aso quapaw string quartet presents music of the people arkansas learning through the arts

ASO Quapaw String Quartet

presents

Music of the People

Arkansas

Learning through the Arts

Map of World

Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese use characters for their language. They had over 3300 characters to use in writing. Writing with these characters became a form of art called calligraphy. Chinese art often includes calligraphy.

What do you think these characters might mean?

Han Dynasty Clothing

Brazilian traditional costume

This lady is wearing a Baian skirt.

What makes it so fancy?

What else does she wear that makes it fancy?

Hungarian Folk Art

Notice that the woman is painting a pattern like the one she is wearing. Many decorate eggs in various designs to use in family celebrations.

Colorful Hungarian Dresses

Compare and contrast these dresses to the Brazilian dress?

Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy

The hurdy gurdy is played by turning the crank at the left end. The sound is like a violin. When you press the black keys, the pitch is changed.

Map of Native America

Indian tribes lived all over America. How many names do you recognize?

Native American Tribal Art

Navajo Tribe

Cochiti Tribe

Santa Clara Tribe

Each tribe had a different style of making pottery.

Native American Flute

What material is the flute? What other instruments are made of that material?

Native American FoodsHunting buffalo and deer for

food and clothing

Indian settlement growing their food

Map of North America

Where are the Ozark Mountains?

The Appalachian culture (in purple circle) is found in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains.

What states does Appalachia include?

Appalachian Quilt

The purple square has how many smaller squares in it? What other geometric shapes do you see?

Appalachian Clothing

Why did the Appalachians make simple, comfortable clothing?

Appalachian Music

The banjo is an Appalachian instrument. Other instruments are also common in Bluegrass music. What are other instruments on the right?

Map of West Africa

Many Americans came from West Africa.

African American Clothing

These are modern fashions based on African clothing.

African MasksCompare and contrast these masks.

Gospel Music Singers

Singers are expressing the joy of their beliefs.

What Traditions Have Been Handed Down in Your Family?

• Arts or crafts

• Music or songs

• Food

• Clothing