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World Music Cultures: India

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1. Tabla-hand drum - two instruments :tabla and bayan - syahai-black paste






2. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics






3. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala






4. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge






5. Hinduism and Indo-aryan






6. Upward jump in tempo - increase of intensity






7. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active






8. Verdic Texts






9. Improvisation based on solfege syallables






10. Ornamentation






11. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)






12. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






13. Dravidian






14. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)






15. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine






16. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj






17. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists






18. Verdic:Rgveda:hymn - Anciet oral traditions - Yajurveda:ritual -Samaveda:actual noted verse -Athraveda-potions and magic






19. Vocalizations of the tabla






20. Note






21. Occupation began in 1858






22. Dravidians -indigenous people -






23. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge






24. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song






25. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics






26. Taste -essence and flavor






27. Tabla-hand drum - two instruments :tabla and bayan - syahai-black paste






28. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song






29. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)






30. Upward melodic progression






31. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)






32. Taste -essence and flavor






33. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa






34. It gained independence in 1947 from British






35. Sound of god






36. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste






37. Contains 5 of 7 songs






38. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste






39. Syama Sastri (in Telgu and Sanskirt) - Muttusvami Dikshitar (Nottuswaram) - Tyagaraja (kriti)






40. Sanskirt






41. India was united for the first time on a large scale by Chandragupta






42. Hindu






43. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa






44. Upward melodic progression






45. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists






46. Verdic:Rgveda:hymn - Anciet oral traditions - Yajurveda:ritual -Samaveda:actual noted verse -Athraveda-potions and magic






47. Vina ( sometimes voice or violin) 4 strings - 3 tala strings






48. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)






49. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






50. Contains 5 of 7 songs