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