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| Question | Answer |
| What is the tala in Indian music? | A repeating rhythmic pattern |
| Tintal/Teental is the most common tala. Describe how it is organised/arranged? | It is organised in a 16 beat rhythmic cycle |
| In the tintal/teental tala, what is 'sam'? | The first beat of the rhythmic cycle |
| What is a matra? | The individual beat in a rhythmic cycle |
| What are bols? | These are the independent rhythm parts in a tala that go against the main beat of the cycle creating syncopating rhythms. |
| What is the name of the larger drum and smaller drum that make up the tablas? | Larger drum - bayan Smaller drum - dayan |
| What is a sarangi? | A fretless bowed instrument that has three main strings |
| What is a bansuri? | A bansuri is an Indian flute without keys |
| What is a shehnai? | A shehnai is a double reed instrument and is similar to a Western oboe |
| What is a pakhawaj? | A barrel shaped, two headed drum |
| What is an esraj? | A bowed instrument with frets |
| What is a rag? | A pattern of ascending and descending notes used as the basis for melodic improvisation in Indian music. |
| What is a raga? | Improvised music in several contrasting sections based on a series of notes from a particular rag. |
| What is a sitar? | A plucked, stringed instrument |
| What is a sarod? | It has two sets of strings, a lower range and a heavier tone than the sitar |
| What is meant by the term 'gharana'? | Indian system of master-pupil teaching |
| What is meant by the term 'rasa'? | Mood created by the sounds of the pitches in a particular rag |
| What is the Indian Raga structure? | 1) Alap 2) Jhor 3) Jhala 4) Gat/Bandish ('gat' is just instruments whereas 'bandish' is vocals too) |
| Alap | . Sitar improvises using the Rag scale . slow/no beat or pulse . Tambura plays the drone |
| Jhor | . The music speeds up a bit . Steady beat is introduced . Sitar and Tambura play together with more rhythm. |
| Jhala | . The music is much faster . More exciting . Still improvises around the Rag scale |
| Gat/Bandish | . Tabla comes in . Group plays a pre-determined piece . Sometimes improvisation is added to the existing melody . Question and answer between instrumentalists |
| What is a tambura? | A stringed instrument that plays the accompaniment (drone) |
| Which two instruments are included in Rag Desh? | Alap and Bandish |
| What is the rag in 'Rag Desh' associated with? | The late evening and the monsoon season |
| Indian classical music is built up in three layers: | 1) A melodic lines played on a solo instrument 2) A rhythmic pattern played on the drums 3) A drone played on a stringed instrument |
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