Music Cultures South Asia

Question 1

North Side of India (more secular with mixed faiths and spontaneous compositions)

Answer 1

Hindustani

Question 2

South Side of India with more Hindu and religious influence

Answer 2

Carnati

Question 3

Popular form of film music in India

Answer 3

Filmi

Question 4

Social Isolationlack of medical careconsidered filthy or dishonorable

Answer 4

Untouchables (Dalits)

Question 5

Melodic Framework for improvisation (Means color or atmosphere)

Answer 5

Raga

Question 6

4 stringed/long necked/gourd body

Answer 6

Tambura

Question 7

long neck is hollow and wide. 4 mains strings, a few drone strings, 11-15 sympathetic strings. Possible to tone bend

Answer 7

Sitar

Question 8

Combination of a small cylindrical wooden drum and large metal drum. Each drum stroke has a specific name.

Answer 8

Tabla

Question 9

Culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.

Answer 9

Counterculture

Question 10

polytheistic sacrificial religion involvingthe worship of numerous male divinities (and a fewgoddesses), most of whom were connected with the skyand natural phenomena.

Answer 10

Vedism

Question 11

Part of counter-culture that had a notable western following

Answer 11

Neo-Hinduism

Question 12

Everyone has their own morality

Answer 12

Individual Relativism