MUSI1004 India Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Geography: North is called __________ region | Hindustani |
Geography: South is called __________ region | Karnatic |
Religions (2) | Islam and Hindu |
Elements of Indian Music (4) ... 8 total terms [1 element has 4 terms, another has 2 terms) | 1. Soloist, raga, ornamentation, improvisation 2. Drummer, tala 3. Drone 4. Extra musical associations |
Taraf | sympathetic strings |
Sympathetic vibration | phenomenon in which vibrations in air corresponding to pitch of taraf cause the taraf strings to vibrate softly |
Alap | nonpulsatile introduction that best encapsulates core feeling of raga |
gat | metered part of Indian musical performance |
Sitar | thin, fretted, plucked lute |
Sarod | fretless lute |
Tabla | pair of small drums |
Mrdangum | double-headed cylindrical drum of South India |
Bansuri | transverse bamboo flute |
Bin | zither |
Gamak | ornamentation |
Chalan | base pitches; chain of pakar |
Pakar | small characteristic motives |
Arohana | ascending scale |
Rasa | emotion expressed by music |
Ragamala | collection of paintings symbolically illustrating Indian raga |
Gharana | music school for vocal or instrumental performance |
Gitam | Southern Indian term for raga's precomposed song or theme |
Vadi | principal tone; musician spends most time and ornamentation on it |
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