http://ggsc.wnmu.edu/academic/mat/tesol/consult/articles/navajo/html
This is a cool place because it delves deeper into the concepts on Native American music than we were able to go in class and has all kinds of information from regional styles, modern music, texts, influence of Indian music on art music, Powwows, Navajo music in tradition, as well as links to other interesting websites. The most interesting feature of this website to me is the information it provides on teaching Indian music in the schools (because I am going to be an Elementary school teacher). Some of the suggestions I will take into account--such as bringing in local representatives of tribes that might be in the area to share their music and culture with my students.
http://www.gatheringofnations.com
This is a very cool website!!! It features the Gathering of Nations Internet Radio (which is free and plays live streaming Native American music via your computer), educational information, pictures from previous Pow Wows and information about upcoming ones, free Native-American ecards, etc. This website is founded by a nonprofit organization (The Gathering of Nations) and works to dispel stereotypes and encourage education. This website is useful to this class because you are able to see pictures from actual Pow Wows as well as streaming video--and you get a little more information than we received from the video in class. Also, you are able to hear live streaming music for free.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CF87C21E88867B75&search-query=ghana+the+postal+workers
This is a very cool thing! When I was looking up the postal workers piece (because I loved it in class) I found this video on drums in Ghana, and this is very useful to us as a class because it is infinitely important that we hear and see more than just a few pieces from each culture--the More we see the better we understand of the music and meaning behind it. I have developed a new respect for drums because of this class--seeing them now as the heartbeat of music. I never realized the importance of drums prior to this week. YouTube is a great resource in terms of viewing what we are talking about in class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJCtvrW95fo
This is a fun clip from "Whose Line is it Anyway". When I googled "Postal Worker Song" this came up and I watched it and thought it was really cute--it is not part of the genres we have studied this past few days but Wayne Brady has to come up with several songs about postal workers, all in different styles, which I thought was both entertaining and interesting because he was able to emulate styles from Tina Turner to Latin music.
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Hey Charlotte. I watched the third thing that you posted of the group from Ghana doing the dance. I loved that they were on the beach! That is so awesome. It is funny to me that they actually "staged" this for the camera and are "acting" their parts. We usually just see music that is taken out of their everday life and here it is presented just for public viewing. I also love their costumes and there is no way that I could every dance like that.
ReplyDeleteI like the thoroughness of your postings. I couldn't get the first and last links to load at all, though, and the third one just sent me to a playlist, rather than a specific video. Be sure to double-check your links both before and after you actually post them.
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