Musical Scales

Written by Mark White on February 24, 2007 - 3 Comments Download audio file s!ales"m#3$

at Dey Mark and %edro and &e and 'enni are !om#arin( )ndian musi! and western musi!" Mark* +ello e,erybody" ) am -ust sittin( here with 'enni and %edro and &e and me, Mark" &e and ) are$ from .ustralia and 'enni and %edro are from Chile" .nd we were talkin( about musi!" %edro, you were talkin( about do re mi and sa re (a""!an you/""What are these notes here/ What are these notes/ Pedro* 0a re""the harmoni! s!ale""like this1different sounds1ei(ht sounds1and you ha,e1do re mi fa so la si do" Everybody* Do 0i 2a 0o Fa Mi 3e Do Pedro* )n )ndia, you ha,e the same, no/1be!ause you ha,e other words but the same sounds1 Be* Different syllables1different syllables for the same notes" )n )ndia they use 0a 3e 4a Ma %a Da 5i 0a1 Mark* Different names for the same thin(" Be* 67a!tly" 0hall we sin(1the )ndian way of sin(in( the harmoni! s!ale/ Mark* 2et8s sin(" 2et8s sin(9 Everybody* 0a 3e 4a Ma %a Da 5i 0a10a 5i Da %a Ma 4a 3e 0a" Pedro * :wo times" Everybody* 0a re (a ma #a da ni sa10a 5i Da %a Ma 4a 3e 0a" Pedro* .nd now we !han(e a little and we use ;la8 Everybody* 2a la la la la la la la" 2a la la la la la la la" Pedro* :wo times" Everybody* 2a la la la la la la la u# the s!ale$1la la la la la la la la down the s!ale$ Mark* Wow9 Be* :hank you for the sin(in( lesson, %edro" Kenni* <eah" Pedro* )t is really the first #art1it is ,ery1more lon(, no/1be!ause they use this to

!lean the1what do you say/ Kenni* :he throat" Pedro* :he throat be!ause first you need to !lean and after that you make your e7er!ise and after that you sin( for a show or somethin(1 Be* 67a!tly91)t is a #re#aration e7er!ise a warm-u# e7er!ise$" Pedro* %re#aration1this kind of e7er!ise" Be* For the ,oi!e1 Pedro* .nd you !lean1you !lean1after that maybe half an hour1maybe one hour1 Be* <our ,oi!e be!omes in better !ondition1 Pedro* <es, and you !lean these mus!les inside1,ery (ood e7er!ise1it is a kind of yo(a, no1"be!ause you inhale and e7hale1