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Quiz 3: Week Seven Flashcards

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1
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Vedas

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Orally transmitted Hindu scriptures

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Natya Shastra

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Theoretical treatise on the performing arts

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Hindustani music

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the Northern India music

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Carnatic music

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the Southern India music

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Raga

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“that which colors the mind” concept fusing musical scale, melodic shape, and emotion

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Melakarta System

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Carnotic musical system, the parent scale

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Raga Mala

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an example of the melakarta system, a genre of miniature paining depicting a raga

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Tala

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The Time Cycle, organization of time, recurring metric cycles

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Solkattu

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spoken drum patterns

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Drone (Tambura)

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frame raga and played throughout

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Melody (Veena)

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7 stringed lute, sometimes sung

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Percussion (Mridangam)

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double sided drum, the bedrock of an ensemble

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Microtonality

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examining the notes in between basic scale notes, ex the notes in between piano keys, can be played on a stringed instrument

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Sabhas

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cultural centers that sponsor concert, dance, and plays

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Gurukula System

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system of apprenticeship

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Alapana

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Improvised introduction to a raga in free rhythm

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Tanam

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A melodic improvisation, strongly rhythmic but without tala

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Kriti

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The principal song form of South Indian classical music

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Tavi Avartanam

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Percussion solo in a concert

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Orientalism

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way of seeing/portraying the East, says more of the West than it does the East

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Chutney

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Indo-Carribean music and dance with western and Indian folk instruments, simple lyrics of life and love

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Sundar Popo

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King of Chutney - Suraje My Darling

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Bhangra

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British Indian popular music based in Punjabi folk dance and form of youthful rebellion

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Tharu

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Nepal’s 4th largest ethnic group, indigenous to the Terai who are culturally and linguistically diverse

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Sherpa

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a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering

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Folk Music

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everyday musical invention, a working practice, perceived as timeless, folk music traditions are integral to community identity and belonging

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Sarangi

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a bowed, short-necked string instrument from India as well as Nepal and Pakistan which is used in Hindustani classical music

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Madal

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is used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music, is the most popular and widely used as hand drum in Nepal.

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Sakhya Parya naach

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A song and dance, a ritual that is not performed out of season, part of the Tharu girlhood

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