Music
Keyboard and Electric Guitar
Piano
This piece is based on folk songs from some of the countries whose books we studied. The first section is based on Romance de Amor, a classic guitar song and folk tune from Spain. This represents the setting of Don Quixote. The next section is based on Funga Alafia, a call and response folk song from the Yoruba ethnic group in Africa, where Death and the King's Horseman is set. The second-from-last section is based on Bedu Pako Baramasa, which is supposed to be the signature folk song of Uttarakhand, India. This is the home state-region of Anita Desai, the author of Fasting, Feasting. If you wish to listen to these folk songs, the links for two of them are in the link attached.
I also included elements of post-colonialism. This is for piano, a European instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the 1700s. I blended Bedu Pako Baramasa with a sliver of Bach's Gigue from his 5th French Suite. I also added some jazz influence, a style largely founded by African American communities in the US. Enjoy!
https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/97489278ffb...
I also included elements of post-colonialism. This is for piano, a European instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in the 1700s. I blended Bedu Pako Baramasa with a sliver of Bach's Gigue from his 5th French Suite. I also added some jazz influence, a style largely founded by African American communities in the US. Enjoy!
https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/97489278ffb...
Ukulele
I did a song for the ukulele, about whales and the Maori culture. Here are the lyrics:
They are here
They call
From the depths that never change
They are here
And they'll remain
In the culture
Of the people
They play a shifting role
They are here
And they'll remain
Hunted
And worshipped
And boiled down for oil
They are praised
The people of the ocean they'll remain
In legends immortal they'll remain
They are here
They call
From the depths that never change
They are here
And they'll remain
In the culture
Of the people
They play a shifting role
They are here
And they'll remain
Hunted
And worshipped
And boiled down for oil
They are praised
The people of the ocean they'll remain
In legends immortal they'll remain
