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Indian-Western analogues
100
This instrument is a plucked chordophone with 13 sympathetically resonating strings.
What is the sitar?
100
This conceptual class of musical "notes" is designed to "color the mind."
What is the raga?
100
This identifies any sound, any vibration resulting in the propagation of air molecules.
What is nada?
100
North Indian classical music is identified using this term.
What is Hindustani?
100
Raga
What is a scale?
200
This instrument is a pair of membranophones, one high-pitched, the other low-pitched, played with the fingers.
What is the tabla?
200
This is the conceptual "juice" that is the response evoked in the listener.
What is rasa?
200
This is the smallest unit of measuring pitch in Indian classical music. In Western terms, it is a microtonal interval.
What is sruti?
200
South Indian classical music is identified using this term.
What is Karnatak?
200
Svara
What is a note or pitch-class?
300
This instrument has been adapted from European classical music, it is played vertically.
What is the violin?
300
This is the state of mind, or mood, that a raga invokes.
What is bhava?
300
This is the "self-illuminated" pitch-class that is comprised of a field of sruti. It is analagous to the Western concept of a note in a scale.
What is svara?
300
These two ancient civilizations correspond to the North and South of India, respectively.
What are Aryan and Dravidian?
300
Sruti
What is a microtonal interval?
400
This instrument provides the drone, it is a chordophone played with the fingers, providing a "rich luxuriant tone."
What is the tambura?
400
This is invoked by the careful manipulation of the intonation and ornamentation of the svaras.
What is bhava?
400
This is a collection of 5 or more svara that is played differently in ascent vs. descent.
What is raga?
400
This is the collection of orally transmitted chants brought by the Aryans between 1000 - 1500 BC, learned by priests.
What are the Vedas?
400
Tala?
What is a meter?
500
This is the name of plucked chordophone played with a coconut pick in Hindustani classical music.
What is the sarod?
500
The evocation of this concept implies that the listener has some musical background or training.
What is rasa?
500
This is the term for a type of ornamentation.
What is gamaka?
500
This is the name of the seminal treatise on Indian classical music written by Bharata between the 3rd and 5th century BC.
What is the Natya Shastra?
500
Sargam
What is solfege?