Music Flashcards
(12 cards)
Is the melodic framework for composing and improvising
RAGA
Refers to the intricate cylic metrical pattern played alongside the melody
TALA
It is a meter long and length it has a deep pair shaped gourd body a long wide and hollow wooden neck and 20 movable frets it can have 18, 19, 20, or 21 strings
SITAR
It takes its form from the afghan rabab which arrived in india in the 16th century
SAROD
A chordophone bowed fiddle is widely used for folk hindustani music. It has three melody strings and 11 to 37 sympathetic strings
SARANGI
Is a double reed oboe-like instrument with 6 to 8 finger holes
SHEHNAI
Is a pair of two membranophones / high pitched drum, single headed and he small drum
TABLA ( DAYA, BAYA )
Is a long neck fretless loot which is approximately 40 to 60 cm long. it has four metal strings
TAMBURA
This music was influenced by spanishes
SEPHARDIC MUSIC
This music has greek and arabic elements
MIZRAHI MUSIC
Is a pair shaped chordophone lute when 11 to 13 strings.
OUD
Is a single headed goblet shaped membranophone mainly used in the middle east
DARBUKA