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India terms
India terms
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2009

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Bjahans
Definition
Indian song, sung as an offering to god.
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Nagasvaram
Definition
Indian pipe instrument
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Tavil
Definition
Drums which accompany Nagasvarams
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Harmonium
Definition
Portable small reed organ
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Hindustani music
Definition
Classical music of nothern india
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Carnatic music
Definition
Classical music of southern india
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Sitar
Definition
23 stringed instrument primarily used in Hindustani music
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Raga
Definition
Complex melodic matrix
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Tala
Definition
Cycles of beats in indian music
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Cine songs
Definition
indian pop music that comes from movies
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Mridangam
Definition
principle percussion instrument in carnatic music
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Drone
Definition
Unchanging note which melody develops over.
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Sabhas
Definition
Cultural clubs that bring to their members and genral public music
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Kanjira
Definition
Tamborine with snake head
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Veena
Definition
Instrument with 3 drone strings and 4 playing strings
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Tambura
Definition
Instrument which provides a drone
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Sollukattu
Definition
Spoken syllables that duplicate drum stroke patterns
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Gurukula
Definition
System of musical apprenticeship
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Alapana
Definition
Improvised section of Carnatic music..at first of peice, no regular pulse
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Tanam
Definition
Improvised section of carnatic music, after the Alapana...features strong and but irregular rhythms
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Kriti
Definition
Principle song form of south indian music
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Kalpana svaras
Definition
Phrase from Kritti form
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Tani avartanam
Definition
breif drum solo at the end of Karnatic music
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