Indian Classical Music
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- Indian Classical Music
- Dates back to 1700BC
- The Music is learned by ear and performed from memory.
- The student is taught by a master known as master student tradition
- Instruments
- Sitar a plucked string instrument with frets
- Sarod similar to a sitar but with no frets, players can slide between notes
- Sarangi A bowed string instrument
- Bansuri A Bamboo Flute
- Structural Elements
- Melody Line
- Rhythmic Pattern
- Drone
- Melody
- Based on a scale of notes known as the Raga
- Ragas are based on a certain time of the day or a season or mood
- Techniques used
- Pitch bends
- Glissando
- Rapid Scales
- Ornamentation
- Dialogue
- Rhythm
- Each piece is based on a cycle of beats known as a Tala
- There are a range of different Talas each with a set number of beats
- One of the most common Talas id the Tintal a cycle of 16 beats
- Drone
- There is no real harmony in Indian classical music instead a drone is played throughout by a tampura Based on the most important notes in the raga
- Structure
- Most pieces have 3 main sections
- The Alap a slow improvised introduction in free time
- The Tabla enters in the Gat Creating a clear sense of pulse
- The improvisation in the jhalla becomes faster and more virtuosic with cadences of scales in intricate rhythm
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