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25 Cards in this Set
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Vina
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Carnatic sitar-like instrument with fixed frets
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Sitar
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Hindustani instrument with 12 sympathetic strings and moveable frets
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Sarod
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Hindustani plucked lute
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Tambura
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Long-necked plucked lute used as a drone instrument
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Maqam
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Middle Eastern scale
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Taqism
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non-pulsitile improvisation
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Dastgah
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collection of modes (gushehs)
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Gusheh
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collection of short related melodies
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Charhar Mezrab
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fast, strongly rhythmic improvisation for a solo instruments with 6 or 12 beats
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Radif
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collection of dastgahs and their respective gushehs
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Tanbur
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long-necked Middle Eastern fretted lute
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Tar
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hourglass shaped version of a tanbur
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Ud
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fretless, pear-shaped Middle Eastern lute
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Santur
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hammerd dulcimer
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Nay
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end-blown notch flute
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Rabab
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spike fiddle
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Darabukkah
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goblet shaped drum
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Zarb
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goblet shaped drum
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Elements of Arabic and Persian Music (5)
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1. improv on basic tone or melody
2.elaborate melodies and melismas 3. beat patterns 4. quarter-tones 5.heterophonic |
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Sangita
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musicological text important to Hindustani and Carnatic music
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Vedas
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Ancient Indian texts containing hyms that formed the basis for modern classical music
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Mantras
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ancient holy chants meant to enhance one's kharma
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Natyasastra
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ancient Indian treatise for the performing arts
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Tala
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means by which time is measured; no regularly recurring pattern of accents
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Niraval
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same text and rhythm sung on different pitches
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