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Raga

Mode in North India


alap, then jor (where beat comes in)

Tala

Creates raga in North India

Gat

Skeletal Melody for Improv in North India

Tambura

Long-necked lute; North India (Hindustani)

Sarod

Long-Necked Lute, Sympathetic Strings, North India (Hindustani)

Long-Necked Lute, Sympathetic Strings, North India (Hindustani)

Tabla

Pair of Drums; North India (Hindustani)

Pair of Drums; North India (Hindustani)



Mridangam

Barrel-Shaped Drum (South India)

Barrel-Shaped Drum (South India)

Carnatic Vocal Kriti

South India



Qawwal-Devotional Song

Pakistan



Dholak

double sided drum from Pakistan

double sided drum from Pakistan

Central Highlands Bronze Gong

Vietnam Ensemble

Nhac Tai Tu Chamber

Vietnam Ensemble (with tone bending, song lang, dan kim, and dan tran)

Song Lang

Clapper Idiophone; Vietnam

Dan Kim

Plucked Lute; Vietnam

Dan Tran

Plucked zither; Vietnam

Piphat Music

Thailand (with pi, ching, and xylophones)

Pi

double-reeded aerophone; Thaland

Lam Klawn "Repartee"

NE Thailand/Laos Ensemble


Uses khaen

Khaen

Mouth Organ from Laos/NE Thailand

Court Gamelan

Indonesia (Java); organiazed colotomic structure (cylces); ORGANIZED

Gamelan Gong

Indonesia (Balinese); start and stop, fast

Guqin

"Ancient Zither" from China, plucked, tone bending & sliding

Jiangnan Sizhu

"silk and bamboo" ensemble; China; erhu, yangqin, pipa, dizi

Erhu

Fiddle; China

Fiddle; China

Yangqin

Hammered Zither; China

Hammered Zither; China

Pipa

Pear-Shaped Lute; China

Pear-Shaped Lute; China

Dizi

Horizontal Flute; China

Horizontal Flute; China

Jing Ju

Beijing Opera; men playing female roles, little/no vibrato; played by er hu, cymbals, etc

Urtin duu

"Long Song"; Mongolia; Throat singing/overtone singing

P'ansori

Korea; passionate vocal;

puk

shallow drum, with Korea

Sankyoku Chamber

Japan; Instruments: koto, shamisen, shakuhachi

Koto

Zither; Japan

Zither; Japan

Shamisen

Lute; Japan

Lute; Japan

Shakuhachi

Japan Vertical flute

Japan Vertical flute

Kabuki Theatre

Single male vocal lead with shamisen, Japan

Buddhist Ritual

Tibet (dung chen, dribu, rom); Chanty subtle male vocals

Dribu

Bell; Tibet

Dung Chen

Metal Trumpet (5-12 ft long); Tibet

Rom

Cymbals; Tibet

Adham

Arabic Call To Prayer (one man singing)

Taqaism

Arabic (Ud & Buzuq)

Ud

Pear-Shaped Lute

Pear-Shaped Lute

Buzuq

Long-necked lute

Long-necked lute

Maqam

Mode in Arabic

Taqism

Unmetered movement in Arabic

Dastgah for Satur and Voice

Iran

Santur

Hammered Zither

Dastgah

Mode in Iran

Takht Ensemble

Egypt (incorporates violin, riqq, ud, tablah drum)

Riqq

Tambourine - Egypt

Sufi Dhikr

Turkey Religious ceremony

Kanun

Turkey Plucked Zither

Turkey Plucked Zither

Kemanja

Bowed Lute, Turkey

Shofer

Jewish people's Rams Horn