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Indian Music - Coggle Diagram
Indian Music
Instruments
Bansuri Flute
- side-blown flute made of bamboo
- modern designs come in ivory, fiberglass and various metals.
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Sitar
- 18, 19, 20, or 21 strings.
- 6/7 of these are played strings over curved, raised frets.
- rest are sympathetic strings underneath the frets that resonate with the played strings creating a distinctive sound.
- bridge, a long hollow neck and a resonating chamber.
- drones: continuous tonic note sound in the background
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Sarangi
- bowed, short-necked instrument carved from a single block of tun (red cedar) wood.
- three hollow chambers: pet (stomach),chaati (chest) and magaj (brain)
- imitate vocal ornaments such as gamaks (shakes) and meends (sliding movements)
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Tabla
- membranophone percussion instrument for hindustani classical music
- two single-headed, barrel-shaped hand drums of slightly different size and shape.
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History
- Hindustani: (generally) music created for entertainment
- Carnatic: music devoted to the Gods
Features
Raga
- indian scales with very strict rules about which notes can be used and how they may be used (decorations and grace notes)
- associated with particular times of day/night when they should be performed
- consists of at least five notes, rāga provides the musician with a musical framework to improvise.
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Tala 'clap'
- rhythm cycles: over 300 different talas (normally played by the tabla)
- has a certain number of beats per cycle
