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World Music Cultures: India
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1. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Drone Kriti
South Indian Trimurti
Darshan
Rasa
2. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Rhythmic Hin
Standard Language of Northern India
Mantra
Moganam Raga
3. Dravidian
Bols
Standard Language of South India
Standard Language of Northern India
Moganam Raga
4. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Filmi Git
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Golden Age
Historical Periods
5. Rhythmic framework
Tala
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Golden Age
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
6. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Mantra
Geetham
Drone Kriti
Jor
7. Hindu
Rasa
Predominant religion of India
Standard Language of Northern India
Svara KAlpana
8. Song (simpliest form of Caranatic music)
Drone Hin
Nada Brahma
Geetham
Rhythmic Kriti
9. Features solo melodic instrument - rhythmically active
Historical Periods
Melodic Hin
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Jor
10. Western songs with Sanskirt Lyrics
Classical Period
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Nottuswaram
Verdic Period
11. Mahabarata (war stories) - Ramayana (hindu epic) - Puranas (stories)
Qawwali
Drone Kriti
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Raga
12. Verdic:Rgveda:hymn - Anciet oral traditions - Yajurveda:ritual -Samaveda:actual noted verse -Athraveda-potions and magic
Melodic Kriti
Shurti Texts (Verdic/ Upanishads)
Golden Age
Gamaka
13. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar
Melodic Hin
British Raj
Swara
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
14. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Mantra
Swara
Golden Age
Historical Periods
15. Contains 5 of 7 songs
Bols
Moganam Raga
South Indian Trimurti
Drone Kriti
16. Vina ( sometimes voice or violin) 4 strings - 3 tala strings
Melodic Kriti
Jhala
South Indian Trimurti
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
17. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Bronze Age
Drone Hin
Melodic Hin
18. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa
South Indian Trimurti
Drone Hin
Golden Age
Rhythmic Kriti
19. Rhythmic framework
Tala
Raga
South Indian Trimurti
Rhythmic Kriti
20. Sanskirt
Nada Brahma
Melodic Kriti
classical language of India during verdic times
Alap
21. Syama Sastri (in Telgu and Sanskirt) - Muttusvami Dikshitar (Nottuswaram) - Tyagaraja (kriti)
Rhythmic Hin
Rasa
Tala
South Indian Trimurti
22. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala
British Raj
Melodic Kriti
Classical Period
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
23. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Drone Kriti
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Historical Periods
24. Note
Bols
Swara
Bronze Age
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
25. Bronze age - Verdic Period - Golden Age - Classical Period - British Raj
Drone Hin
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Jhala
Historical Periods
26. Improvisation based on solfege syallables
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Historical Periods
Melodic Kriti
Svara KAlpana
27. A way of seeing and being seen by the divine
Arohana
Darshan
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Standard Language of Northern India
28. Alapana - Pavali - Anupavali - Pavali Reprise - Caranam - Pavali Reprise
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Arohana
Bronze Age
29. Improvisation based on solfege syallables
Nada Brahma
Alap
Svara KAlpana
Mantra
30. Melodic Framework (color -passion -attachmet)
Raga
Filmi Git
Gat
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
31. Melodic -Drone and Rhythmic
Avarohana
Bols
Functional layers of Carnatic Kriti
Swara
32. Vocalizations of the tabla
Drone Hin
Gamaka
Moganam Raga
Bols
33. Sound of god
Nada Brahma
Golden Age
Standard Language of South India
Geetham
34. Tambura-chorodophone -4 strins -tunes to sa and pa
Gat
Predominant religion of India
Drone Hin
Moganam Raga
35. Sound of god
Nada Brahma
Drone Hin
Gat
Avarohana
36. Dravidian
Standard Language of South India
Golden Age
Moganam Raga
South Indian Trimurti
37. Ornamentation
Tala
Melodic Kriti
Gamaka
Nottuswaram
38. Dravidians -indigenous people -
Raga
Historical Periods
Rasa
Bronze Age
39. Syama Sastri (in Telgu and Sanskirt) - Muttusvami Dikshitar (Nottuswaram) - Tyagaraja (kriti)
South Indian Trimurti
Drone Hin
Rhythmic Kriti
Raga
40. Mridangram- instrument - double membranophone ; karanai-black paste
Tala
Gat
Rhythmic Kriti
Svara KAlpana
41. Sitar-long necked lute with 18 strings and playing is done on baj jar
Geetham
Predominant religion of India
Avarohana
Melodic Hin
42. It gained independence in 1947 from British
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
Qawwali
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
Melodic Kriti
43. Upward jump in tempo - increase of intensity
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Nada Brahma
Jhala
classical language of India during verdic times
44. Alap -Jor -Gat -Jhala
Nottuswaram
Compositional Form for Hindustini Raga
Functional laters of Hindustini Raga
Tala
45. Tabla-hand drum - two instruments :tabla and bayan - syahai-black paste
Golden Age
Rhythmic Hin
Compositional Form for Carnatic Kriti
Nottuswaram
46. India was united for the first time on a large scale by Chandragupta
Rhythmic Kriti
Bols
Svara KAlpana
Golden Age
47. Occupation began in 1858
British Raj
Drone Hin
Verdic Period
Bols
48. Occupation began in 1858
Classical Period
Nottuswaram
Smirti Texts (understood to be divine in origin)
British Raj
49. Hinduism and Indo-aryan
Arohana
Avarohana
Predominant religion of India
When did India gain its independence and from whom?
50. Devotional songsfrom Hindi moies or Hindi songs coposed to be sung using the melody in a popular filmi song
Geetham
Jor
Filmi Git
Drone Kriti