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