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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
Updated
2012-11-18T04:55:33Z
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