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'Rag desh' North Indian Classical Music Flashcards

0
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What three pieces are we studying

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Instrumental raga by authentic Indian performers
Instrumental raga by Americans
A vocal raga

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Genre

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North Indian classical music- Raga

Passed on through oral tradition

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Meaning of rag Desh

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Played in the evening

Mood is monsoon season

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Rhythm

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Tala- a rhythmic cycle
Sam- first beat of each cycle
Bol- rhythms played around the main beat of the Tal

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Structure

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Alap
Jhor
Jhalla
Gat (vocal- Bandish)

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Alap- Tempo

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Slow and thoughtful

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Alap- Metre/Rhythm

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No sense of beat

Free time

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Alap- Features

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Improvised
Soloist explores the notes of the rag
Drone throughout (tambura)

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Jhor- Tempo

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Steady/ medium

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Jhor- Metre/Rhythm

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A clear, regular sense of pulse

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Jhor- Features

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More rhythmic
More elaborate
Tempo is increased

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Jhalla- Tempo

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Fast/ lively

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Jhalla- Metre/ Rhythm

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Fast pulse

Exciting and complex rhythms

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Jhalla- Features

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High point in piece
Virtuoso playing
Climax of the whole piece

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Gat or Bandish- Tempo

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Moderate or fast

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Gat or Bandish- Metre/ Rhythm

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Tabla introduces tala

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Gat or Bandish- Features

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Fixed composition introduced (song or prepared solo)
Conversation between drummer and soloist
Prepared melodic line has improvised flourishes

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Harmony/ Tonality

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No sense of harmony
Melody is the most important thing
Harmony is linear- melody+ drone

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Melody

A

Improvised using the notes of the chosen rag
Each rag represents a different mood (rasa)
Sung/Sitar/Sarod

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Texture

A

Melody
Drone- (1-2 notes, tambura)
Rhythm- (Tala, tabla)

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Instrumentation

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Tambura
Tabla
Sitar
Sarangi
Sarod
Bansuri
Shenhai
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Most important instrument

A

Voice

Instruments ranked in order to how close they sound to the voice

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Tambura

A

4 strings, playes the drone, helps sitar stay in tune, adds to the texture

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Tabla

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Two small drums: Byan (big, ceramic and copper) Dyan (small, wood and tuning pegs)

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Sitar

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Sitar- plucked strings, hollowed out gourd (resonator) moveable frets, 7 metal strings, 2-3 are drones, 12 sympathetic strings vibrate

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Sarangi

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like a violin, fretless, accompanies the singers

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Sarod

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plucked strings, fretless, use of meen

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Bansuri

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Flute without keys

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Shenhai

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Oboe- double reed

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