SOUND OF SILENCE

Mi-mi-sol-sol-si-si-la
Re-re-fa#-fa#-la-la-sol-
C-C-D-D-B*-B*-C*C*-A*
G-G-B-B-D*-D*-E*-E*- D*
C-C-E*
Mi-fa-so-so-fa-mi-re
I see
Sol-sol-sol-re*
F#-G-E

Cry it out, Lambada

so so so fa la la
re la so | fa la#
do fa mi do
do do re do re

so| so| so| fa la# la#

Little darling
the sun
sol. la. si. do. si. do.
do. do. do do2. si. la. sol. la

mi mi re do do do do do (3 TIMES)..

do do si la la la la la (REPEAT)

melody
I love you for wanting you
the sol the si do sol
for loving you and for wanting you
I do re re do re si
Oh darling, oh my life
my re re si, my re si la (BIS)...
Never but never
if the if the if sol
You abandon me, dear.
do re mi do re si la (BIS)..
Little Star

do do sol sol la la sol

AT THE BACK THERE IS SPACE

I am | if the | I myself am | if the do re

I am I am I am do do re re mi (4 times)

la la la la la mi mi la si so
so| so| so| so| so| re re si la so| la (BIS)

la la la la la mi mi la ti so
so| so| so| so| so| re re si so| la (BIS)

my my the yes yes| my re

Continents. Asia
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Sitar
It is the dominant solo instrument in Indian classical music; it belongs to the
family of lutes. It is built from a dried gourd and a
hollow fretboard on which twenty movable curved frets are fixed. It is played with
a metal nail, mizrab, placed on the index finger of the right hand. It has
a higher level of seven strings, and below them there are another thirteen, which
resonate sympathetically when the strings of the upper level are touched. The sitar can
cover 4 octaves and has a wide range of tonal colors.

Surbahar
It is a longer version of the sitar, composed of 3 melodic strings and 11
sympathetic strings, all tuned to low tones, giving to the
instrument a deeper sound.

Sarod
Smaller Indo-Persian lute than the sitar, whose body is carved from
a single block of wood, and whose bridge rests on a piece of skin of
goat. The arm is made up of a polished metal plate and does not have
frets. The notes are produced by the contact of the player's nails on
the bridge. The body of the sarod is covered with a skin and has a fingerboard.
metallic. Of the 25 strings, 4 are melodic and the rest are rhythmic and
nice.
Tambura
The tambura, also called tanpura, is the accompaniment base for the
music from India. The tamburas of the north are made with a piece of
hollow wood for the arm and with a pumpkin for the body. The ones from the south.
they have a body composed of several strips of wood joined and molded.
Similar in appearance to the sitar, it consists of four or five strings played.
one after another at a regular pace.

Vina
There are different types of vina. The Carnatic or Saraswati has two
pumpkins and is played leaning diagonally against the body, with the pumpkin
superior resting on the left shoulder.
The arm of the vine has many frets and seven strings, of which four
Two are melodic and the other three are auxiliary. It is linked to the musical style.
Dhrúpad, one of the oldest that exists.

Sarangi
The resonating box of the sarangi is covered with skin. It has three strings and
Below them, there are very thin wires. It is played with a bow and it is the
instrument closest to the human voice.

Response Mandala
The svaramandal is like a small dulcimer and has about thirty strings.
of metal that are played with the fingers of the right hand.

One string
The ek tara is one of the simplest plucked string instruments that
They exist. It has a single string along a bamboo stick that is fixed.
to a pumpkin. It is used as an accompaniment to the melody. It is used in
tripe by wandering bards.

Santur
It is made up of a hundred strings over a wooden box that are struck.
with walnut wood mallets. It originates from a Persian instrument of
same name.

