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World Music Cultures: India
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1. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Geetham
Nada Brahma
Mantra
South Indian Trimurti
2. Verdic:Rgveda:hymn - Anciet oral traditions - Yajurveda:ritual -Samaveda:actual noted verse -Athraveda-potions and magic
Raga
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Filmi Git
South Indian Trimurti
3. Verdic:Rgveda:hymn - Anciet oral traditions - Yajurveda:ritual -Samaveda:actual noted verse -Athraveda-potions and magic
Verdic Period
Raga
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Standard Language of South India
4. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa
Arohana
Drone Hin
Standard Language of Northern India
Drone Kriti
5. Improvisation based on solfege syallables
Rhythmic Hin
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Svara KAlpana
Classical Period
6. Rhythmic framework
Geetham
Drone Hin
Darshan
Tala
7. Note
Swara
classical language of India during verdic times
Rhythmic Kriti
Nottuswaram
8. Vocalizations of the tabla
Avarohana
Classical Period
British Raj
Bols
9. India was united for the first time on a large scale by Chandragupta
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Jhala
Standard Language of Northern India
Golden Age
10. Sanskirt
classical language of India during verdic times
Mantra
Geetham
Gat
11. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa
Rhythmic Kriti
Alap
Svara KAlpana
Drone Kriti
12. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste
Gamaka
Rhythmic Kriti
Raga
Golden Age
13. Occupation began in 1858
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
British Raj
Standard Language of South India
Bronze Age
14. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Swara
Moganam Raga
Golden Age
Predominant religion of India
15. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Filmi Git
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Historical Periods
Swara
16. Ornamentation
Darshan
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Gamaka
Avarohana
17. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Raga
Historical Periods
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
18. Way of speaking and being spoken to by the divine
Melodic Hin
Mantra
Classical Period
Rhythmic Kriti
19. Taste -essence and flavor
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Raga
Historical Periods
Rasa
20. Verdic Texts
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Standard Language of Northern India
Verdic Period
Filmi Git
21. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song
Filmi Git
Alap
Classical Period
Standard Language of Northern India
22. It gained independence in 1947 from British
classical language of India during verdic times
Darshan
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Rasa
23. Sound of god
Golden Age
Nada Brahma
Historical Periods
Qawwali
24. Upward melodic progression
Moganam Raga
Melodic Hin
Arohana
Darshan
25. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
Filmi Git
Alap
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Drone Kriti
26. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Standard Language of Northern India
Rasa
Classical Period
27. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics
Swara
Nottuswaram
Mantra
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
28. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
Alap
Tala
Jhala
Gat
29. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics
Nada Brahma
Nottuswaram
classical language of India during verdic times
Geetham
30. Upward jump in tempo - increase of intensity
Qawwali
Jhala
Raga
Geetham
31. Vocalizations of the tabla
Darshan
Bols
Nottuswaram
Rhythmic Kriti
32. Brahmanic control of Hinduism
Classical Period
Moganam Raga
Historical Periods
Golden Age
33. Downward melodic progression
Avarohana
Drone Kriti
Darshan
Gat
34. Upward jump in tempo - increase of intensity
Rasa
Verdic Period
Nottuswaram
Jhala
35. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Rhythmic Hin
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Darshan
Standard Language of Northern India
36. Drumming accompainiment enters - tala is established - ragas composed melody is introduced
Gat
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Arohana
Alap
37. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
British Raj
Avarohana
38. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Mantra
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Qawwali
39. Upward melodic progression
Geetham
Raga
Arohana
Golden Age
40. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Gat
Mantra
Moganam Raga
Melodic Kriti
41. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Rhythmic Hin
Alap
Predominant religion of India
Drone Kriti
42. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa
British Raj
Predominant religion of India
Tala
Drone Hin
43. Rhythmic framework
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Tala
Rhythmic Kriti
Alap
44. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Historical Periods
Arohana
Predominant religion of India
Standard Language of South India
45. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)
Gat
Raga
Nottuswaram
Rasa
46. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Geetham
Jhala
Nottuswaram
Mantra
47. Note
Predominant religion of India
Jhala
Standard Language of Northern India
Swara
48. Ornamentation
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Gamaka
Golden Age
Gat
49. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists
Tala
Qawwali
British Raj
Rhythmic Kriti
50. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar
Filmi Git
Bols
Historical Periods
Melodic Hin