Indian music
- Created by: Hazel D
- Created on: 08-06-17 19:06
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- Indian music
- instruments and their roles
- Sitar and Sarangi
- Rag (Melody)
- Tanpura (/tanbura)
- Drone
- Tabla
- Tala (rhythm)
- Sitar and Sarangi
- Scales and what they represent
- Raga is a pentatonic scale
- the name for scales
- the ragas all represent a time of day or mood
- EG. Behag rag represents the evening
- Raga is a pentatonic scale
- rhythmic patterns used
- drone
- two sustained notes played through the whole piece
- the notes are a fifth apart
- two sustained notes played through the whole piece
- rhythm pattern is called Tala
- played in repeating cycles
- EG tintal tala repeats over 16 beats
- played in repeating cycles
- improvisation
- a lot of the music is improvised
- made up on the spot
- performancescan last for hours
- made up on the spot
- a lot of the music is improvised
- drone
- structure
- Alap
- improvisatorysolo over drone
- Gat
- this is the fastet most virtuoistic and complex system.
- Jhor
- melody based on tala and a metre (regular beat) is established
- Alap
- instruments and their roles
- music is taught through and oral tradition
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