Music short answer

1. Please write short paragraphs in response to the following questions, describing sound and cultural context as specifically as possible, while using terms from the textbook and class lectures.

1a. Listen to the two versions of Moghulchai Navo on eCommons and describe the differences and similarities in sonic material.

The similarities are the instruments in two songs. Both of them includes chordophone and membranophone. Within both songs, as the instruments are playing, a women is singing as well. Although, I don't understand the lyrics, the melodies and Timbres are similar. The tempo is normal, but the rhythmic density is little bit different.

1b. Listen to the two versions of Adolat Tanovari on eCommons and describe the differences and similarities in sonic material.

Both songs have a basso continuo which refers a heavy, low pitch produced by an instrument. They use this basso continuo as the base. However, the instrument which produced this sound is different. In Otmagay Tong version is chordophone, in Yol Bolsin version is membranophone.

2. Bearing in mind material from lecture and from the reading on Central Asia, discuss issues of power, access, and privilege that are involved in Sevara Nazakhan's entry into the international recording scene via the WOMAD festival and Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label.

Sevara Nazakhan is an Uzbekistan pop star.The instrument that she uses is Doutar which is from Uzbekistan and can tracked back to 15 centuries. Her music is developed when she studied at Tashkent State Conservatory for five years. She combined the ancient instrument with modern technology attract attention worldwide.

3. Discuss the same issue of privilege and access in terms of the music of Umm Kulthum. How did Kulthum enjoy privilege in Egyptian society? In what ways was she marginalized? How is her life story reflected in the ways that she makes music?

Umm Kulthum is a culture symbol of Egypt. In 1952, after Egyptian coup, she records many songs to support new government. In 1967, Egypt lost in six-day war, she started tour in the name of Egypt around Arab World in order to get support and sympathy. When she was young, because she was a girl, her father make her looks like a boy in order to perform.