World Music
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Kolkata | The old name of Calcutta, located east of India |
| Pakhavaj | barrel shaped drum with two heads, Northern/hindustani |
| Kathak | major style of North Indian dance |
| Nritta | abstract dance |
| Abhinaya | mimed dance |
| Sangita | translates music, which included rhythm, dramatic expression and mood through dance and song |
| Vilambit lay | slow tempo |
| drut lay | fast tempo |
| Khyal | major vocal style of Hindustani music, going slow to fast in 30-40 minutes |
| Alap | Raga improvisation in free rhythm. |
| Jor | Section of Hindustani instrumental performance that follows alap, brings in pulse. |
| Jhala | performer makes fast rhythmic patterns on the drone strings of instrument |
| Gat-tora/Gat | After the Alap, Jor, and Jhala is where a short melody is accompanied with improvisational passages |
| Chordophones | sitar, vina, sarod, violin tambura |
| Sitar | main chordophone/ stringed instrument Hindustani, north |
| Sarod | fret-less plucked string instrument in Hindustani, north, from Afghanistan. |
| Guru | name for teacher in Hindu/South |
| Ustad | name for teacher in Islamic/North |
| Vina | plucked instrument in Karnatak, south |
| Kriti | Major song type of Karnatak music |
| Classical Solo performance | has support of drum and a drone. |
| Medium and Fast Gats in Raga Yaman | has sitar, mridangam, and tampura, southern classical piece |
| Tihai | repeating a rhythmic phrase over and over again |
| Aerophones | bansuri flute, sax, voice, harmonium |
| Idiophones | ankle rattles |
| Membranophones | mridangam, pakavaj, tablas |
| Mridangam | drum from Karnatak music |
| Tabla(s) | drums in Hindustani music |
| Bansuri Flute | used in many cultures, airy sound, Hindustani aerophone |
| Aryans | Vedas were the sacred texts of what people? |
| The Brahmins | Upper class/educated, learn and know supernatural/intellectual matters, correct pronunciation of words. |
| How many Varnas in Hindu society? | four |
| Natyasastra | treatise on performing arts before the firth century C.E. |
| Islamic people | made India split into two musical cultures politically and socially. |
| How was music learned & passed on in North India? | people learned a style of performance and repertory with gharanas through oral transmission |
| Tansen | famous 16th c. musician of the north that gharanas claim decent from. |
| Tyagaraja | famous musician from the south, considered a saint. He wrote 18/19th c. kritis performed today, refused to play in court. |
| Hindu/Muslim Attitudes to music | Muslim-fear music for bring man's carnal desires, low class Hindu-seen music and enlightenment, religious estasy, musicians well-respected/middle class |
| Devadasi | A servant of god-child who trains as a dancer in the Hindu Temple (south) |
| Bharata Natyam | Karnatak classical dance from south |
| Song type of Karnatak Music | Kriti |
| Kriti-3 parts | pallavi, anupallavi, and caranam |
| Improvisation before Kriti | raga(m)/ alapana(m) in free rhythm |
| After Alapanam | tal(am)-introduces a regular pulse but with no meter |
| Vocalist in Karnatak music is accompanied by | A violinist |
| Niraval | Repeating the text with a different melody |
| Svarakalpana | name of pitches that are sung instead of the text |
| Bol | syllable that indicates when to hit the drum |
| Tal(a) | Rhythmic pattern |
| Rag(a) | collection of pitches with ornamentation, each raga with emotion, minor/major |
| Sawal-Jawab | Question-answer rhythmic patterns between soloist and accompanist in Hindustani music |
| Banturiti | a kriti by Tyanganraja, with vocals, mridangam, and violin, from the North |
| Shenai | oboe from from Hindustani music/north |
| Santur | dulcimer from Hindustani music/north, ori. persian |
| Jalatarang | small bowls with water to tune pitches |
| Sax | jazz instrument brought to Karnatak music/south |
| Guitar | European plucked instrument, north/Hindustani |
| Hindustani music also in which country? | Afghanistan |
| How do musics of North/South India cause tension in Sri Lanka? | two ethnic groups that speak different languages and have different music styles, not relating at all. |
| Lata Mangeshkar | popular singer that sings in more that 25 Bollywood films. |
| Ghazal, Bat Karane Mujhe Mushkil | By zasar with ocals, table, tampura, and harmonium, |
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