Rag Desh - Anoushka Shankar STRUCTURE

Rag Desh

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Which is the first section?
The Alap
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The alap is for what instrument only?
Sitar
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Name two properties of the alap
Slow and has no regular phrases
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The melody is decorated with slides and pitch bends - what are they called?
Meends
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What is the name of the second section?
Gat
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What instrument enters at the beginning of the gat?
Tabla
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Which instrument plays a fixed composition in a moderate tempo?
Sitar
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What are the sitar's improvisations based on?
Gat
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What are the tabla's improvisations based on?
Tal
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What ends the improvisations?
tihai, ending on the sam
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Towards the end of the gat what happens?
The tempo increases
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Card 2

Front

The alap is for what instrument only?

Back

Sitar

Card 3

Front

Name two properties of the alap

Back

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Card 4

Front

The melody is decorated with slides and pitch bends - what are they called?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What is the name of the second section?

Back

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