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