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Rag Desh
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- 1Version 1 instruments and description?Tambura - drone throughout.
Tabla - drums plays Tal.
Sitar - Solo uses sympathetic strings. - 2Version 2 instruments and description?Tambura
Tabla
Voice and Sarangi - Main.
Sarod - lower plucked sitar plays at start.
Pakwaj - bass drum.
Cymbals. - 3Version 3 instruments and description?Tambura
Tabla - Gat.
Bansuri - Indian flute solo.
Esraj - bowed and harmonises with drone. - 4Main features of Indian music? Rhythm...Tal - played on drums - cycle of beats repeated and improvised on.
Sam - First beat of Tal.
Tihai - Short melody/rhythm played 3 times - 5Main features of Indian music? Structure...Alap - slow intro introduces rag against drone with no regular pulse or percussion.
Jhor - Speeds up and slightly more rhythmic.
Gat - A fixed composition is improvised by by a solo instrument. Percussion enters and a clear pulse is introduced.
Jhalla - Fast final section that is virtuosic and decorative. - 6Main features of Indian music? Melody...Based on a Rag - a scale.
Rag desh is a type of rag that reflects the monsoon season and includes the notes C,D,F,G,B,C,Bb,A,G,F,E,D,C. - 7Vesion 1 structure.Alap - sitar only, slow, no pulse, introduces mood and notes of the rag, melody is decorated with slides and pitch bends.
Gat 1 - Tabla enters, sitar plays fixed composition, sitar and tabla improvise on gat and tal, improvisations end with tihai and end on sam.
Gat 2 - Fast, sitar is strummed thus creating rhythmic excitement. - 8Version 2 structure?Alap - Sarangi then voice introducing the notes of the rag.
Bhajan - Tabla joins, sung verse, shot sarangi and sarod solos, important words decorated with melismas and ornaments. - 9Version 3 structure?Alap - Bansuri introduced mood and rag, Esraj takes over then other instruments alternate improvised phrases, slow tempo and No regular pulse.
Gat 1 - Slow, uses ruptak tal, bansuri solo, tabla enters after 30 seconds, Bansuri plays composed gat, bansuri and tabla improvise, finishes with tihai.
Gat 2 - Fast, Ektal tal, Taba solo, elabourate improvisations, Bansuri plays tans (fast scales), ends with 3 tihais. - 10Version 1 rhythm?Jhaptal and Tintal.
- 11Version 2 rhythm?Keherwa Tal
- 12Version 3 rhythm?Rupak tal and Ektal.
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- GCSE Music Flashcards on Rag Desh, created by Tom van der Linden on 08/05/2016.
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