Stick it out
This was one of the first activities involved you all playing a pattern and the rest of us repeating.
What is a Drum Circle?
Rodrigo y Gabriela not only played live music, but also contributed music to these two movies.
What is Puss in Boots and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides? (acceptable: Pirates of the Caribbean)
The Beatles visited Ravi Shankar in the mid-1960s and this member in particular was so inspired by the sitar, he used the sitar in five future songs.
Who is George Harrison?
Louis Armstrong was born in this city, they even have a park dedicated to his legacy.
Where is New Orleans, Louisiana? (acceptable: New Orleans)
The pictures that you had for Note Olympics were made from a website called Canva, and it is generated using this new technology.
What is A.I.? (acceptable: artificial intelligence)
This skill involves looking at a musical passage once and trying to work out the patterns to play it all together.
What is Sight-Reading?
During their career, they moved away from Mexico to this country where they were inspired by the rhythms by a traditional instrument called the "bodhrán".
Where is Ireland?
We listed countries in the world that were larger than India, which leaves India being ranked as this number ranking by country size.
What is 7th largest? (acceptable: 7th)
"Mack the Knife", "What a Wonderful World" and this song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
What is Hello, Dolly?
We did a cup routine on this famous sea-shanty.
What is Wellerman?
This eight-person drum troupe from Switzerland dazzled your eyes with their routine.
Who are Stickstoff?
The Soundmaker, which was the first song you've heard by Rodrigo y Gabriela was played in this conference setting, a non-profit media organization known worldwide.
What is TedTalk?
The two round parts of the sitar are made out of a surprising part. Time to save your compost.
What are gourds?
Armstrong initially learned this instrument instead of the trumpet. They may be in the same instrument family, but they are very different structually.
What is a cornet?
The rules of this game include, moving 2 chairs apart, reading a prompt, and doing a Dum Dum Dada routine if you don't find a seat in time.
What is Musicians Move?
In our three-part drum ensemble, this color drum had the most playing part than the blue and green drums in the video.
What is the Orange drum?
You performed a body percussion routine that had this song as the background music, where Rodrigo y Gabriela filmed it in the middle of an unknown location with large speakers and acoustics.
What is Hanuman?
Ravi Shankar accepted an interview by this TV station in the 1980s where he introduced the parts of the sitar.
What is the BBC?
Rumor has it that Louis Armstrong invented this type of singing, which was then done by other groups, for example Sweet Honey in the Rock and even some musicians from Postmodern Jukebox.
What is scatting/scat singing?
Two examples of the Backwards Rap included a video by DeStorm Power, and an ad produced by this car company.
What is Honda?
Numbers, X, S, R, "and"
Those symbols above were indicators for your whiteboard patterns, but there is one missing.
What is a Rest? (acceptable: quarter rest, break)
These were the only two parts that are new parts you learned about on a guitar, that was not a part on the ukulele.
What is a Scratchplate and Bridge Pins? (acceptable: string pegs)
Out of the 5 other Indian instruments that I showed you examples of, this is the only one that is a woodwind instrument.
What is a Shehnai?
Louis Armstrong passed away due to a heart attack in this year, just a month shy of his 70th birthday. The year in question featured these events:
- Walt Disney World opening in Florida.
- The age to vote lowers from 21 to 18.
- The first Starbucks location opens.
What is 1971?
Sorry if I got you hungry! I showed you some food that has an Indian origin during our Ravi Shankar unit. This includes some tandoori chicken, tikka masala, biryani, naan bread, and this pastry filled with potatoes, peas and onions.
What is a Samosa?