Semester One Final (Music)

Question 1

What would most likely be the subject of a rural woman’s song

Answer 1

Holi festival

Question 2

Which river flows through Kolkata

Answer 2

Hooghly

Question 3

Which musical text features the first extended treatment of raga

Answer 3

Brihaddesi

Question 4

What is the main subject of the lyrics written by the Trinity

Answer 4

bhatki devotionals

Question 5

What country is not in the South Asia region

Answer 5

Turkmenistan

Question 6

Which percussion instrument would be used in a Carnatic music ensemble

Answer 6

mridangam

Question 7

AR Rahman is known for his compositions sung in

Answer 7

Tamil

Question 8

Name the band who wrote “Freedom”

Answer 8

Sha’air + Func

Question 9

How is the svara Komal Dhaivat notated in the Hindustani system

Answer 9

D

Question 10

What did the Bauls represent to the Rabindranath Tagore

Answer 10

the promise of social equality

Question 11

Define raga

Answer 11

the melodic structures of Indian classical music

Question 12

which performer is known for singing ghazals

Answer 12

Ghulam Ali

Question 13

Which instruments have strings

Answer 13

chordophones

Question 14

What elements shape a melody

Answer 14

tension and release

Question 15

Indian films draw from the long traditions of

Answer 15

musical theatre

Question 16

Describe the Baul philosophy of teaching

Answer 16

Individuals who show a devotion to the divine can teach themselves

Question 17

How would a raga most likely be learned

Answer 17

memorizing lessons from a music teacher

Question 18

What is distinctive about the right hand drum of a tabla

Answer 18

it is tuned to the tonic

Question 19

The last section of a kriti is called

Answer 19

charanam

Question 20

Which song provides commentary on India in the post Independence ear

Answer 20

Mera juta hai jaapaani

Question 21

Veerna Sahasrabuddhe is a noted singer of

Answer 21

khyals

Question 22

What best represents the ustad-shagrid relationship

Answer 22

Ravi Shankar studies the sitar with Allauddin Khan

Question 23

How does an RTP conclude

Answer 23

a pallavi set to a tabla

Question 24

Which works opens with a melody played on the dotara

Answer 24

Ekdin Matir Bhitar Hibe Ghar

Question 25

Identify the tala cycle in Balam Aaye Baso More Man Mein KundanLal Saigal

Answer 25

Kaharva

Question 26

Qawwals are noted for their recitation of

Answer 26

Sufi poetry

Question 27

The idakka is played at regular intervals during daily

Answer 27

worship services

Question 28

How did the Urdu language form

Answer 28

Persian and Arabic mixed with the colloquial languages of North India

Question 29

How does a sama’ begin

Answer 29

with a Quranic recitation

Question 30

Name the singer in Main Yahan Hoon

Answer 30

Udit Narayan

Question 31

How many gamaka does Carnatic music theory identify

Answer 31

10

Question 32

What is the broadest definition of music

Answer 32

sound organized in time

Question 33

Theka applies to the study and performance of

Answer 33

talas

Question 34

What instrument is a small hand pump organ

Answer 34

harmonium

Question 35

Identify the language family of Telugu

Answer 35

Dravidian

Question 36

What is the basis of the melakarta system

Answer 36

order of svaras

Question 37

Define theme

Answer 37

set of phrases that make up a complete melody

Question 38

In Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai the bansuri evokes

Answer 38

memories of folk music

Question 39

Traveling actors specializing in humor are called

Answer 39

bhands

Question 40

The story of Mira’s life is told through

Answer 40

bhajan

Question 41

Why do alternative Indian rock bands avoid using traditional Indian instruments

Answer 41

They believe they are cliched

Question 42

Dhrupad singers were considered the most prestigious in pre modern

Answer 42

court centers

Question 43

Pandit is term bestowed upon

Answer 43

senior artists