Τίτλος:	Apo xeno topo
Εναλλακτικός τίτλος:	From a strange land
Χρονολογία:	1900
Δημιουργός:	Traditional
Συντελεστής:	Στιχουργός: Traditional
Περιγραφή:	Traditional song of Smyrna and Asia Minor. It is a love song, danced as syrtos or balos.
Λέξεις κλειδιά:	strange land girl light window speech dominate
Τόπος δημιουργίας:	Asia Minor
Μουσικό μέτρο:	4/4 (four fourths)
Πρώτες λέξεις:	From a strange and distant land
Φωνητική έκταση:	7th major
Ψυχοπαιδαγωγικοί στόχοι:	Enhancement of self-confidence and self-assessment (in solo singing). Development of critical thinking. Expression of feelings. Sensitivity to the acceptance of the "other", the foreigner.
Μουσικοί στόχοι:	Fourth dotted. Half rest. Repetition symbols. Meters 2/2, 4/4 and 8/8. Comparative listening. Musical reading. Cultivation of rhythm. Control of the voice.
Ιδέες διδασκαλίας:	Learning the song. Discussion on the content of the lyrics and on how the idea of love is connected to the idea of the foreign. Clapping the melody rhythmically. Instrumentation of the song using rhythmical and melodic instruments (considering the students' backgrounds). Listening of different versions of the song from recorded sources or from the web. Comparison of the versions of the song as 4/4 and as 8/8 (mpalos). Comparison of the content of the song to other traditional songs of love, as well as to contemporary folk and art songs of love. Performing the song from the music score. Performing the song in the form solo- tutti (phrases and repetitions). The students that will sing solo have to do so willingly (without any pressure).
Διαθεματικές έννοιες:	Interaction (cultures, musical cultures, people and social groups). Variation (in traditional songs, in art, in everyday patterns).
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