Percussion Instruments
Table
It is the most popular percussion instrument, particularly in the north of the
India. It consists of two drums with leather heads. The smaller one,
called dayan or tablá, is made of wood. The largest one, which marks
the basses, it is called bayan or duggí and is made of metal or clay. Its
musical system is one of a phonetic structure that forms a dialogue between the
instruments. The percussionist sets the rhythm of the piece, but can also
interpret passages as a soloist. It has become the instrument of
preferred percussion to interpret classical and popular music in the north of the
India, where there are various traditional schools or Gharanas that differ
in their styles.

Ghatam
The ghátam is a simple clay vessel, that in the hands of a musician
it acquires a beautiful rhythmic sound.
It is built with clay mixed with iron powder, being an instrument
of accompaniment capable of producing a great variety of sounds.

Mridangam
It is the most popular percussion instrument in the south of India, being one of the
the oldest and the most important of Carnatic music. Shaped like a barrel,
it is made from a hollowed trunk and with several layers of skin on each one
from its ends. The different layers of patches allow for great
variety of tones as in the table.

Khole
It is a drum made of clay with two skins at its ends; the one on the
the right one is tuned to high tones and the one on the left produces the part
melodic. It is mainly used to accompany devotional songs.

Eagle
This instrument is used to accompany devotional music. It is
made up of two pieces of wood with small cymbals that are played with a
only hand.

Dholak
It is used for accompanying devotional music, folk music, and for
the dance.

Chenda
This typical instrument from southern India is made of wood with skins.
made of leather. Its sound can be heard kilometers away.

Wind Instruments
Bansuri
This bamboo flute is one of the oldest and most distinctive instruments.
from India being, along with the sitar, the most used in classical music. It has
with seven holes and its difficulty lies in maintaining the tuning, since this
it depends on the pressure and maintenance of the blowing and the support angle in
the lips.

Shehnai
The shehnai is an ancient instrument from northern India, used in the
classical music like in folk music. It consists of a wooden body with
a double reed mouthpiece. These are interchangeable to achieve different
records.
Other Instruments
There are two instruments of Western origin that have fully integrated.
in Indian music, gaining great importance. One is the harmonium of
small size, introduced in India by Portuguese missionaries, and that
is used today in the popular music of Rajasthan as well as for accompaniment
vocal compositions, and the other is the violin, which is used in compositions
classics.
THE INSTRUMENTS OF CHINESE MUSIC - The musical instruments
Chinos have traditionally been classified according to the materials used.
in its construction; these are metal, stone, silk, bamboo, the
pumpkin, clay, leather and wood. Among the oldest instruments
the long zithers, the flutes, the pan flutes, the shêng, or organ
mouth, and percussion instruments such as ratchets, drums, and gongs. From
the posterior origin are the different lutes and violins that arrived in China from
Central Asia.

Chinese music is as ancient as its civilization. Among the instruments

THE INSTRUMENTS OF JAPANESE MUSIC

The ancient court music of Japan (gagaku) has its origins in the century
VIII. It mainly comes from China and Korea. Gagaku orchestras can
count on up to 17 musicians among the wood instruments (winds), of
plucked strings and percussion. Among the winds is included a flute,
generally of the type known as ryûteki; a short double-reed tube
called hi-chiriki; and a shô, a mouth organ without reeds that has 17 pipes
bamboo inserted into a globular (air) box with a hole to blow.
The flute and the double reed instrument play the melody, while the organ of
mouth creates a background of overlapping sounds. The phrases of the music are
they are marked by the sounds of a horizontal double membrane drum
(kakko), a large hanging drum (taiko) and a small gong (shôko), thus
how through some melodies and short arpeggios played with the lute
of four strings (biwa) and the 13-string zither (koto). The music of
gagaku uses six modes or scales of Chinese origin, all of which are derived from
two basic pentatonic scales: ryo (D, E, F#, A, B, and D, plus)
of G and C sharp as auxiliary notes) and ritsu (G, A, C, D, E, and G,
besides si and fa as auxiliaries). The measures of gagaku music are
basically two times.