PART 1 (150 Words):
Listen to Sarasiruha. It gives a condensed idea of a typical Carnatic music performance.
After listening (patiently!) to this beautiful music, how does it (or maybe a part of it) closely reflect the meaning of the text on page 6-4e (eBook 4th
Ed.)?
Discuss how South Indian music uses composed songs mixed with improvisational sections. Can you think of a similar approach in Western musicculture? What are the
similarities and differences between the two? Do you know of any music in American culture that celebrates learning?
PART 2 (250 words): (please refer to my kind of music as hip ho and R&B.
Tie the content of your Part 1 to a music sample that you find and post. This should be music you know and listen to--that is, not "world music," unless
that is what you know and listen to.