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World Music Cultures: India

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1. Taste -essence and flavor






2. Downward melodic progression






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






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






5. Occupation began in 1858






6. Verdic Texts






7. Sanskirt






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






9. Contains 5 of 7 songs






10. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active






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






12. Ornamentation






13. Dravidian






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






15. Note






16. Upward melodic progression






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






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






19. Sound of god






20. Downward melodic progression






21. Lead singer is joined by an accopanyiny instrumentalists






22. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active






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






24. Rhythmic framework






25. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






26. Sanskirt






27. It gained independence in 1947 from British






28. Hinduism and Indo-aryan






29. Note






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






31. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)






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






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






34. Improvisation based on solfege syallables






35. Way of speaking and being spoken to by the divine






36. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






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






38. Upward jump in tempo - increase of intensity






39. Contains 5 of 7 songs






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






41. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic






42. Sound of god






43. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)






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






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






46. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)






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






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






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






50. Upward melodic progression