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World Music Cultures: India
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1. Way of speaking and being spoken to by the divine
Bronze Age
Melodic Hin
Melodic Hin
Mantra
2. Vocalizations of the tabla
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Svara KAlpana
Drone Hin
Bols
3. Upward melodic progression
Melodic Kriti
Verdic Period
Arohana
Moganam Raga
4. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics
Standard Language of Northern India
classical language of India during verdic times
Bols
Nottuswaram
5. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists
Qawwali
South Indian Trimurti
Alap
Svara KAlpana
6. Occupation began in 1858
Moganam Raga
Golden Age
Bronze Age
British Raj
7. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active
Gat
South Indian Trimurti
Jor
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
8. Tabla-hand drum - two instruments :tabla and bayan - syahai-black paste
Rhythmic Hin
Nada Brahma
Bronze Age
Drone Kriti
9. Way of speaking and being spoken to by the divine
Mantra
Bols
Classical Period
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
10. Rhythmic framework
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Tala
Gamaka
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
11. Note
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Darshan
Swara
Moganam Raga
12. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Melodic Kriti
Bronze Age
South Indian Trimurti
13. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Qawwali
Bronze Age
Drone Kriti
Moganam Raga
14. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Drone Kriti
Arohana
Predominant religion of India
Moganam Raga
15. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa
Drone Kriti
Nottuswaram
Tala
Filmi Git
16. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Standard Language of South India
Swara
17. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Darshan
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Jhala
Bronze Age
18. Improvisation based on solfege syallables
Bols
Arohana
Svara KAlpana
Mantra
19. Vina ( sometimes voice or violin) 4 strings - 3 tala strings
Nottuswaram
Bols
Melodic Kriti
Qawwali
20. Sound of god
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Jor
Nada Brahma
Bols
21. Sanskirt
Golden Age
Darshan
Nada Brahma
classical language of India during verdic times
22. Syama Sastri (in Telgu and Sanskirt) - Muttusvami Dikshitar (Nottuswaram) - Tyagaraja (kriti)
South Indian Trimurti
Filmi Git
Rasa
Gamaka
23. Sound of god
Nada Brahma
Drone Hin
classical language of India during verdic times
South Indian Trimurti
24. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Rasa
Bols
Nottuswaram
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
25. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Classical Period
Standard Language of Northern India
Historical Periods
Darshan
26. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste
Raga
Tala
Rhythmic Kriti
Gamaka
27. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song
Melodic Hin
British Raj
Filmi Git
Rasa
28. Dravidian
Geetham
Drone Hin
Standard Language of South India
Standard Language of Northern India
29. Alapana - Pavali - Anupavali - Pavali Reprise - Caranam - Pavali Reprise
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Gat
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
30. Brahmanic control of Hinduism
Bronze Age
Alap
Classical Period
Golden Age
31. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
Alap
Swara
Rasa
Gamaka
32. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Geetham
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Bronze Age
Nottuswaram
33. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Drone Hin
Golden Age
Standard Language of South India
34. It gained independence in 1947 from British
Darshan
Nada Brahma
Alap
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
35. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists
Arohana
Qawwali
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Gat
36. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala
classical language of India during verdic times
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Rasa
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
37. Hindu
Standard Language of South India
Standard Language of Northern India
Drone Hin
Geetham
38. Taste -essence and flavor
Standard Language of South India
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Rasa
Rhythmic Kriti
39. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Bronze Age
Rhythmic Kriti
Geetham
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
40. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)
Rasa
Rhythmic Hin
Raga
Geetham
41. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song
Mantra
Filmi Git
Rhythmic Hin
Melodic Hin
42. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Drone Kriti
Jor
Historical Periods
43. India was united for the first time on a large scale by Chandragupta
Gat
Qawwali
Golden Age
Drone Hin
44. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa
Drone Kriti
Qawwali
Geetham
Drone Hin
45. Brahmanic control of Hinduism
Verdic Period
Classical Period
Qawwali
Melodic Hin
46. Downward melodic progression
Arohana
Golden Age
Avarohana
Rhythmic Hin
47. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Alap
Drone Kriti
Bronze Age
48. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Arohana
Moganam Raga
Rhythmic Hin
Standard Language of Northern India
49. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active
Jor
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Jhala
Melodic Kriti
50. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste
Nottuswaram
Predominant religion of India
Qawwali
Rhythmic Kriti