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| Jiahu (ca. 7000–5700 B.C.) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief discussion of the archaeological site of Jiahu, in Henan province, where fragments of 30 flutes were discovered. Six of these flutes represent the earliest examples of playable musical instruments ever found.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jiah/hd_jiah.htm | |
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| Music and Art of China |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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"China provides some of the earliest traces of music making. These are mainly in the form of well-preserved musical instruments, the tangible evidence of music. Over several millennia, musical instruments from regional indigenous traditions as well as from India and Central and West Asia were assimilated into the mainstream of Chinese music. Some of the most ancient instruments have been retained, transformed, or revived throughout the ages and many are in common use even today, testifying to a living legacy of a durable art." With 19 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/much/hd_much.htm | |
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| The Qin |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to the qin, a type of zither that is "the most prestigious of China's instruments." "Chinese lore" holds that the qin dates back to the third millennium BCE.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mqin/hd_mqin.htm | |
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| Celebrate Cambodian Khmer Festival and Wedding Music |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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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... | |
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| Chinese Instruments |
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| The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
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An audio series that "explore[s] unique aspects of Chinese music through sounds, performance and interviews." Featuring three episodes on "the endangered music of the Yunnan peoples; the tradtional sounds of the pipa, bamboo flute, qin and other Chinese instruments; and the creative space between them, where sounds ancient and avant-garde intersect."
Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Chinese_Instrum... | |
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| Discovering the East of China: Chinese Music in Elementary School |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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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-... | |
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| An Exploratory Short Course in Tuvan Throat Singing |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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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... | |
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| An Introduction to the Music of Mongolia |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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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... | |
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| Musical Hooves on the Steppes: Morin Huur of Mongolia |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Explore rural nomadic life in Mongolia and the highly impressionistic music and arts of the Central Asian steppes. Students learn to imitate sounds of the natural environment through improvised dance, instrumental performance, and throat-singing.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/hooves-on-steppes-morin-huur-mongolia/throat-singing/mu... | |
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| Musical Instruments of the Indian Subcontinent |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of musical traditions in South Asia: "The music of the Indian subcontinent is usually divided into two major traditions of classical music: Hindustani music of Northern India and Karnatak music of Southern India, although many regions of India also have their own musical traditions that are independent of these." With images of 16 instruments.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/indi/hd_indi.htm | |
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| The Pipa |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to the Chinese pipa, a four-string plucked lute that "descends from West and Central Asian prototypes and appeared in China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534)."
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pipa/hd_pipa.htm | |
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| The Rag-dung (Cloisonné Trumpets) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of the history of the Tibetan rag-dung, "long trumpets played in pairs for morning and evenings calls to prayer, preludes, and processions. ... By the Ming dynasty, the rag-dung may have been used in court rituals, as the elegantly decorated examples illustrated here attest."
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dung/hd_dung.htm | |
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| Shintaro-san of the Mountain: Mountains, Minyo, and Japanese Culture |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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This tutorial provides an introductory view into Japanese traditional ballads or folksongs, known as minyo, and folktales involving the cultural heritage of Japanese mountains. Basic background of Japanese traditional music and Japanese mountain folklore will be discussed; musical activities, experiences, and stories support this lesson.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/shintaro-san-of-the-mountain-mountains-minyo-and-japane... | |
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| Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Online presentation of a 2009-2010 exhibition that "celebrates the musical heritage of China—one of the oldest continuously documented traditions with roots reaching back more than eight thousand years. Featuring some sixty objects and illustrations ... Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China reveals the dynamic interplay of cultures, the continuity of musical practice, and the diversity of China's musical traditions from the fifth century B.C. to the present." With images of 18 objects, mostly dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/silk-and-bamboo | |
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| Soran Bushi: Exploring Japanese Work Song |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Soran Bushi, a Japanese work song, allows for exploration into Japanese culture (work song/environment/nature) as well as exploration in creative composition/arranging. This unit takes students on an aural journey from the boats of the Hokkaido fishermen to their own perspective & interpretation, giving students a sense of pulse and rhythm as they compose and arrange, inspired by Japanese traditional music.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/soran-bushi-exploring-japanese-work-song/music/tools-fo... | |
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| Vocal Elysia in Indonesia |
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| Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Vocal music is a key expression in many cultures. It often ties an ancestral past (history, identity, ritual) to the present through story-telling, text, song, and dance. This unit focuses on a selection of vocal music from Indonesia and asks students to explore the ways in the vocal music expresses culture. In doing so, this unit focuses on an Indonesian lullaby, a Sikka work song, and Kecak vocal orchestra.
Go to Museum Resource: https://folkways.si.edu/vocal-elysia-indonesia/lullabies-world/music/tools-for-... | |
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