a Raga is a section of notes that perform a scale. They can be associated with different moods, seasons and times. It can also be ascending or descending.
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Tala
The Tala governs the rhythm and is kind of like an Ostinato, it contradicts itself.
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Tanpura
The Tanpura looks similar to the Sitar. However, it plays the drone
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Tabla
It is a drum that has different pitches and comes in at the start of the Jhala.`
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Alap
The Alap is the opening section of the song and reveals the notes of the Raga. The sitar plays a structure that is melodically improvised and the drone plays underneath. It is also free-pulse.
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Jhor
This is the middle section of the song and still has no tablas, but there is a strong sense of melody and pulse.
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Jhala
This is where the Tabla enter and this creates a stronger pulse.
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Tonality
It is Modal, However, the mode conforms to its own Raga pattern. The tonality is determind by the Raga.
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Harmony/ Swana Jayanti
The tabla play 'Sa' and 'Pa' (tonic and dominant). There are horizontal layers rather than vertical. Swana Jayanti is consonant and diatonic and the instruments can always rely on the home key because of the drone.
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Melody/ Swana Jayanti
Swana Jayanti has a descending Raga, conjunct, Scalic patterns, pitch bends and ornaments
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Texture/ Swana Jayanti
The texture is layered.
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Tempo, Rhythm and metre/ Swana Jayanti
There are triplet patterns, cross rhythms, syncopation and the rhythm and tempo speeds up till the end of the song.
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Card 2
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a Raga is a section of notes that perform a scale. They can be associated with different moods, seasons and times. It can also be ascending or descending.
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Raga
Card 3
Front
The Tala governs the rhythm and is kind of like an Ostinato, it contradicts itself.
Back
Card 4
Front
The Tanpura looks similar to the Sitar. However, it plays the drone
Back
Card 5
Front
It is a drum that has different pitches and comes in at the start of the Jhala.`
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