music Q3

• known as the land of spirituality and philosophy

  India
• SA RI GA MA PA DHA NI
• melody and rythym are very predominant in this type of music

  indian music
• musical form is not much structured

  india
• indian music elements


  raga

  tala
• meaning "to please"


  raga
• smallest interval perceptible to the ear is called

  shruti
• means "clap or ryhthym"

  tala
• arrangement of beat patternts arranged in groups

  tala
• made of wood with a metal flare bell at the end

  shenhai
• plays the melody part

  bansuri
• india's vocal music is a way to express deep devotion to god
• 4 or 5 string lock necked lute instrument that provides the melody and the drone effect

  tanpuri or tanpura
• ravi shankar is a famous indian _____ player

  sitar
• thin necked string instrument

  rebab
• 3 melodic strings

  3 drone strings

  famous in southern india

  veena or vina
• set of tuned ceramic bowls

  jal tarang
• 2 drum that plays the tala part

  tabla
• two headed drum laid across the lap of the player

  mridangam
• Pakistan's classical music's 2 main principles

  1. sur (musical note)
  2. lai (rythym)
• systematic organization of musical notes into a scale

  raag
• cycle of rythyms

  taal
• 2 types of vocal singing styles in Pakistan

  1. Ghazal
  2. Qawwali
• traditional expression of love, loneliness and seperation

  ghazal
• devotional music of the Chishti Sufis

  Qawwali
• group of qawwali musicians in urdu

  humnawa
• region in northernmost parts of the indian subcontinent

  punjab
• has varied musical styles from folk to sufi to classical

  punjabi music
• originated in Afghanistan

  3 strings 3 drone strings

  11-12 resonance strings

  rubab
• known as the daf, daffler or tambourine

  daflie
• must for wedding celebrations as accompaniment to the dholak

  dafli
• considered as the most important accompaniment in classical music

  tabla
• pitched instrument used during weddings

  2 headed drum

  dholak
• west asian music is commonly used during

  • communal worship
  • mystic rituals
  • life passage events
  • entertainment
• they sing with guttural and throaty enunciation

  israeli singers
• 2 divisions of jewish music

  1. devotional
  2. secular
• almost entirely vocal

  featured during sabbath


  devotional
• a special call to prayer and repentance; it is sounded on the high holidays

  shofar
• instruments and voices are used, played during life passage events

  secular
• similar to the philippine banduria and the laud

  the lute