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