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taqsim

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Arab improvisation

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maqam

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Arab scale

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layali

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Arab vocal improvisation

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leli

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“my night” in Arab vocal improvisation

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ayni

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“my eyes” in Arab vocal improvisation

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darabuka

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Arab single membrane drum

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raga

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Indian scale

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alap

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Indian improvisation

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Hindustani influences

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Aryan, Indo-European

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Karnatak influences

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Dravidian, Kannada

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tabla

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Hindustani drum, 2 drums side by side

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mridangam

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Karnatak drum, double headed barrel drum

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ghatam

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Karnatak clay drum

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Hindustani instrumentation

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Harmonium, singer, bowed st. instrument closely imitating singer, open harp, drone

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Karnatak instrumentation

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Flute, violin, drone

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tambura

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drone instrument

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sruti-box

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electronic drone instrument

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Indian melody instruments

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sitar, veena, violin

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3 main aspects of Indian music

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melody line, drone, percussive line

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Difference in musical form b/w N/S Indian

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Karnatak = alap is shorter

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Performance setting of Hindustani music

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Palaces

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Performance setting of Karnatak music

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Temples

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bhava

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Indian term; emotional state of performer

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rasa

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Indian term; what the listener feels

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guru
Indian teacher
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shishya
Indian student
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saragam
Indian style of sung syllables; similar to Arab layali
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gongan
Indonesian time cycle
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Which Indonesian group has a tuning system that creates a quivering sound?
Balinese
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Balinese performance setting
Temples
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Dynamic/tempo characteristic of Balinese music
Faster, more contrasting dynamics
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Dynamic/tempo characteristic of Javanese music
Slower, less dynamic contrast
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Javanese performance setting
Courts
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balungan
Indonesian term for main melody
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saron
Indonesian main melody instrument; metal slabs over resonator
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gong ageng
Indonesian punctuating instrument; vertically mounted medium sized gong
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kempul
Indonesian punctuating instrument; vertically mounted medium sized gong
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ketuk
Indonesian punctuating instrument; horizontally mounted gongs
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kenong
Indonesian punctuating instrument; horizontally mounted gongs
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bonang
Indonesian elaborating instrument; horizontally mounted small gongs
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kendhang
Indonesian laced drums
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slendro
Indonesian tuning system containing 5 tones
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pelog
Indonesian tuning system containing 7 tones
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Indonesian loud style main instrument
bonang
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Indonesian soft style instruments
Rebab, suling, gambang, or voice
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Classical/Art music
music with rich literature and written music theory, supported by social and economic powers, and music of the ruling class
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Arab drum sounds
dumm and takk
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nattu-vangam
Indian dance: spoken syllables called out to dancer's footwork
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sangeeta
singing/playing instruments/dancing all together
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mrtta
Indian pure dance; tells a musical story; less hand motion and facial expression
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nrtya
expressive dance; tells a vocal story
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pentatonic
5 tone scale
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hexatonic
6 tone scale
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heptatonic
7 tone scale
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lute
'ud
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Arab flute name
nay
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Arab zither name
kanun
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Bharata Natyam
south Indian dance tradition
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Hindustani drum syllables
solkattu
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Karnatac drum syllables
bols
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Count 1 of Indian cycle
sam
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Hindustani form
alap, jor, gat, jhalla
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Karnatak form
alapana, tanam, pallavi, kriti

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