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