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6. What is the instrumentation in the version by Benjy Wertheimer and Steve Gorn?

  • Esraj, tabla, bansuri and sitar
  • Esraj, tabla, bansuri and sarod
  • Esraj, tabla, bansuri and tambura
  • Esraj, tabla and bansuri

7. What are the fast, scale-like patterns played on the sitar called?

  • Bol
  • Tan
  • Sam
  • Trills

8. What is the instrumentation in 'Mhara janam maran' by Chiranji Lal Tanwar?

  • Voice, tambura and tabla
  • Voice, sarangi, sarod, pakhawaj, cymbals and tabla
  • Voice, tambura, esraji, sarod, cymbals and tabla
  • Voice, bansuri, sitar, tabla and saranji

9. What is the cyclic rhythm pattern called?

  • The Tabla
  • The Tan
  • The Tala
  • The Tambura

10. Which instrument plays the drone accompaniment?

  • Bansuri
  • Tambura
  • Sitar
  • Tabla

11. Which musical tradition does the set work come from?

  • Northern India/the Hindustani tration
  • Western India/the Sarangi tradition
  • Southern India/the Carnatic tration
  • Eastern India/the Esraji tradition

12. What is sliding between the notes called on a sitar?

  • Tintal or Teental
  • Tan
  • Mind or Meend
  • Pizzicato

13. What is the instrumentation in the Anoushka Shankar version?

  • Sitar and Tabla
  • Sitar, Tabla and Tambura
  • Sarod, Tabla
  • Sarod, Tabla and Tambura

14. What is the tempo in an Alap section?

  • Ridiculously fast I can't even explain
  • Steady/medium
  • Slow and meditative
  • Fast/Lively