Bhangra
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- Created on: 25-05-14 21:53
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- Bhangra
- Origins
- Folk music from the Punjab.
- An area in Northern India and Pakistan.
- Played to celebrate the end of harvest.
- Often based around intervals of a minor third.
- Lots of repeated notes.
- Folk music from the Punjab.
- Dances
- Giddha
- Used to tell stories or act out events.
- Control the beat of the music by clapping their hands.
- Daankara
- Danced at weddings.
- Giddha
- Chaal Rhythm
- An eight-note repeated pattern.
- The quavers are swung like in the blues.
- Modern Bhangra
- Music Technology
- Remixes
- Lots of different layers mixed together in new ways.
- Samples from other music
- E.g. bass lines, drum parts, words etc.
- Drum Machines instead of the dhol.
- DJ techniques e.g. Scratching
- Remixes
- Fused chaal rhythm with Western styles i.e. hip-hop, disco etc.
- Used Western instruments like electric guitar and synthesizers.
- Music Technology
- Origins
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