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Music Flashcards

1
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“Maddalam Chenda Keli” would MOST likely be performed for a ______

A

Hindu ritual

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2
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And audience that appreciated ghazals would MOST likely ________

A

value poetic content

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3
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Which song features the lyric “It takes just a moment to say ‘no’”?

A

“Enna Solla Pogirai”

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4
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Which of the works features a sindhi sarangi?

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“Kachi Ghuldalo”

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5
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What is the tala cycle of “Sadhinchane”?

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Aditala

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6
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Which beat of the Tintal tala cycle does NOT have a hand gesture?

A

beat 15

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7
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Who is the main singer in “Naya Pakistan”?

A

Salman Ahmad

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8
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Which of the following statements BEST describes a jogi?

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They are a performer who moves from village to village

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9
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What is the twelfth position of the Hindustani chromatic scale?

A

Shuddh Nishad

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10
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When would Raga Bhimpalasi MOST likely be played?

A

late afternoon

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11
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What kind of ornament is the meend?

A

slide

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12
Q

When was Sikhism founded?

A

fifteenth century

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13
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Compare and contrast thumri and ghazal

A

Both thumri and ghazal are semi-classical genres

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14
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What is the main Sufi branch in India?

A

Chishti order

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15
Q

Which of the following languages is part of the Indo-Aryan family?

a. Tamil
b. Telugu
c. Kannada
d. Malayalam
e. Marathi

A

e. Marathi

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16
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What are the first three hand gestures in the Aditala tala cycle?

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clap, little finger, ring finger

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17
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Which svara on the Carnatic Chromatic Scale is notated as M2?

A

Prati Madhyama

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18
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Which contribution did Purandara Dasa make to Carnatic music curricula?

A

teaching pedagogy

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19
Q

In which social group is the traditional patron of the Langas?

A

Sindhi class

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20
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The Chathi “Sixth-day” is normally celebrated during

A

October-November

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21
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The resting notes in Raga Yaman are _____

A

Ga and Ni

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22
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What is a she’r?

A

A two line couplet in a ghazal

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23
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The violin melody in “But It Rained” alludes to ______

A

classical indian music

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24
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Bhat caste performers might travel with a musician who plays the ________

A

dholak

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25
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Who is the male playback singer in “Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai”?

A

Mukesh

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26
Q

Shaa’ir + Func’s “Freedom” was featured in the album ________

A

Re:cover

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27
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The composer of the melody in “Main Yahan Hoon” was _______

A

Madan Mohan

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28
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Which instrument is played with a triangular plectrum and held across the lap?

A

sarod

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29
Q

How many terms does Indian music use to describe tempo?

A

Three

30
Q

What is a fairly common uneven beat grouping?

A

Seven

31
Q

The earliest bhakti is traced to the

A

Seventh century

32
Q

An eighth century Tamil poet’s bhakti most likely takes place during _________

A

Nighttime

33
Q

In Surdas’s bhakti, vishnu is best described as a ______________.

A

Young man raised by humans in north India

34
Q

What instruments are used in the Mira poem?

A

Ektar, dholak, sindhi sarangi, finger cymbals

35
Q

Kabir was born into a family of __________.

A

Weavers

36
Q

The central message of Kabir’s poems is _____________

A

Independence from deities and teachers

37
Q

A Vaishnava is ________

A

Devoted, selfless, respectful, and truthful

38
Q

The Bauls believe that the divine is cultivated through ___________.

A

Love

39
Q

Baul culture became widely known when?

A

The early 20th century

40
Q

When did the Sufi Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya live?

A

Fourteenth century

41
Q

What is Kashi?

A

A place of pilgrimage

42
Q

Bulleh Shah’s songs are most likely appealing for their _______

A

Simplicity

43
Q

True or false? A qawwali group would contain a guitar player

A

False

44
Q

A qawwali performance begins with a _________

A

Quranic recitation

45
Q

The rhythm refrain of “Allah Hoo” is best described as a ___________

A

Steady rhythm of fours

46
Q

Fateh Ali Khan lived until what age?

A

Forty-nine

47
Q

What media helped Sufi musicians become national stars?

A

Television

48
Q

The most common percussion instrument in rural north India is the_____, which is also heard on “kachi ghuldalo”

A

Dholak

49
Q

Which of the films from the resource guide is a love drama that takes place across the India Pakistan divide and across social classes? It includes the song “Main Yahan Hoon. “

A

Veer-Zaara

50
Q

Carnatic: singing svaras ; Hindustani: singing______.

A

Sargam

51
Q

In the Sufi tradition,__________is a style of playing associated with the dhol.

A

Dhamal

52
Q

In Carnatic music, there are an unlimited number of ragas that only use some of the seven svaras or use them in a nonlinear order. These are called_____ragas

A

Janya

53
Q

_________Was a sant who was persecuted by his/her father-in-law, who even went so far as to attempt to poison him/her.

A

Mira

54
Q

Tintal, a well-known Hindustani tala, has sixteen __________

A

Matras

55
Q

Sitar player Nikhil Banerjee is referred to using the term_____, from the Sanskrit for master or scholar.

A

Pandit

56
Q

What is an example of a Sufi song?

A

“Allah Hoo”

57
Q

Which of the following types of music was likely performed in the premodern court environments by women who acted out the lyrics of seductive love?

A

Thumri

58
Q

Which of the following structures would most likely produce a diagram of “AAAAAA”?

A

Theme and variations

59
Q

Salman Ahmad was the founding singer of the band_____, known for their song “Sayonee.”

A

Junoon

60
Q

In a khyal performance, fast running improvisations are called_____.

A

Tans

61
Q

Which of the following genres is considered to be semi-classical?

A

Thumri

62
Q

The third and final selection of a kriti performance such as “Sadhinchane” is called_____.

A

Charanam

63
Q

In a two section scheme, the second section typically features_____.

A

The highest pitches of the piece.

64
Q

In 1936, K L Saigal played the lead character in____.

A

Devedas

65
Q

______Is a rock band known for their song “pretty child” which one the best Asian music video award in 1993.

A

Indus creed

66
Q

The Premier drum of Carnatic music is the ________, as heard in “Sadhinchane.”

A

Mridangam

67
Q

Which of the following is an example of a Tamil film?

A

Kandukondain kandukondain

68
Q

Which of the following listening examples is an example of dhrupad performance?

A

Raga yaman

69
Q

__________ is a sant associated with a type of devotion called nirgun bhakti.

A

Kabir

70
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An instrumental raga performance will open with a section called_______, which is improvised and played without percussion accompaniment.

A

Alap

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