indian music

Question 1

4 Tempo names

Answer 1

ALAP- slow and unmetered rhythm with no pulse
JHOR- speeds up and gets more rhythmic
JHALA- further increased tempo, more sense of metre
GAT- very fast with complex rhythms

Question 2

melodies

Answer 2

RAGAS- patterns of notes associated with different time of day or night (mood)
written using SARGAM notation

Question 3

dynamics

Answer 3

increase throughout performance starting off soft in the ALAP and JHOR with very loud section in the JHALA

Question 4

Form / structure

Answer 4

4 sections-
ALAP- melody and drone, slow , unmetered

JHOR- melody and drone , increased speed, more rhythmic

JHALA- melody and drone , faster speed, improvisation

GAT- Tabla enters , tempo and dynamics increase

Question 5

famous Musicians

Answer 5

Ravi Shankar

Alla Rakha

Question 6

ensemble

Answer 6

4-5 performers in a group
improvisation
interpretation of articulation

Question 7

3 layers of texture

Answer 7

MELODY- voice/ sitar/ bansuri or sarod 
DRONE- tanpura playing long sustained note throughout
RYHTHM- tabla performs tala
FIRST 3 SECTIONS HAVE 2 PART TEXTURES 
FINAL GAT HAS 3 PART TEXTURE

Question 8

Whats a raga?

Answer 8

A pattern of ascending or descending notes which represent a time of day using improvisation

Question 9

Name 9 instruments

Answer 9

1. tabla (drum)
2. singer
3. bansuri
4. harmonium
5. esraj
6. sarangi
7. sarod
8. tanpura
9. sitar

Question 10

What is a TALA

Answer 10

Repeated rhythmic patterns played by the TABLA

Has a certain number of beats