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India Flashcards

2
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Sitar Instrument

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fairly large guitar like, has sympathetic strings, resonance chamber at top, melodic, frets

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Sarod Instrument

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moderately sized, has sympathetic strings, no frets, sounds like sitar

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Tabla Instrument

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pair of drums, fairly small, max variety of sound, middle has tar and sounds like bass drum, melodic drums

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Tambura Instrument

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4 strings all the same pitch, drone instrument,

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Vina Instrument

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southern cousin to the sitar

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Mridangam Instrument

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two headed drum, not as intricate rhythm as tabla, heavier sound

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Tala

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rather than meter indians use cycles, tintal tala, phamer tala

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Raga

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melodic note choice, half melody, half scale, not same going up or down

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Hindustani tradition

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north indian traditional music, no singing

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Karnatak Tradition

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south indian traditional music, with singing

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Vedic chants

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vedas poetry so sacred, passed down verbally, responsibility of brahaman cast to pass on

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Sympathetic strings

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strings that are not plucked, but respond to resonance

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Alap-Jor-Jhala-Gat

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how performances unfold, a raga, slow no rhythm, med with tabla, fast, really fast

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Kriti

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generic name for south indian song, has structure

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Pallavi-anupalavi-caranam

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structure for kriti, refrain, verse followed by refrain, most composed part with 45 seconds of improvisation

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Ravi Shankar

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famous indian sitarist, taught george harrison, played woodstock

18
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Ali Akbar Khan

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sarod player, played with ravi

19
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Salmon Rushdie

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indian/british author, thick novels, humor, wrote midnights children

20
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Bollywood

A

most pop music, based out of mumbai, a lot of films

21
Q

what or who is

fairly large guitar like, has sympathetic strings, resonance chamber at top, melodic, frets

A

Sitar Instrument

22
Q

what or who is

moderately sized, has sympathetic strings, no frets, sounds like sitar

A

Sarod Instrument

23
Q

what or who is

pair of drums, fairly small, max variety of sound, middle has tar and sounds like bass drum, melodic drums

A

Tabla Instrument

24
Q

what or who is

4 strings all the same pitch, drone instrument,

A

Tambura Instrument

25
Q

what or who is

southern cousin to the sitar

A

Vina Instrument

26
Q

what or who is

two headed drum, not as intricate rhythm as tabla, heavier sound

A

Mridangam Instrument

27
Q

what or who is

rather than meter indians use cycles, tintal tala, phamer tala

A

Tala

28
Q

what or who is

melodic note choice, half melody, half scale, not same going up or down

A

Raga

29
Q

what or who is

north indian traditional music, no singing

A

Hindustani tradition

30
Q

what or who is

south indian traditional music, with singing

A

Karnatak Tradition

31
Q

what or who is

vedas poetry so sacred, passed down verbally, responsibility of brahaman cast to pass on

A

Vedic chants

32
Q

what or who is

strings that are not plucked, but respond to resonance

A

Sympathetic strings

33
Q

what or who is

how performances unfold, a raga, slow no rhythm, med with tabla, fast, really fast

A

Alap-Jor-Jhala-Gat

34
Q

what or who is

generic name for south indian song, has structure

A

Kriti

35
Q

what or who is

structure for kriti, refrain, verse followed by refrain, most composed part with 45 seconds of improvisation

A

Pallavi-anupalavi-caranam

36
Q

what or who is

famous indian sitarist, taught george harrison, played woodstock

A

Ravi Shankar

37
Q

what or who is

sarod player, played with ravi

A

Ali Akbar Khan

38
Q

what or who is

indian/british author, thick novels, humor, wrote midnights children

A

Salmon Rushdie

39
Q

what or who is

most pop music, based out of mumbai, a lot of films

A

Bollywood

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