C.L. TANWAR: 'Rag Desh'

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Edexcel GCSE Music flashcards for Rag Desh (Tanwar)
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Background info -a Hindu devotional song -performed by Chiranji La Tanwar
Rhythm/metre One tal used: -Keherwa tal - 8 beat cycle (2+2+2+2)
Rhythm/metre Alap has no regular pulse
Instrumentation SAROD: -Plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings -Shorter than sitar with no frets -can bend notes by sliding along fretboard
Instrumentation SARANGI: -fretless bowed instrument -3 thick strings -as many as 36 sympathetic strings -pitch changed by pushing base of left hand fingernails against string and sliding up and down. 
Instrumentation PAKHAWAJ: -A large double- headed drum played with both hands
Instrumentation tabla & small set of cymbals
Structure ALAP: -sarangi followed by voice introduce notes/mood of rag --slow tempo with no regular pulse
Structure BHAJAN: -tabla enter with keherwa tal -sung verse followed by short sarangi and sarod solos (pattern repeats) -melismas & ornaments decorate words
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