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100
This dominant language family of South India includes Tamil.
What is the Dravidian language family?
100
The most famous female sant, whose story is told in bhajans.
Who is Mira?
100
This and Hindustani are the terms for South and North Indian classical music, respectively.
What is Carnatic?
100
The Tamil-language film industry named after a neighborhood in Chennai.
What is Kollywood?
100
Listening Example 3 features this percussive instrument from Kerala.
What is the chenda?
200
This type of worship is based in personal love and longing for the divine.
What is bhakti?
200
The traveling community of acrobats and musicians who play the dhol.
What is nat?
200
This term can serve as tonic, nuance, and microtonal divisions.
What is shruti?
200
This band released the music video "Pretty Child."
What is Indus Creed?
200
Raga Yaman is written in this genre.
What is dhrupad?
300
The sarod belongs to this classification of instruments.
What are chordophones?
300
The overall format and singing style of the kirtan. Bessie Smith.
What is call-and-response?
300
This popular tala of Carnatic music has eight matras.
What is aditala?
300
This man played the title character in the Hindi film "Devdas."
Who is KL Saigal?
300
This double reed instrument plays alongside the bansuri in Kabhi Kabhi.
What is the shehnai?
400
This tributary of the Ganges river flows through Delhi.
What is the Yamuna?
400
One of the main singers of qawwali from the Punjab region.
Who is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan?
400
This man reinterpreted Sanskrit terms and presented classroom-friendly curricula.
Who is Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande?
400
The birthname of AR Rahman.
What is AS Dileep Kumar?
400
This is the term for a chant spoken repeatedly as in Allah Hoo.
What is a zikr?
500
This phrase is the alternate name for the All India Radio, or the English equivalent of Akashvani.
What is "Voice in the Sky?"
500
The drummers who belong to Kerala group and drum for festivals among the lower castes.
What are the Parayans?
500
This is the Persian script in which Urdu is written.
What is nastaliq?
500
Lata Mangeshkar is known as...
What is "Melody Queen?"
500
This section of the kriti "follows the bud."
What is the anupallavi?