The Prince of Wales treated guests at a London music college to some royal karaoke.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles, visited the Asian Music Circuit, in Bradford Road, Acton to see the work done there.
One of the highlights of the tour was the Prince trying a machine called the Singing Guru, which aims to imitate the Indian style of singing teaching, which is done by repetition to a teacher, with students mimicking the sound coming from the machine.
His Royal Highness delighted his guide, Viram Jasani, the Chief Executive of the circuit, by singing almost exactly an octave below the machine.
Children from East Acton Primary School had a workshop with Bireshwar Gautam, a famous Indian classical singer.
He taught them a traditional north Indian Holi song, which uses facial expression and mime along with the voice to tell the story behind the song, before they performed it for the royal party.
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The Prince and Duchess were also treated to displays of traditional musical instruments from different parts of the continent.
Both tried the Gendair, a xylophone-style instrument which hails from Indonesia, and were treated to a performance from Joshua Petkovic, a student at the centre, who played the Guqin, from China.
They also toured the museum of Asian instruments, before trying the Show Magic software booth, which displays pictures and makes the noises of various instruments when a hand passes across a beam.
The tour ended with a reception which included the Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Ian Green and sponsors of the music school.
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