Vocabulary
Tonal framework for composition and improvisation
What is a Raga?
The specific strokes in Teentaal
What is dha dhin tin ta?
The four movements in a Raga
What are the alap, jor, jhalla, and gat?
Indian drum played with the fingers.
What is the tabla
1st and 5th in Hindustani Saragam.
What is Sa and Pa?
Sound with God
What is Nada Brahma?
1st and most important beat in Teentaal
What is sam/sum
Name the saragam in the Hindustani Scale (Sa Re...).
What is Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha Ni, Sa
“____ lies somewhere between a scale and a melody… a ____ always stays in one key with the support of a drone and every ___ has dominant notes.”
What is a Raga?
Movement in a Raga where everything is composed; really fast; final movement where everything comes in.
What is a Gat?
Means beat, but indicates a sophisticated science of rhythmic accompaniment
What is Tala?
Skeletal framework of a given Taal
What is Theka?
Standard trio of Hindustani instruments
What are the sitar, table, and tanpura?
Stringed instrument meant to be plucked; contains 18-21 strings 7 of which are sympathetic strings plays tonic and plays rhythm for vocalist
What is the sitar?
the oral recitation of rhythmic pattern
What is Bol?
“family” of music specialists
What is Gharana?
Empty Beat in Teentaal
What is Khali?
Show Teental to me (with clapping)
What is....
X Dha dhin dhin dha
X Dha dhin dhin dha
O Dha tin tin ta
X Dha dhin dhin dha
An instrument whose sole purpose is to provide a harmonic drone; helps keep tonic.
What is the tampura?
Movement where music starts to have a pulse; sitarist or sardoist plucks rhythm.
What is a jor?
critical element of Hindustani singing, and the only vocal embellishment we study, though there are countless “tricks” in singing Hindustani music. ___ loops one swara (note) to the swara next. It is the link between standing notes.
What is Loch?
Strings which run under the frets of Hindustani stringed instruments and resonate with the sitar’s top strings. On the sitar, of the 18-20 strings, 7 are on the top. Frets of the sitar are moveable.
What are Sympathetic Strings?
Name some basic differences between Karnatak and Hindustani music
Karnatak: places more emphasis on name of composer Hindustani music gives credit to those creating something fresh from the source material. Hindustani is more improvisatory than Karnatak. Hindustani ragas correspond to specific times of day, where as Karntak music does not observe the time principle as closely. Karnatak music focuses on identifying the composer, reflected in the importance of naming songs. Hindustani music names songs by their raga only.
Two parts of the drum of a table.
What are Baya and Daya?
The 7 notes of the Saragam are correlated with the 7 ___.
What are the 7 shakras?