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