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India Flashcards

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Bollywood

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Hindu cinema, Bombay + Hollywood.

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Filmi

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Indian film songs

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Sangita

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Word for music

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Hindustani music

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North india

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Carnatic

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South india

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Sitar

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One of the main Hindustani stringed instrument

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Tabla

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Pair of drums

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Tambura

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Drone

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Guru

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Indian music teacher

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Gharana

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Indian school of music

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Features of Hindustani Indian music

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Melodic improvisation, raga, tala, drum accompaniment, done, music of soloists and virtuosity

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Sargam notation

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Indian solfège. Sa re ga ma pa dha ni

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Raga

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Indian scale/modal system. Emotion or mood produced by a combination of pitches. 22 pitches per octave

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Nine moods in raga

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Sadness, love, heroism, laughter, anger, fear, disgust, surprise, peace

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Tala

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Cycle of beats that organizes the music in time. Taka- takita- takadimi

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Carnatic instruments

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Veena (similar to a sitar), mridangam (drum), tambura (drone)

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Structure of Carnatic classical music

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Alapana (exploration of raga, no drum, slow), Tanam (highly rhythmic exposition of raga without drum), kriti (composition with drum).

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Carnatic vocal music

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Based on fixed compositions, only improv is ornamentation

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Carnatic song genres

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Devotional texts, love texts, other texts

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Characteristics of Bollywood music

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No raga or tala, quality of songs determine success of film, actors lip sync over singer backtrack.

Music History 1 (10 decks)

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