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45 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 elements of music?
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1. Pitch
2. Rhythm 3. Timbre 4. Dynamics |
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What is pitch?
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The highness and lowness of notes
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What is rhythm?
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How beats fill up space. Dictates Style.
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What is Timbre?
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The quality of sound
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What is Dynamics?
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Loudness of sound
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What are the possible 4 Textures in music?
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1. Monophonic
2. Homophonic 3. Polyphonic 4. Heterophonic |
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What is Monophonic?
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Single line of music.
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What is Homophonic?
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Harmony together in music. Chordal sound.
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What is Polyphonic?
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Multiple lines/melodies
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What is Heterophonic?
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2 lines almost identical
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What are the 3 corners of the Triangular model of listening?
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Sound, Conception, Behavior
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What are the 4 Universals of music?
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1. Singing (can be replaced with instruments or percussion)
2. Functions in Religious Rituals 3. Dance is accompanied by music 4. The major 2nd interval is found in most music |
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What are the 5 classifications of instruments?
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1. Aerophones -Wind Instruments
2. Chordophones -Stringed Instruments 3. Idiophones -Body Vibrates 4. Membranophones -Membrane Vibrates 5. Electrophones -Electronic Instruments |
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What does rubato mean?
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Irregular beat
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What are the 3 grouping of Indian music
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Melody, Rhythm, and Drone
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What is Northern Indian music called?
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Hindustani Music
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What is Southern Indian music called?
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Karnatak music
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What 4 melody instruments are found in Hindustani music?
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1. Sitar
2. Sarod 3. Shenai 4. Sarangi |
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What 4 Melody Instruments are found in Karnatak music?
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1. Yina
2. Bansuri 3. Violin 4. Voice |
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What is the rhythm instrument played in Hindustani music?
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Tabla
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What is the rhythm instrument played in Karnatak music?
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Mridangum
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What are the 2 drone instruments (Hint: Both played in Hindustani and Karnatak music)
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Tambura
Harmonium |
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What is a Raga?
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Indian Melody and or scale. Associated with a season, emotion, time of day, and Religion
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What is a Tala?
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Indian Rhythmic cycle. The most complex in the world.
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What is a Sam?
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The beginning and end of the cycle in a Tala
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What are the 3 important sections on an Indian musical piece?
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1. Alap
2. Jor 3, Gat (4. Sometimes ends with Tehai) |
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What is the Alap?
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First section of an Indian piece. The introduction or warmup. Slow, non-metric, uses the raga but not tala.
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What is the Jor
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Second section of an Indian piece. Beat, or pulse, comes in. Drone is sometimes used. No tala
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What is the Gat?
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Third section of an Indian piece. Adds Rhythm instrument
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What are the 3 types of strings on a sitar?
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1. Melody strings
2. Rhythm strings (Jhala) 3. 13 Sympathetic strings (Drone) |
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What is a Sitar?
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Chordophone. Bright sound. Has moveable frets. Northern.
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What is a Sarod?
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Chordophone. No frets. 3 sets of strings. Darker sounding than a sitar. Northern.
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What is a Shenai
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Aerophone. Oboe-like. Uses a double reed. North.
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What is a Sarangi
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Chordophone. Beggars instrument. Fiddle that is bowed. No rhythm strings. Northern
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What is a Tabla?
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Membranophone. Pair of drums, bigger drum is actually called a Baya. The smaller one is turnable to produce different Bols, or sounds. Northern.
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What is a Tambura
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Chordophone. Drone. Few strings. North and South
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What is a Harmonium?
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Aerophone. Drone. Accordion organ thing. North and South.
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What is a Vina?
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Chordophone. Older than the sitar. Fewer strings and no sympathetic strings. South.
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What is a Mridangam?
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Membranophone. 2 headed drum played horizontally. South.
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What Baul?
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An Indian people, Religion, and type of music.
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What is a pungi?
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Aerophone. Snake charmer.
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What does Vedas mean?
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"Revealed wisdom"
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What is the High Priest in Hinduism called?
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The Brahman
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What are the 3 popular Gods in India?
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Brahma- the creator
Vishu -the preserver Shiva -the detroyer |
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What are the Characteristics of Shiva?
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Destroyer and the creator of dance.
-Lord of the dance -The drum beat summons up a new creation -Its right hand holds a drum -Its left hand holds fire |
