'Area of Study 4: World Music' - Key Terms
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Alap
The slow, introductory section of a raga performance
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Art music
Music that's written down (unlike folk music)
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Balafon
A West African xylophone
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Bandish
A pre-composed section of a raga performance, performed on the voice (instrumental version is a gat)
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Bansuri
An Indian flute
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Bhajan
A Hindu devotional song
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Bodhràn
An Irish framed drum used in Celtic music
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Bouzouki
A string instrument a bit like a mandolin, often played in Celtic folk music
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Burkina Faso
A country in West Africa, homelad of the group Koko
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Call and response
A musical question followed by an answer
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Celtic Folk Music
Western European folk music, particularly popular in Ireland and Scotland
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Djembe
A single headed African drum, played with the hands, with a wide tonal range
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Donno
An African drum, double headed, also known as a talking drum
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Dundun
A double headed African drum played with sticks
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Ektal
A 12-beat tala
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Folk Music
Music played by ordinary people in a traditional style, not usually written down
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Gaelic
A traditional Celtic language
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Gat
The pre-composed section of a raga performance (known as a bandish if it's sung)
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Gharana
The way Indian music is taught (by the oral tradition)
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Harmonium
An Indian classical keyboard instrument, powered by bellows pumped by hand
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Heterophonic texture
2 or more slightly different versions of the same melody, played simultaneously
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Jhalla
The final, very fast 'show off' section of a raga performance
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Jhaptal
A 10-beat tala
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Jhor
A section of a raga performance that comes after the alap, and which is faster and more rhythmic
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Kora
A West African harp-like instrument
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Master drummer
The leader of an African drum ensemble
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Matras
Another name for the beats in the tala
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Mbira
An African thumb piano
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Oral tradition
Music that is taught and learned orally, not written down
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Polyrhythmic texture
A texture where several different rhythms are layered together
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Rag Desh
A raga used in the rainy season
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Raga
A 'scale' or mode used in Indian classical music
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Rasa
The 'mood' of the raga
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Rupak
A 7-beat tala
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Sam
The first beat of a tala
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Sarangi
A small bowed Indian string instrument
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Sarod
An Indian instrument like a small sitar, but with a fretless fingerboard
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Shehnai
An Indian instrument with a double reed (like an oboe)
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Sitar
A large, long-necked Indian string instrument with around 20 strings, only 1 or 2 of which play the melody (the others are resonating)
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Strophic structure
Common song structure, where all the verses have the same melody but different lyrics (often used in folk music)
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Tabla
A pair of drums used in Indian classical music
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Tala
A rhythm with a set number of beats, usually played on the tabla
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Tambura
Similar to a sitar, but with only 4 strings; plays the drone in Indian classical music
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Tihai
A complex 'flourish' at the end of a section of Indian classical music
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Tintal
A 16-beat tala
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Uilleann pipes
Irish bagpipes played in Celtic folk music
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Vibhag
A group of beats within a tala
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Vibhag khali
A place in a tala with a specific sound that places the beginning of the vibhag
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Waulking
A stage in the traditional cloth-making process in Scotland; cloth is pounded against a hard surface to clean, soften and thicken it
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Music that's written down (unlike folk music)
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Art music
Card 3
Front
A West African xylophone
Back
Card 4
Front
A pre-composed section of a raga performance, performed on the voice (instrumental version is a gat)
Back
Card 5
Front
An Indian flute
Back
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