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Indian classical music
structure
four main sections
the jhor
music speeds up
still only tambura and sitar playing
music becomes more rhythmic
improvised melody on sitar take steady beats
the jhala
loads faster
more exciting
players improvise over the melody
the alap
sitar introduces notes for choosen raga
no beat or pulse
soft dynamics
tambura drone
the gat or bandish
tabla player comes in
group plays a pre-composed peice
GAT-if its instrumental only
BANDISH-if there is also a song
add improvised ideas
pass them around 'like a question and answer ' style
no gaps between sections
tihai
a phrase played three times across a beat
Chakkradar tihai
three times three repetitions of phrases act as a coda at the end of the sections
instrumentation
sitar
long necked stringed instrument
seven stringed sitar
'symphathic' strings
melody instrument
adjusted to diffrent positions for diffrent pieces
tambura
can also be called tanpura
similar to sitar
creats harmony
quite repatative
used as a baking instrument
only has four strings
simple rhythmatic pattern
tabla
pair of drums
smaller right hand drum-tabla
can perform complicated rhythms
complex
irregular patterns
other elements
sarangi
the sarod
fretless sitar
bansuri
venu
shehnai
harmonium
keyboard instument
melody
improvised on a sitar
sitar player chooses a raga
improvises melody from the notes of choosen raga
ornaments
rapid tans
scale like passages
vowel sound
sitar can be replaced by a singer
vocal techniques
melisma
general
Raga's
hundreds of different ragas
notes
usually of 5-8
never written down
slightly sharp
play quickly
passed down aurally
combined with a particular mood
not tonal, they are not chords
Rag Desh
important/general
rainy season raga
supposed to be played at night
gives the feeling of romance
songs known as 'thumri'
priyagitah
recorded in a studio
improvised
based around the traditional raga structure
divides upto three sections while recording
tabla comes in
the alap
faster and more dramatic
complicated rhythms
Anoushka Shankar
alap
two gats
16 beats-tintal
Mewar re mira
uses a voice to sing the raga
sarod plays a short solo then sarangi
short tempo
bandish- due to the singers