St. Lucia, part 1

Bellwork

• Define terms:

• Vyolon- violin

• Tanbouwen- tambourine

• Chakchak- rattle

• Kwatwo- cuatro, 4 stringed instrument

• Gita- guitar

Kwadril Ensemble

Announcements

• Benchmark Exam: Friday October 11th 10-12:45

• Reading Outline #9 is due in class

Wednesday, Oct 9th.

Exam study guide is due Friday.

Kwatwo

Map Quest: Locate St. Lucia

Kwadril: Origins

• St. Lucia was an English colony who gained her independence in 1979.

• The St. Lucia kwadril has its roots in the European “first set” quadrille.

• In the 19th century, after the revolution in France, a new society was formed there. Passion for dancing, and especially for the most difficult dances, took hold in the urban milieu.

• In St. Lucia the newly freed slave society, cut off from its traditions and in search of a new unity, found in dance a common bond.

Quadrille

Kwadril!

Listening Example #1Pwémyé Fidji

• What instruments do you hear?

• Do the strummed instruments sound in tune or out of tune?

• What is the musical word that describes a rhythm which accents the weak part of a beat?

Listening Questions #1Pwémyé Fidji

• Kwadrils use the following meters 6/8 and 4/4.

• This is the first dance in the kwadril set.

Fidji means figure in creole.

Guided Floats

• The quadrille, was not so much amusement, a dance master remarked, as to make oneself seen.

• Each quadrille consists of 5 dances.

• The dances promoted order, organization and proportion.

• Dances that are called fasi in creole, are easy—they require little training.

CFU: Playing a Kwadril Melody

Note reading workshop • Study the sheet music in groups and try to play the violin part

on the violin, trumpet, sax or piano.

• If you can’t play an instrument, use this time to label the note names of the violin part using the note key provided. Enlist the help of a partner to help you note read the violin part.

• The violin part is the first line of every stanza indicated by a v.

• Circle all complete triplet figures.

• Trumpet transposes by playing a whole step above in G major (with F# sharp).

• Sax transposes by playing a skip of a third below, so the next line or space below in the key of D major (with F# and C#).

Exit Ticket

• 1. What is a gita?

• 2. The dances promoted ___________ ,___________ and  _________________ .

• 3. What country’s dance is the Kwadril based on?

• 4. The quadrille, was not so much amusement, a

• dance master remarked, as to make oneself _____________ .

• 5. Fidji means ______________ in creole.