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Sarod

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a fretless plucked lute from northern India

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Region?

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Northern and Central India

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Pakad

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a comprehensive phrase

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Samavadi

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subtonic

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Avaroha

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descending note pattern

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Bansuri

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side-blown bamboo flute

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Microtonal

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systems of tones that use the frequency space existing between the smallest western music interval of a semi-tone (aka a quarter tone)

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Raga

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I: a melodic system that serves as the basis for all the melodic materials in any composition, performance, or improvisation created in that raga. L: India A: each raga has 3 parts: the alap, the banish, and then an improvisation section.

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Aroha

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ascending note pattern

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Tanpura

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Plucked lute that sounds a constant drone in South Indian music. A: utilizes a drone during ragas

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Santoor

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an instrument that is played by striking strings with a spoon-shaped hammer

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Tabla

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A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India.

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Sarangi

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bowed string instrument of North India

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Bhava

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I: emotional experience L: Hindustani music A: this is how Hindustani music makes you feel, the Brava experience. Every raga should evoke some sort of emotion

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Natya Shastra

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I: the very first text of Indian classical music L: India A: Sanskrit text about the performing arts. Was the beginning of Hindustani music in India

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Monophony

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music involving only a single melodic line A: each raga has but one melody, but each voice has the melody at some point during the raga. At the end, the main singer usually improvises upon the main melody as the rest of the ensemble follows

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Ragamala

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paintings that depict scenes that illustrate the mood of the raga

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Rasa

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I: aesthetic experience L: Hindustani music A: ragamalas are paintings used to help people visualize the music they are listening to, or enhance the rasa experience

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Sargam

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the syllables used to sing the pitches of a raga: Sa Re Ga Ma Dha Ni Sa

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Alap

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The first section of a Raga that is slow and has no pulse and introduces the notes of the Raga

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Vadi

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the tonic, or fundamental pitch, of a raga

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Sitar

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A long necked instrument with 7 strings on the outside and 10 inside the neck A: serves as the main melodic instrument in a raga

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Bandish

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the second section of a raga; the fixed composition in a raga

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Raga Form

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First Section: alap Second Section: bandish Final Section: improvisation Apply: ragas usually move from low to high intensity, starting out simple then becoming much more complex

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Gharana

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a "musical family" or lineage that preserves, cultivates, and develops a particular tradition of raga performance A: the raga form of music was initially held a secret between those who new it, only being passed down by master-pupil or in families

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