III. Indian Classical Music: Semi-Classical Genres: Thumri and Ghazal

Question 1

Dhrupad, Khyal, and Instrumental music are sometimes referred to as what kind of music?

Answer 1

“Pure Classical”

Question 2

This music refers to song styles that use specific “light” ragas and focus on the poetry of the song.

Answer 2

Semi-Classical

Question 3

These are two important semi-classical genres.

Answer 3

Thumri and Ghazal

Question 4

This type of semi-classical music are songs in poetic Hindi about love.

Answer 4

Thumri (thumak- the sound of dancer’s ankle bells)

Question 5

Thumri is sung in what kind of ragas and talas, which can be improvised on more freely than “pure classical” ragas?

Answer 5

Light

Question 6

This music refers to a type of rhyming poetry composed in a series of couplets. They are composed in other languages of North India and Pakistan.

Answer 6

Ghazal

Question 7

What language developed as Persian and Arabic intermingled with the colloquial languages of North India, where it developed a rich literature of its own.

Answer 7

Urdu

Question 8

What is the national language of Pakistan?

Answer 8

Urdu

Question 9

What is the two-line couplet called in a Ghzal? This Ghazal poetry speaks in the male voice about the agony of love.

Answer 9

She’r