Carnival Course Exam II Calypso and Pan Revised Condensed Term List Calypso on the spot Chant wells and stick fighting Chant wells Kalinda singers song played during stick fights fighters or Kalinda s insulting the opponent leading up to the stick fight Stick fighting two men battle with sticks until blood is drawn Extempo Verbal improvisation on a given theme improvisation new verses and lines Picong any teasing and verbal banter originally accompanied to a song rivalry and put downs of chant wells developing into verbally abusive song sessions Development and cultural and musical influences First recordings Accompaniment 4 stringed quarto guitar double bass clarinet NY in 1914 1st competition recording Iron Duke in the band New York in 1912 Early commercial success in US Popular after WWII American servicemen brought songs back with them 1937 onward Common themes of calypso serious social and political messages in songs ineptitude of government male female relationships unity calypso itself beauty and trials of everyday Trinidad Joys of Carnival Differences between calypso monarch and road march Calypso Monarch One of the two main carnival celebrations Road March musical compostion played most often at judging points along the parade routes during Carnival Wining Popular dance during Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago very sexual Popular songs by well known calypsonians Calypsonians and their accomplishments David Rudder Represents new hope for Calypsonians eclectic more accessible style less parochial can sing in any style not afraid of innovation Lord Kitchener Aldwyn Roberts The Grandmaster Known as a master of the Road March Set the standard for the road march from 1940 s to 1970 s ethnomusicology Eight time winner of Calypso Chalkdust Specializes in political commentary Education in music and Might Sparrow 1956 Jean and Dinah wins first calypso title won Calypso and Monarch king later with Jean and Dinah Calypso Rose First Female to win Trinidad Road March in 1977 also was first female to be awarded Calypso King United Sisters in 1991 Singing Sandra Begin singing in tents in 1984 with three other woman known as Denyse Plummer Calypso singer who looked white a lot of backlash was placed on her because people thought Calypso was a poor man s art Won third female Calypsonian to win Young Kings Tents Where organized mas bands went to where costumes assembled practice dance and hear the latest chantwell songs Instrumentation in house bands Cuatro and Guitar Cuatro smaller version of the guitar in Trinidad Guitar 2 or 3 pans depending on the make mainly provides chords and harmonies Lavway lionizing and cheering on champion stickfighters Strophic all verses and stanzas of the text are song to the sane music Pan Steel band Tamboo Bamboo origin and relationship to development of pan Percussion ensembles made of pieces of bamboo cut at various lengths and beat with sticks or stomped on the ground producing a booming hollow sound Sizes 1 thick low toned boom 2 Middle range 3 Thin cuter shortest piece of bamboo higher pitches Types of early pan 1940s Gradually more sophisticated and wider range in pans Pan around the Neck Pans could be hung around the neck and played with rubber tip wooden mallets Liming social leisurely party Other instruments associated with the development of early 1 Ping Pong Tenor Pan 2 Kettle Midrange Pan 3 Boom bass pan Formation of Government Steelband Committee Pan Trinabo Form texture harmonics Form Structure of a composition or arrangement determined the relationship of melodic materials and recurring or alternating sections Texture The relationship between the moving parts Harmonics high notes that sound simultaneously as the fundamental pitch is struck and make the note sound brighter Front line back line engine room Front Line tenor pans double tenors seconds while playing melody Back Line lower pitches strumming pans and basses Engine Room Maintains driving rhythms associated with pan Standard names of types of pans Tenors smallest and shallowest 6 to 7 inches deep up to 32 notes Double Seconds pairs of pan played side by side slightly lower in timbre and range than the tenors Guitar 2 or 3 pans depending on the make mainly provides chords and harmonies Engine Room maintains the driving rhythms associated with pan Cello Pans 3 pans 3 quarters of the height of a 44 gallon oil drum usually 7 notes to each pan provides lower harmony passages Bass full size of drum each drum having between 4 and 2 notes depending on makeup of drums Processes stages of making a pan 1 Burning 2 Cutting 3 Hammering 4 Marking Seaming Grooving 5 Raising 6 Tempering 7 Tuning World Steelband Music Festival Competition created at country biennial music festival in 1952 Then continued as separate competition called Pan is Beautiful In 2000 opened to let countries from around the world compete Bands play three styles of music 1 Test Piece 2 Calypso 3 Tune of Choice classic Bomb A popular competition in 1950 s and 1960 s in which the first latin tunes and later European classics movie themes and foreign tunes were set to Calypso rhythms Panorama A new completion established by the Carnival Development Commission and steel band association in 1963 first carnival after independence in 1962 The biggest lime of the year showcases bands Corporate sponsorship of steelbands Tuners pan makers make sure that the band s sound well they must have musical experience