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A LEVEL MUSIC YEAR 2 COMPONENT 3 APPRAISING

STUDY 15 AoS5 FUSIONS


pp334-364 CD3 tr3-4
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR: Breathing Under Water
Burn
Breathing Under Water
Easy

WS1 Breathing Under Water Track 1: Burn


1. Study the background information to the album on WS1.1. This also offers you a number of
video excerpts to give some general context for Anoushka Shankar

2. Spend time getting to know some Indian classical music – see Wider Listening 9 which
focuses on two very different performances of Raga Bhairava.

In studying Shankar’s tracks as examples of fusion, the particular focuses should be:

• the three distinct musical styles and traditions that are the source for the style:
o Indian classical tradition (through use of Indian instruments and performing style)
o Indian Bollywood film music tradition (use of the Bombay Cinematic Orchestra Strings)
o Western pop and rock (instruments, structure and harmony)

All three influences are clearly evident in ‘Burn’.

• how the various musical elements are exploited, fusing effectively characteristics of the above styles:
o instrumentation, timbres and general approach to sonority, including textures
o structure – elements of Indian classical style and Western song forms are evident
o melody – Indian melodic style dominates the sitar, sarangi and vocal lines, however even
these are influenced by Western melodic characteristics
o tonality and harmony – inevitably Western in approach, but there are features of
Indian tonality and harmony too

• how the lyrics are presented effectively: mood-painting rather than specific word-painting
o the above elements all contribute, but also consider features of rhythm and performance
detail (e.g. dynamics)
Burn Lyrics
The song presents a series of images connected with the feelings of being in love, including ‘I am lost’
and ‘I am at home’. There are many traditional Indian images here: dancing, the sun, moon and stars
for example, as well some evocative use of words: precious kiss, silver lips, transparent moments, etc.
Dancing on the tip of the evening moon
Precious kiss
This moment silver lips and gentle love

Out on the edge of an unknown world


Not alone
I see you, feel you
Dance with me

Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
(Search with me amongst the stars, amongst the trees)
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me Ravi Shankar playing sitar
Falling pieces of a broken moon burn the sun
Transparent moments
I'm loved by you

Out on the edge of an unknown world


not alone
I see you, feel you
Dance with me

Your eyes close around me


and I am lost, I am lost
Your eyes close around me
and I am home, I am home

Dancing on the tip of the evening moon


Precious kiss
This moment silver lips and gentle love

Out on the edge of an unknown world


Not alone A sarangi
I see you, feel you
Dance with me

Your eyes close around me


and I am lost, (dance with me) I am lost

Dance with me (dance with me)


Dance with me (dance with me)

Your eyes close around me


and I am home

Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me (dance with me) Manjira hand cymbals
Dance with me
Written work (Either continuous prose or bullet points):
Describe how Anoushka Shankar effectively brings together features of both Indian
and Western sonorities, structures, melody and tonality in ‘Burn’.

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