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