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World Music Cultures: India

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1. Drumming accompainiment enters - tala is established - ragas composed melody is introduced






2. Contains 5 of 7 songs






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






4. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala






5. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists






6. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






7. Dravidians -indigenous people -






8. Improvisation based on solfege syallables






9. Taste -essence and flavor






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






11. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar






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






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






14. Note






15. Note






16. Dravidian






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






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






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






20. Sanskirt






21. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists






22. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






23. Downward melodic progression






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






25. Brahmanic control of Hinduism






26. It gained independence in 1947 from British






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






28. Taste -essence and flavor






29. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






30. Contains 5 of 7 songs






31. Rhythmic framework






32. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala






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






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






35. Occupation began in 1858






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






37. Hinduism and Indo-aryan






38. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active






39. Improvisation based on solfege syallables






40. It gained independence in 1947 from British






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






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






43. Verdic Texts






44. Brahmanic control of Hinduism






45. Upward melodic progression






46. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar






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






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






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






50. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics