical drumming from India, through music and movement. Learn to improvise the jati system of vocalizing rhythms. Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/melodic-rhythms-india/jati-tabla-tarang/music/tools-for...

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