Karnatic Music
Southern Region, reference Tyagaraja a saint and musician. Unlike Tansen, Tygara refused government position. Kriti is a type of their music, vocals are important.
Hindustani Music
Northern Region, Improv.. Gharanas derive their legitimacy from Tansen. "art music".
Tansen
Hindustani founder. court musician who needed to illustrate his professionalism in order to escape charges of emotive and sensual musical
Tyagaraja
A saint and Musician. for Karnatic musicians, not associated with any court, not bound by anything other than his bhakti or devotion to Rama. As such he didn't need to protect his musical creations but rather shared them freely.
Gharana
A school of professional musicians who originally traced their heritage to a family tradition
Caranam
is an off-shoot of the anupallavi and is often very virtuosic in terms of the improvisatory gestures that get incorporated into its performance.
jhala
The concluding section of instrumental improv following Jor in Hindustani music with lively and fast movements
volkstumlich
"Folk like" music of central Europe in which traditional folk and modern popular music are often mixed
melismatic
- Performing a single syllable of text by singing multiple notes or pithes is called Melisma. Syllbic singing by contract matches one syllable to a single note or pitch.
klezmer music
- Jewish instrumental musicians, active in social events and rites of passage before holocaust and revived in 20th century America.
saami
Circumpolar peoples, living in northern Norway, Sweden etc. Whose musical pracrices in Europe mix indigenous and modern sounds.
roma
Transnational communites of people reffered to as Gypsies. Active in Europe history and across continent.
parlando rubato
Identified and characterized by a speech like style stressing the worlds with rhythmic structure. Associated with "old style" Hungarian folk song.
tempo guisto
A dance like style that stresses strick meter adherence. Associated with New Style Hungarian folk song.
old style/ new style hungarian folk music
New Style Hungarian Folk- More flexability in the new folk, and any Hungarian song fits into "New". Melodies are repeated, 4 live verses, ruthem is dance like, non Hungarian elements incorporated, influence of popular song is used
Old-Style- a 5 note pentatonic scale, melodies start high and end low, rhythm is speech like, on popular song.
volkslied
"Folk song" the song of traditional europea societies included under a single umbrella term from the 18th century
eurovision
A huge song contect established in 1950s. By European Brodcasting Union. Pitting national entries against each other in an annual spectacle judged by telephone voting from entering nations... HUGE
Shona
Zimbabwe people, a type of poetry that was used to speak against violence in ZImbabwe.. Chimeranga means struggle.
3 Principles of African Music
Interlocking- fitting ones pitches and beats into the spaces of other parts also called Hocket
Call and Response- the alternation or interlocking of leader and chorus of musical parts
Ostinato- A repeated or cyclical melody or pattern
Musical Bow
Played in performer's mouth. Manipulate tension on the string to create pitches and melody. Mouth is used to change how much air goes in.
Dundun
Drum with attached with woven strings or cords, creating a suspension head. Incorporated into popular music
Highlife/ Palmwine (Ghana)
Palmwine is the name of the taverns where music was played, an ensemble consisted of a guitar, bass and percussion (whatever they could get their hands on)
Juju (Nigeria) New and Old
Nigerian Music with 2 parts : Early and New
Early: grew out of Palmwine with Banjo, tambourine and rattle. No brass sound
New: Since 1950s, expanded groups, and using Brass and electric guitar and accordion...
Qin/Guquin
- the most respected chinese instrument. A 7 string zither
Famous song Lu Shui (Flowing Water), associated with scholars and poets