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Item Improvisation of Ethno-Musicological Aspects in Sri Lankan Film Music (Study based on Abā and Agnidāhaya Sinhala Movies(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Kumara, J.C.R.The focus of this study is to identify the Ethno Musicological aspects and its improvisation in Sri Lankan film music industry. The origin of the term ‘ethnomusicology’ is attributed to the Dutch scholar Jaap Kunst (1950), who used it, in the subtitle of his book musicologia. It is the anthropology of music, the study of music in its cultural, historical, economic and linguistic context. In this paper, the question of how ethnomusicologist and scholars might treat music composed to accompany film is explored in a cultural context by analysing the music applied in the renowned Sri Lankan films Abā and Agnidāhaya directed by Jackson Anthony and Jayantha Chandrasiri respectively. In the particular context of film that often times utilizes and applies the technology and its subsidiary tools to innovate a unique cultural demonstration through its art work, nurtures its authenticity by various aspects; choreography, costume, make-up and obviously using music as a cultural tool. In the films Abā, and Agnidāhaya, this aspect has been demonstrated at a significant level. Thus, they portrayed certain characteristics that necessarily promoted and propagated the Sri Lankan culture among other pieces of art work. In an overall, observation, Abā and Agnidāhaya, and its film music can be identified as a prelude to the Sri Lankan film industry in terms representing the ethno-musicological aspects which presenting the cultural norms and values of the selected community. The materials used to examine this concept include the literary survey, audio-video records and characteristic phrases as well as field survey conducted by the candidate.Item North Indian Classical Vocal Music for the Class Rooms(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Mallikarathna, S.W.This article comes up with the facts that will accept music educators to absorb North Indian Classical vocal music in to a multi cultural music education system. Hindustani music is mainly vocal-centric with the musical forms planned to increase vocal performance and many instruments had been designed to imitate the voice. The theories in Classical vocal music is much deeper than general conditions. Obstructions to teaching North Indian Classical vocal music are accepted including lack of acquaintance with the cultural/structural elements and challengers in teaching ear training and improvisation. Possible solutions to these challengers and practical lesson plans are provided. Class room ideas include practical activities and projects to familiarize students with Indian culture and audiovisual performances to teach the structural pieces. This research focuses the students of ages between 10-13 in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this is teachers have to enclose practical lessons, techniques, methods of training, oral training, oral imitation and improvisation, manual movement and simple improvisation and gradually increasing to greater complexity while setting guidelines