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32 Cards in this Set
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Sarod
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A fretless, plucked lute from northern India: Chordophone
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Sitar
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A fretted plucked lute from india: chordophone
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Tabla
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A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India
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Tambura
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A round-bodied gourd lute used to provide the "drone" element in Indian classical music
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Harmonium
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A free-reed pump organ: aerophone
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Vina
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A plucked lute from south india, often associated with the Hindu goddess Saraswati
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Violin
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A bowed stringed instrument. chordophone. highest member of the violin family
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Sruti Box
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A small wooden instrument that traditionally works on a system of bellows: aerophone
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Mrindangam
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A barrel-shaped drum from India: membranophone
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Kriti
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A genre of devotional Hindu poetry from South India
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Gamakam
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Refers to the ornamentation that is used in the performance of indian classical music
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Guru
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A teacher or spiritual guide, primarily associated w/ hindu traditions from India
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Thyagaraja
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One of the greatest composers of carnatic music or classical south indian music
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Hindustani
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A term referring to the cultural traditions of northern india
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Syama Shastri
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One of the most renowned composers of Carnatic music
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Carnatic
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A term referring to the cultural traditions of south india
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filmi/filmi git
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Popular music taken from films in india
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Tavil
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A barrel shaped drum from South India. It is used in folk music and Carnatic music, often accompanying the nadaswaram
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Lata Mangeshkar
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A famous filmi singer from india
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Raga
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A mode or system of rules and procedures for composition and improvisation in indian classical music
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Mode
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A set of rules and customary procedures used to compose or improvise music in a particular tradition
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Tala
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Cyclic rhythmic framework that organizes a raga performance in india
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Bols
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Mnemonic syllables corresponding to drum strokes in indian drumming traditions
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Tintal
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One of the most famous talas of Hindustani music. It is also most common tal in North India. The structure of tintal is so amazingly symmetrical that it presents a very simple rhythmic structure against which a performance can be laid
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Solfege
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Mnemonic syllables corresponding to individual pitches in a scale
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Sargam
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A Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Noor starring the singer Adnan Sami and his ex-wife Zeba Bakhtiar
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Alap
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The opening, freely rhythmic period of improvisation of raga performance in Indian classical music
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Jhala
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refers to a set of drone strings on indian chordophones
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Gat
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The composed section of instrumental performance in indian classical music
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Aashish Khan
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An eminent Indian classical musician, known for his virtuosity on the Sarode
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Rasa
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The mood or sentiment of an artistic expression in India
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Bhajan
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A Hindi devotional song in praise of God
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