Anoushka Shankar
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What was the Artist's name who released 'Breathing Under Water'?
Anoushka Shankar
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When and where was Anoushka Shankar born?
1981 - London
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Who is Anoushka Shankar's father?
(famous) Ravi Shankar
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Where was Shankar brought up?
London, Delhi and California
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At what age did Shankar begin learning Sitar?
7
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What other instrument did Shankar play?
Tambura
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At what age did Shankar begin playing in her father's concerts?
10
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At what age did Shankar perform her first solo sitar performance?
13
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When did Shankar get her first recording contract?
16
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What genre were Shankar's first three albums?
Indian Classical
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What was the name of her first fusion album?
Rise
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When did she release her first fusion album?
2005
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What was Shankar nominated for? (first fusion album)
Grammy in Contemporary World Music
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What major artists has she collaborated with?
String, Nithin Sawhney, Joshua Bell, Ravi Shankar
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Did she tour the world? If she did, what did she play and who with?
Yes, she played Sitar ad toured with her father Ravi Shankar
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What number album is 'Breathing Under Water'?
Fifth
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Who is her main collaborator? And what did this collaborator co-found?
Utkarsha (Karsh) Kale, Tabla Beat Science
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What is the Tabla Beat Science?
an Indian band exploring ambient, drum & bass and electronica in a Hindustani music setting.
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What is played live and what is played electronically in Shankar's fifth album?
Programmed (sequenced) tracks and improvisation on Indian Classical Music
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Where does 'Breathing Under Water' pull most of its instruments?
Western instruments and classical Indian instruments
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What is a Sitar?
long-necked plucked string instrument, with movable frets and sympathetic strings, played with a metal plectrum
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What is a Tabla?
pair of hand drums with an amazing range of sounds
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What is a Sagrangi?
string instrument with three bowed strings and over 30 sympathetic strings
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What kind of vocals are used in Shankar's fifth album?(Indian)
Indian-style classical vocals
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What is a Bansuri?
Indian flute
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What is a Veena?
plucked string instrument
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What is a Sarod?
fretless plucked string instrument
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What String Orchestra is used?
Bombay Cinematic Strings
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What electronic sounds are use?
Programmed/sampled drum patterns, Keyboard 'pad' sounds
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What vocals are used? (western)
Pop/R&B style vocals
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Is a piano used?
yes, just yes
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What guitars are used?
Guitar (obvs) and bass guitar
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What solo string instrument is used?
Solo Cello
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What instruments/voices are used in 'Burn'?
English vocals (New York vocalist Noa Lembersky), Orchestral strings (arranged by Bollywood composer arranged Salim Merchant), Sitar and sarangi, Dance beats mixed with Indian percussion, synthesised bass and analog-style lead synthesiser lines.
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What solo instrument plays at the beginning of 'Burn'?
Sitar
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What does the Sitar play in the beginning of 'Burn'? (melodic movement)
Low register and rising towards bars 22-24 and falling again from bars 25-29.
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Where does the Sitar play again?
Plays in dialogue with the vocals in verse 2 and 3 and in bars 86-93 plays in dialogue with the string section
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What does the Sagrangi play?
Play a repetitive line in the bridge between chorus and verse 2 (bars 46-53)
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Who sings the vocals on the track, 'burn'?
Noa Lembersky
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What genre of vocals are used?
Jazz/R&B style
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What is the movement like in the vocals of 'burn'?
Mainly step wise and syllabic with a range of less than an octave.
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How do the vocals do in the chorus and verse 2?
They are doubled in thirds with improvised riffing in final chorus.
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In what bars are the string orchestra playing a prominent melodic figure?
In bars 3-4 and bars 14-15
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What do the strings play?
Mostly with slow-moving chordal textures
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In what bars is the string section repeated?
Played in 3-21, repeated underneath verse 2 and the instrumental
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What instrument brings 'burn' to the end?
Solo Cello
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What instrument plays solo at the beginning of 'Easy'?
Sitar
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What does the solo instrument in 'Easy' play in V1/2?
Articulated pedal Db
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What does the guitar provide in 'Easy'?
Plucked accompaniment with ostinato-like patterns
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What does the piano play in 'Easy'?
Subtle and understated throughout, adds high chords in verse 2, inverted pedal Db in octaves and an arpeggio figure in the last two bars.
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Who sings the vocals in 'Easy'?
Norah Jones
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What do the vocals do in 'Easy'?
Relaxed R&B style. They sit mid to low tessitura. Mainly syllabic, with some melismas ('real')
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What other instruments play in 'Easy'?
Synth bass, to emphasise the guitar ostinato lines from verse 2 onwards and electronic drum patterns
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Why is Anoushka Shankar's structure within music different?
She was brought up with much more 'open-minded' structures of Indian Classical music.
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What is the structure of 'Burn'?
Introduction, Introduction 2, Verse 1, Choris, Bridge, Verse 2 extension, Bridge, Link 1, Verse 3, Link 2, Verse 3 extension, Chorus, Coda
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When and where was Anoushka Shankar born?
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1981 - London
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Who is Anoushka Shankar's father?
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Card 4
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Where was Shankar brought up?
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Card 5
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At what age did Shankar begin learning Sitar?
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