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raga |
India: light classical music; melodic |
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thumri |
India: (Hindu) semi classical; concentrates on emotion of song; expression > technique; female point of view |
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ghazal |
India: (Urdu) light classical; light vocals and instrumentals; more song-like than its Urdu counterpart, thumri; modern ghazal singers come from "respectable" backgrounds; male point of view |
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qawwali |
Pakistan and some India: lively Sufi devotional music performed in shrines by singers w/ instrumentals; usually sung in Urdu; sufism; dhikir |
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qawwali structure |
instrumental prelude; alap- singing in free meter; lead singer beings song; alternating chorus; solo vocal improvisation passages |
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qawwali characteristics |
use of raga; often based on light classical ghazi (love poetry); follows tala metrical system; harmonium, tabla/dholak drums |
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bhangra |
North West India, Punjab: Bashaki- new years celebration; predominantly Sikhs; traditional bhangra: vaisakhi - new years celebration, dhol drum; modern bhangra found in British clubs; modern music ex "come and get it" |
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escapism |
In India musical cinema, most social realities are ignored in favor of showing luxury mansions, gardens, and clothing |
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playback singers |
songs recorded separately in Indian film music so the actors could lip sync to it |
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bhasaki |
traditional celebration in Punjab region that featured folk music and later became bhangra |
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alap |
singing in free meter in qawwali music |
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dhikr |
repeating name of god through prayer |
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sufism |
part of mystical islamic practice |
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sruti box |
name of harmonium in qawwali music |
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tabla and dholak |
2 percussion instruments in qawwali (drums) |
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yaogun yinyue |
chinese rock song; first a love song and then became a political protest song about Tiananmen Square |
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dizi, suona, guzheng |
dizi- transverse flute; suona- double reed; guzheng- zither |
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orientalism |
idea about relationship between East and West |
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hegemony |
ideas of the ruling class are the ruling ideas |
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yellow music |
early chinese popular music in shanghai; generally consisted of Chinese melodies mostly pentatonic harmonized in Western fashion |
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pinoy pop |
Philippine pop/rock music |
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significance of Bayan Ko |
performed by Freddie Aguilar; used to bring down marcos dictatorship; prominent in Philippine resistance and nationalism |
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significance of Anak |
pinoy rock performed by Freddie Aguilar; describes the social problems in Filipino culture like children ignoring parents' teaching |
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kundiman |
Philippine love song stlye; ballad-like; developed in 1920-30s when musicians Westernized some Filipino tunes and serenades |
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significance of American Junk |
by APO Hiking Society; protest against american cultural imperialism |
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gamelan |
Indonesia: traditional instrumental ensemble; largest bronze gamelans found in Central Java; tied with poetry, dance, and drama |
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sekaten festival |
to commemorate the birth and death of the prophet Mohammed; pair of gamelan sekatens played continuously for a week |
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star system of music |
system of celebrities within a style of music, where the people making music are regarded as worth idolizing (boy bands) |
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keroncong |
Indonesia: repertoire of music, musical style, instrumental texture; originally lute/guitar based; like a ukulele; Portuguese colonial presence in India |
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characteristics of langgam jawa |
Indonesia: inland Javanese form of keroncong influenced by gamelan music; complex and often rapid guitar figuration; flute and violin parts; solo singer; rhythm intensifies |
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"kenya solo" |
Indonesia; langgam jawa- S. Mulyani; guitar, flute, solo singer; rhythm intensifies |
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dangdut |
Indonesia: sound of rhythm of "gending," the main drum in dangdut; arose out of media; Indian film and western rock; characteristic rhythm; themes of religious moralizing, social/political criticsm, eroticism? |
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"qur'an dan koran" |
Indonesia: dangdut- Rhoma Irama; drums |
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"cek-cek" |
Indonesia; Balinese hard rock- Lolot |
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"Seuri" |
Indonesia: Fusion rock- Sabah Habas Mustapha and Jugala All Stars; drum and flute? |
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"Kroncong Morisko" |
Indonesia: pop/folk- Suhaery Mufti |
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"Bayan ko" |
Philippines: (My country) Freddie Aguilar; Philippine nationalism and rebellion against Marcos dictatorship |
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"Anak" |
Philippines: (Child) folk rock- Freddie Aguilar; social problems of children ignoring parents' teaching |
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"nukhe chakhee javana" |
Punjab: Achanak |
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"kehna ghalat, ghalat to chhupana, sahi sari" |
Pakistan: nusarat fateh ali khan; popular music arose out of sacred ritual; drums, clapping, chanting |
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"neend koyi" |
India: ghazal and jazz mix- najma akhtar; light classical and instruments |
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"engel kalyanam" |
India: (Our Wedding)- cinema song |
