Karteikarten
Rag Desh
Karten in diesem Stapel (26)
- 1What is the tala in Indian music?A repeating rhythmic pattern
- 2Tintal/Teental is the most common tala. Describe how it is organised/arranged?It is organised in a 16 beat rhythmic cycle
- 3In the tintal/teental tala, what is 'sam'?The first beat of the rhythmic cycle
- 4What is a matra?The individual beat in a rhythmic cycle
- 5What are bols?These are the independent rhythm parts in a tala that go against the main beat of the cycle creating syncopating rhythms.
- 6What is the name of the larger drum and smaller drum that make up the tablas?Larger drum - bayan
Smaller drum - dayan - 7What is a sarangi?A fretless bowed instrument that has three main strings
- 8What is a bansuri?A bansuri is an Indian flute without keys
- 9What is a shehnai?A shehnai is a double reed instrument and is similar to a Western oboe
- 10What is a pakhawaj?A barrel shaped, two headed drum
- 11What is an esraj?A bowed instrument with frets
- 12What is a rag?A pattern of ascending and descending notes used as the basis for melodic improvisation in Indian music.
- 13What is a raga?Improvised music in several contrasting sections based on a series of notes from a particular rag.
- 14What is a sitar?A plucked, stringed instrument
- 15What is a sarod?It has two sets of strings, a lower range and a heavier tone than the sitar
- 16What is meant by the term 'gharana'?Indian system of master-pupil teaching
- 17What is meant by the term 'rasa'?Mood created by the sounds of the pitches in a particular rag
- 18What is the Indian Raga structure?1) Alap
2) Jhor
3) Jhala
4) Gat/Bandish ('gat' is just instruments whereas 'bandish' is vocals too) - 19Alap. Sitar improvises using the Rag scale
. slow/no beat or pulse
. Tambura plays the drone - 20Jhor. The music speeds up a bit
. Steady beat is introduced
. Sitar and Tambura play together with more rhythm. - 21Jhala. The music is much faster
. More exciting
. Still improvises around the Rag scale - 22Gat/Bandish. Tabla comes in
. Group plays a pre-determined piece
. Sometimes improvisation is added to the existing melody
. Question and answer between instrumentalists - 23What is a tambura?A stringed instrument that plays the accompaniment (drone)
- 24Which two instruments are included in Rag Desh?Alap and Bandish
- 25What is the rag in 'Rag Desh' associated with?The late evening and the monsoon season
- 26Indian classical music is built up in three layers:1) A melodic lines played on a solo instrument
2) A rhythmic pattern played on the drums
3) A drone played on a stringed instrument
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- GCSE Music Karteikarten am Rag Desh, erstellt von Oliviax am 20/04/2015.
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