The Medium Rag Desh GCSE Edexcel music quiz

This is a more advanced quiz with some stuff in it which would be useful for long answers. Info taken from the GCSE Edexcel revision guide (small A5 blue book)

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  • Created by: Rob
  • Created on: 11-04-12 15:53
What is the name of the first beat of the tal?
Sam
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Indian classical music is made up from how many layers?
three
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What is a Sarod?
A bowed string instrument
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What is a Bhajan?
A hindu devotional song
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What is a Tihai?
A short phrase repeated three times
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The structure of Anoushka Shankar's Rag desh is...?
Alap, Gat, Jhalla
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The structure of Steve Gorn's Rag desh is...?
Alap, Gat 1, Gat 2
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Jhalla is...
fast and virtuosic
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Indian classical music is made up from how many layers?

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three

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What is a Sarod?

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What is a Bhajan?

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What is a Tihai?

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Mary Palmer

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great quizzes! thanks!

... but i'm certain that the sarod is a plucked string instrument, the sarangi is the bowed string instrument... :)

Claire

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I thought the Sarod was plucked? & the sarangi was the bowed one

Claire

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I thought the Sarod was plucked? & the sarangi was the bowed one

Issy

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Claire wrote:

I thought the Sarod was plucked? & the sarangi was the bowed one

yeh it is!

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