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World Music Cultures: India
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1. Tabla-hand drum - two instruments :tabla and bayan - syahai-black paste
Rhythmic Hin
Bols
Rhythmic Kriti
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
2. Rhythmic framework
Classical Period
Gat
Tala
Gamaka
3. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Geetham
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Rhythmic Hin
Filmi Git
4. Alapana - Pavali - Anupavali - Pavali Reprise - Caranam - Pavali Reprise
Melodic Kriti
Predominant religion of India
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
classical language of India during verdic times
5. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Geetham
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
6. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Mantra
Alap
7. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active
Mantra
Jor
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Tala
8. Vina ( sometimes voice or violin) 4 strings - 3 tala strings
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Moganam Raga
Melodic Kriti
Standard Language of Northern India
9. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala
Tala
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Standard Language of South India
10. Syama Sastri (in Telgu and Sanskirt) - Muttusvami Dikshitar (Nottuswaram) - Tyagaraja (kriti)
South Indian Trimurti
Raga
classical language of India during verdic times
Jhala
11. Hindu
Alap
Qawwali
Standard Language of South India
Standard Language of Northern India
12. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Melodic Hin
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Darshan
Geetham
13. It gained independence in 1947 from British
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Standard Language of South India
Moganam Raga
14. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)
Alap
Drone Hin
Raga
Gat
15. Alapana - Pavali - Anupavali - Pavali Reprise - Caranam - Pavali Reprise
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
British Raj
Jhala
Bols
16. Dravidians -indigenous people -
Bols
Bronze Age
Rhythmic Kriti
Standard Language of Northern India
17. Occupation began in 1858
Arohana
Gamaka
Gamaka
British Raj
18. Ornamentation
Alap
Moganam Raga
Gamaka
Nada Brahma
19. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Predominant religion of India
Standard Language of South India
Qawwali
Raga
20. Upward melodic progression
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Golden Age
Jor
Arohana
21. Improvisation based on solfege syallables
Svara KAlpana
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Drone Kriti
22. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar
Drone Kriti
Standard Language of Northern India
Melodic Hin
British Raj
23. Verdic Texts
Verdic Period
Alap
Golden Age
Qawwali
24. Drumming accompainiment enters - tala is established - ragas composed melody is introduced
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Gat
Swara
Swara
25. Note
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
classical language of India during verdic times
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Swara
26. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists
Qawwali
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Bols
Moganam Raga
27. Way of speaking and being spoken to by the divine
British Raj
Gamaka
Tala
Mantra
28. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Nada Brahma
Melodic Hin
Qawwali
Historical Periods
29. It gained independence in 1947 from British
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Mantra
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Nada Brahma
30. Ornamentation
Golden Age
Avarohana
Gamaka
Predominant religion of India
31. Verdic Texts
Alap
Verdic Period
Historical Periods
Drone Kriti
32. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Rhythmic Hin
Moganam Raga
Predominant religion of India
Drone Hin
33. India was united for the first time on a large scale by Chandragupta
Nada Brahma
Mantra
Golden Age
Rhythmic Kriti
34. Brahmanic control of Hinduism
Mantra
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Classical Period
Bols
35. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala
Classical Period
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Tala
Standard Language of Northern India
36. Upward melodic progression
Melodic Hin
Jhala
Arohana
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
37. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)
Raga
Rhythmic Kriti
Swara
Nottuswaram
38. No set meter or drumming ; rasa begins to emerge
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Alap
Filmi Git
classical language of India during verdic times
39. Dravidian
Verdic Period
Predominant religion of India
Bronze Age
Standard Language of South India
40. Hindu
Verdic Period
Bronze Age
Raga
Standard Language of Northern India
41. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Darshan
Svara KAlpana
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
42. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa
Verdic Period
Drone Hin
Svara KAlpana
Raga
43. Tambura-chordophone -4 strings tuned to sa and pa
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Geetham
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Drone Kriti
44. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song
Svara KAlpana
South Indian Trimurti
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Filmi Git
45. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Gat
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Golden Age
Nada Brahma
46. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics
Geetham
Standard Language of South India
Drone Hin
Nottuswaram
47. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Gamaka
Moganam Raga
Bols
Tala
48. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Nottuswaram
Standard Language of South India
Rhythmic Hin
Historical Periods
49. Downward melodic progression
Avarohana
Drone Hin
Melodic Kriti
Moganam Raga
50. Vocalizations of the tabla
Predominant religion of India
Bols
classical language of India during verdic times
Svara KAlpana