Response Journal
Linda Hulsey
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During the Governor's Institute for the Arts lesson planning sesssion our class listened a recording of Tibetan music. The recording was approximately 20 minutes in duration. The music example began with a very limited melodic line of only two or three pitches. The melody became more sophiticate, by the time it example reached the fourth quarter of listening, the melody was using several pitches. Rhythmically, I was curious as to its number of beats, pulses, feeling that there was an uneveness to the rhythm, and was able to count a repitition of nine pulses in the melodic phrase. It was apparent that the pitches were extremely low in regard to American music and the voice quality was indeed, something to be learned through the Tibetan culture. It was interesting to hear the music return, melodically, to the simplicity with which it began, concluding on a very low pitch. |
