I too have more inspiration to post. And everyone, keep posting things you come across that are related to the show! I'll post them on FB & twitter.
Anyway, here is Meredith Monk, hocketing:
Showing posts with label choral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choral. Show all posts
Hocketing
The song that Marc was teaching Jerry and I last night reminded me of this video I had seen of the Dirty Projectors demonstrating "hocketing", which is basically sharing a melody between two or more people, alternating singing/playing notes, giving a ping-pong effect.
Dave Longstreth talks for a while about it, but skip to minute 7 to see the ladies demonstrate.
This hocketing example might be more useful for a group song. This is a group of flute players from Ethiopia. It gets pretty crazy and dissonant, but a melody could work on top of something sparer. We could try something like this as a vocal improv.
Dave Longstreth talks for a while about it, but skip to minute 7 to see the ladies demonstrate.
This hocketing example might be more useful for a group song. This is a group of flute players from Ethiopia. It gets pretty crazy and dissonant, but a melody could work on top of something sparer. We could try something like this as a vocal improv.
'Chorale' Devotional music from Africa
I've been a big fan of music from West Africa/Mali, and often its devotional and chanty in a mix of islamic and poly-rhythm/sub-saharan african style that is fascinating...
Here is a religious chant/song that is popped up a bit. Its a call and response but could be 3 voices/4 voices... and someone could sing the high part of the instrument (flute?).
Soufi Drissa Dembélé 'Magnouma Baro'
Although Sufi brotherhoods have been an important part of Malian Islam for centuries, Sufi Drissa Dembélé is part of a new generation of Malian Sufis, with their own style of worship, who first started to draw attention in the early 1990s. Drawing inspiration from the Baye Fall of Senegal, and in some cases from West African Rastafarianism, this new generation of urban Sufis-previous generations of Malian Sufis were more concentrated in rural areas- have created a syncretic style of worship that reflects Malian pop culture.
Here is a religious chant/song that is popped up a bit. Its a call and response but could be 3 voices/4 voices... and someone could sing the high part of the instrument (flute?).
Soufi Drissa Dembélé 'Magnouma Baro'Although Sufi brotherhoods have been an important part of Malian Islam for centuries, Sufi Drissa Dembélé is part of a new generation of Malian Sufis, with their own style of worship, who first started to draw attention in the early 1990s. Drawing inspiration from the Baye Fall of Senegal, and in some cases from West African Rastafarianism, this new generation of urban Sufis-previous generations of Malian Sufis were more concentrated in rural areas- have created a syncretic style of worship that reflects Malian pop culture.
Choral Awesomeness
Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium" is one of my favorite pieces of choral music. I remember hearing this piece for the first time and crying because it was so beautiful. Maybe we could try playing with the main melody or use the chords for inspiration?
This is a song called "Past Life Melodies" that features overtone singing (starting around minute 5), which would be fun to play with.
This is a really well-arranged version of "Hide and Seek" done by Divisi an all-women's acappella group also from UO. Just FYI, I checked it out and only the "Mmm whatcha say" part of the song has been used commercially. The rest would be unfamiliar to most people.
This is a song called "Past Life Melodies" that features overtone singing (starting around minute 5), which would be fun to play with.
This is a really well-arranged version of "Hide and Seek" done by Divisi an all-women's acappella group also from UO. Just FYI, I checked it out and only the "Mmm whatcha say" part of the song has been used commercially. The rest would be unfamiliar to most people.
Dio Vi Salvi Regina
I don't know if we're feeling like continuing with this song at all, but for reference I looked it up and it turns out it's the Corsican National Anthem. WHO KNEW. Probably a lot of Corsicans.
Anyway, here's a clip on youtube -- you can find some others too, and you'll notice that there are different variations on the harmonics. Plus I can't find one sung by women, I imagine that changes the sound somewhat too. Interesting.
Anyway, here's a clip on youtube -- you can find some others too, and you'll notice that there are different variations on the harmonics. Plus I can't find one sung by women, I imagine that changes the sound somewhat too. Interesting.
