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25 Cards in this Set
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Sitar
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North indian plucked chordophone, main melodic instrument in music
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Playback singer
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Vocalists who sings the songs but does not appear on screen
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Music director
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The individual responsible for all the musical components in Indian Cinema
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keeping tal
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Practice of outlining the metric cycle of a tala
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Jhala
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The climax of a raga. Highest ecstacy to god
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Jor
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Transition in Hindustani Raga linking alap to gat
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gat
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The main part of a Hindustani raga following the alap
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Sam
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The beat of a tala cycle
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Theka
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The basic pattern of drum strokes that outlines a tala in its most basic form
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Alap
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The nonmetric, opening of a raga
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Guru
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Teacher or mentor of indian classical music
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Tabla
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lead drum in Egyptian music
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mrdangam
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Double headed south indian drum used in Karnatak music
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Tambura
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Choordophone used to provide drone in indian music
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Nada Brahma
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The sound of god, Devine source of all sound and thus all ragas
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Tala
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metric cycle in indian music
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Raga
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In indian classical music, a basis of all melodic materials in any composition in that raga,
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Karnatak
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The South Indian Classical Music Tradition
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Bhangra
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Originallhy a folk music tradition of the Punjab Religion, now popular and featured in Bollywood films
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Bhajan
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A particular class of hindu Devotional songs and hymns with close ties to Indian Classical music
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Vedas
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The four ancient Sanskit scriptures of hinduism
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Hindu Religion
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The principle religion in india and one of the oldest
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Gharana
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A musical family that preserves a traditional Hindustani Raga performance over generations
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Barhat
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Growth specifically the musical growth during a Hindustani Raga
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Hindustani Raga
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The raga tradition of North India
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