music Flashcards
INDIA is the ___________ in South Asia. Its music reflects different aspects of Asian culture through its timbre, rhythm, melody, texture, form, and style.
LARGEST COUNTRY
Music made specifically for voices. It may be performed with without instruments.
VOCAL MUSIC
Instrumental music is made solely for voices
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
India’s classical music tradition includes ________ and ________ music and several types of folk and popular music.
CARNATIC AND HINDUSTANI
Uses _________ with nasal vocal quality.
MELISMATIC SINGING
Singing based on a set of pitches during the Vedic times.
SAMAGANA
A sacred text, were sung as samagana and not chanted.
SAMA VEDA
Also sung in the Samagana traditional singing style and counted as first among the four canonical sacred texts Hinduism known as Vedas. of
RIGVEDA
Ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.
RIGVEDA
Refers to music of South India
CARNATIC MUSIC
directed to ______which is why it is called “temple music”.
HINDU GOD
Music pieces are mainly set for the voice and with lyrics.
CARNATIC MUSIC
Compositions are called ______ are ___________
krti, devotional songs.
Predominantly found in the northern and central regions.
HINDUSTANI MUSIC
Influenced by Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic region/Vedic philosophy, native Indian sounds and enriched by the Persian performance of the ______
Munghal era.
Nasal singing is observed in their _________
VOCAL MUSIC
In North India, the most common style of singing is called ______ a word which means ________
khyal, imagination
describe as a non membranous percussive instrument but with solid resonators (5ex)
GHAN, GHATAM, NOUT, KARTA, MANJIRA
described as a membranous percussive instrument. 1 This class of instrument typically comprise the drums.
AVANADDH
also known as “blown air”. It is characterized by the use of air to excite the various resonators
SUSHIR
referred to as vina during the old civilization. Instruments in this class are plucked. (Stringed instruments.)
TAT
described as bowed stringed instruments.
VITAT
Rhythm plays an important role in Indian Music.
TALA