Music 345 Unit 2

Tabla

drum
tanpura

stringed instrument which playes drone
raga
- the road
- what the soloist explores alone
- theme
- Initial exploration of a scale
- ragam in the south
- meaning :"that which colurs the mind"
alap/alapana

usual raga opening
wa-wa
- excellent
- murured approval
jor
- slow winding down process after climatic high note
- almost lazy pulse
gat

section where the percusion and soloist interact
jhala

climatic section
varnum
- opening piece
- warm-up
kritis

Hindu hymns
ragam-thanam-pallavi form
- opens with pure, unmeted melody (ragam is an other name of alapana)
- moves into thanam(jor equivalent)
- finishes wtih pallavi theme, the heart of a composition whose vocied or unvoiced lyrics inform the performance
- south
tillana

text of meaning less syllables often following ragma-thanam-pallavi
javali

erotic song from that may follow ragam-thanam-pallavi
Hindustani

North Indian
Karnatic

South Indian
Thaalm
- Karnatic(South Indian) music
- boasts the most sophhisticated rhuthmic organisation on the planet
- Hindustani equivalent is tala
Tala
- Hindustani (North Indian) music
- equivalent to tala
- combines mathematical intellect with rugged muscularity
Miyan Tansen

a pre-eminent musician in the cort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar
Ragini Asavari

said to orfinate teh snake charmers melody

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Music 345 Unit 2

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Music 345 Unit 2

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