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Rag(a)
- Indian
- melodic scale used for improvisation, each with distinct melodic character,
- ornaments, and notes of emphasis; also, the system of melodic scales
• literally “color” or “mood”
• traditional associations
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Tal(a)
- Indian
- system of metric (temporal) organization
- • organized around beats of emphasis, beats of “empty”
- emphasis” and counts
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Vadi
- note
- or pitch of primary importance or emphasis in a rag
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Gamak
- – a musical ornament (lit.
- spice)
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Alap
- Form
- of Indian classical music; unmetered introductory exploration of a rag
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Gat
- Form of Indian
- classical music; metered section of music where a melody (in the rag of the
- performance) is used as a basis for improvisation
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Tambura (tampura)
- a
- drone four-stringed lute with gourd resonator used as a drone instrument
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sruti box
- an electronic drone
- (Indian)
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Sitar
- long-necked lute with
- gourd resonator used in northern India
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Table
- Indian
- Percussion Instrument; pair of two small membranophones used in northern India
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Bol
- syllable
- used for drum sounds
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filmi sangeet
- film
- song; songs from India’s movie musicals
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- industry centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
- • mass entertainment rooted in
- earlier traditional forms (dance, plays, puppetry)
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playback singer
- – sings
- who record songs for the actos
- •versatile, multi-lingual
•prodigious
•Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
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Lata Mangeshkar
- one
- of Indians most well known and respected playback singers, elder sister of Asha Bhosle
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A.R. Rahman
- Indian film composer,
- record producer, and musician. Composed for Lagaan, for which he won the Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) award for
- Best Music Director at the National Film Awards
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- Lagaan
•Released 2001
•first Bollywood film nominated for Academy Award
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