Rag Desh 3 Flashcards
What is a bansuri?
Bamboo flute
Has holes instead of keys
What is an esraj
Bowed string instrument
What is a shruti box
Electronic drone
What is a swarmandel?
Plucked string instrument
Like a zither
What instruments are used in rag desh 3?
Bansuri Esraj Shruti box Swarmandel Tabla
What is rupak tal?
7 beat cycle
3+2+2
What is ektal?
12 beat cycle
2+2+2+2+2+2
What notes are the drone in the alap?
D and A
What instrument introduces rag notes?
Bansuri
What takes over from the bansuri and alternates improvised melodys?
Esraj
What is the tempo in the alap?
Slow
Does it have a pulse?
No it has not pulse
What tal is gat 1?
Rupak
How does gat 1 begin?
Bansuri solo
30 seconds later what enters?
The tabla
Bansuri and tabla improvise …
Around the gat and tal
How does gat 1 finish?
A tihai
Is gat 2 fast or slow?
Fast
What tal is gat 2
Ektal
How does gat 2 start?
Tabla solo
What does the does the bansuri play in gat 2?
Tans (fast scales)
How does gat 2 finish?
3 tihais