Episode 2, Eileen, Mongolian and Chinese Music Granada High School IB Music Podcast

Product of the Granada High School Music Program, Livermore, CA.

Episode 2 is by Eileen.  Students will be finding links between the music of two distinct musical cultures.  These are taken from student's media scripts from their "musical links investigations" that they create for their IB music exams.  In this episode, Eileen will be comparing a modern Mongolian throat singing piece to a piece made up of traditional Chinese instruments.

Music used in this episode:

"Thunder and Dry Days"

“Masterpieces of Chinese Music: A Musical Performance by Music from China” YouTube,

YouTube, 19 Jan. 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Y4ncLy9LA&t=540s

"Echo"

“Mongolian Throat Singing 5 Female Singers - Echo.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Dec. 2019,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HMcyB5aftE.

Works Cited

“Erhu.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/art/erhu.

“Instruments.” Mongolia's Music, mongoliamusic.weebly.com/instruments.html.

“The Mechanics of Throat Singing.” St George's Bristol, 22 Jan. 2016,

www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/the-mechanics-of-throat-singing/#:~:text=In%20throat%20si

nging%2C%20an%20overtone,through%20a%20process%20called%20biofeedback.&te

xt=When%20throat%20singing%2C%20the%20singer,period%20and%20closed%20for

%20longer.

“Masterpieces of Chinese Music: A Musical Performance by Music from China” YouTube,

YouTube, 19 Jan. 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Y4ncLy9LA&t=540s

“Mongolian Throat Singing 5 Female Singers - Echo.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Dec. 2019,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HMcyB5aftE.

Mongulai. “Tsuur - Mongolian Centuries Old Traditional Musical Heritage.” Mongulai.com, 16

Apr. 2020, mongolianstore.com/tsuur/.

“Ocarina.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/ocarina.

“Overtone Singing: The Science Behind Singing Multiple Notes At Once (VIDEO).” Futurism,

Futurism, 7 Oct. 2014,

futurism.com/overtone-singing-science-behind-singing-multiple-notes-video.

“Ruan.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/ruan-musical-instrument.

“Throat-Singing.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/throat-singing.

“Yangqin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/yangqin.

“Yueqin.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/yueqin.

“Zheng.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/art/zheng.

We do not own the rights to these songs and encourage you to support the artists you hear and we talk about in our podcast.  Intro and outro music used with permission from Bensound.com.  We are not experts in these cultures, but we are always eager to learn if you have any input on these subjects; feel free to contact us with corrections or comments.

For questions or comments, contact Mr. Pascoe at gpascoe@lvjusd.org or go to our music program's website at granadamusic.net.


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