Rag Desh-Steve Gorn and Benjy Wertheimer 4.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? MusicRag DeshGCSEEdexcel Created by: niamh123Created on: 29-12-14 18:46 Who are Steve Gorn and Benjy Wertheimer? two American musicians. 1 of 23 When was this version released? 2004 2 of 23 What does Steve Gorn play? bansuri 3 of 23 What does Benjy Wertheimer play? esraj and tabla 4 of 23 How many different instruments are there? 5 5 of 23 What instruments are used? A Shruti Box, a Swarmandel, an Esraj, a Bansuri and a Tabla. 6 of 23 What is a Shruti box? An electronic instrument which plays the drone 7 of 23 What is a swarmandel? A plucked string instrument 8 of 23 What is an Esraj? A bowed string instrument 9 of 23 What is a bansuri? A bamboo flute which has holes instead of keys 10 of 23 name the two tals in this version Rupak tal (7 beat cycle: 3+2+2)and ektal tal (12 beat cycle: 2+2+2+2+2+2) 11 of 23 name the three section of the piece Alap, gat and gat2 12 of 23 how does the alap start? with a drone on the notes D and A 13 of 23 describe the alap The bansuri then introduces the notes of the rag. The Erraj then takes over. The tempo is slow and there is no regular beat. 14 of 23 how does the first gat begin? a bansuri solo. 15 of 23 what instrument enters next? the table after about 30 seconds 16 of 23 which instrument plays the gat after the tabla enters? bansuri 17 of 23 Which two instruments improvise around the gat and the tal? the tabla and bansuri 18 of 23 what tal is the second gat based on? Ektal tal 19 of 23 What instrument starts this section? tabla 20 of 23 how are the improvisations developed? the become more elaborate and virtuosic. 21 of 23 What does the bansuri play in this section? tans (fast scales) 22 of 23 how does the piece end? with 3 tihais 23 of 23
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