Indian Ethnomusicology Assignment

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT

By Kelly McGuinness

(z3288973)

HYPOTHESIS

Traditional Indian music characteristics have

influenced popular music styles such as Bollywood in

India.

sense of ‘belonging’ to the Indian film story

sense of ‘belonging’ to the Indian film story

sense of Indian musical identity for its Indian audience

sense of ‘belonging’ to the Indian film story

sense of Indian musical identity for its Indian audience

“This foundation of Hindi film song on native music was by no means limited to folk traditions.” (Arnold, 1992; 126)

INFLUENCES Ancient Indian epics of Mahabharata and

Ramayana

Sanskrit drama

Traditional folk theatre of India

BAIJU BAWRA (1952)Excerpt 1 only traditional Indian

instruments are played

BAIJU BAWRA (1952)Excerpt 1 only traditional Indian

instruments are played Set raga

BAIJU BAWRA (1952)Excerpt 1 only traditional Indian

instruments are played Set raga Incorporation of classical

Indian music into the popular music scene

Excerpt 2 technique is shown off by the running up

and down of the raga

Excerpt 2 technique is shown off by the running up

and down of the raga

Performers are from a Classical Indian background

“Many early Hindi film music composers were trained musicians…they drew heavily upon their own musical knowledge of native songs and song forms, scale patterns, rhythmic structures, vocal melodies, and vocal ornamentation.” Arnold, 1992; 124

Baiju Bawra

BEES SAAL BAAD (1962) Excerpt 3 Supernatural sense

BEES SAAL BAAD (1962) Excerpt 3 Supernatural sense Influence of traditional raga and

instrumentation

BEES SAAL BAAD (1962) Excerpt 3 Supernatural sense Influence of traditional raga and

instrumentation

Western aspects Western instruments Hybrid of traditional Indian music and

popular western music

Excerpt 4 Use of the Shehnai and Bansuri

Excerpt 4 Use of the Shehnai and Bansuri Western song structure

Excerpt 4 Use of the Shehnai and Bansuri Western song structure

No use of improvisation on raga

Bees Saal Baad

Mass entertainmentCassettesRecordsCds Internet

Mass entertainmentCassettesRecordsCds Internet

Prefer popular film songs

BILLU BARBER (2009)Excerpt 5 Traditional instruments playing -

Tabla and Sitar

BILLU BARBER (2009)Excerpt 5 Traditional instruments playing -

Tabla and Sitar Focus on lyrics

BILLU BARBER (2009)Excerpt 5 Traditional instruments playing -

Tabla and Sitar Focus on lyrics “The fact that the film melodies were

devoid of traditional associations was controversial for some, who regarded their usage as too marked a break from tradition, and as simply inappropriate.” Marcus, 1992; 103

Billu Barber

SUMMARY Influences from other cultures are noticed

SUMMARY Influences from other cultures are noticed

Traditional Indian music in Bollywood is diminishing

SUMMARY“While the film songs were usually devoid of

traditional associations, they were not devoid of associations altogether. Quite to the contrary, they came with a brand new set of associations, for they were trendy,

urban, and modern, and as such, they offered associations with modernity, and

with contemporary popular culture.”

Marcus, 1992; 104