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Music (Q3)

The document provides an overview of the music traditions in India, highlighting its vastness and diversity, including classical styles like Carnatic and Hindustani music. It discusses characteristics of traditional Indian music, the classification of musical instruments, and the importance of rhythm, particularly through concepts like Tala and Theka. Key instruments such as Tabla and Mridangam are also mentioned as essential for maintaining rhythm in their respective music styles.

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Music (Q3)

The document provides an overview of the music traditions in India, highlighting its vastness and diversity, including classical styles like Carnatic and Hindustani music. It discusses characteristics of traditional Indian music, the classification of musical instruments, and the importance of rhythm, particularly through concepts like Tala and Theka. Key instruments such as Tabla and Mridangam are also mentioned as essential for maintaining rhythm in their respective music styles.

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CENTRAL ASIA

KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
WESTERN ASIA 
 ABKHAZIA JORDAN
 KUWAIT
 ARMENIA
 LEBANON
 ARTSAKH
 OMAN
 AZERBAIJAN
 PALESTINE
 BAHRAIN  QATAR
 CYPRUS  SAUDI ARABIA
 GEORGIA  SYRIA
 IRAN  TURKEY
 UAE
 IRAQ
 YEMEN
 ISRAEL
SOUTH ASIA
AFGANISTA MALDIVES
N NEPAL
BANGLADE 
PAKISTAN
SH SRI LANKA
BHUTAN
INDIA
Music has always
been viewed as a
universal
language.
LESSON I

INDI
India is the largest
country in South Asia. Its
music is as vast as its
geographic location and
as large as its
demographic population.
VOCAL MUSIC
India'sclassical music tradition,
includes Carnatic and Hindustani
music which have developed over
many centuries. Music of India also
includes several types of folk and
popular music.
One aspect of vocal music
uses melismatic singing
with nasal vocal quality,
when compared with the
Philippine music which uses
melismatic singing is only
used in chanting epics and
CHARACTERISTICS OF
TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM
1. Carnatic INDIA
music
- refers to music from
South India
- directed to a Hindu god,
which is why it is called “temple
2. Hindustani music
in North India, the most
common style of singing is
called khyal, a word which
means imagination
nasal singing is observed in
their vocal music
CLASSIFICATION OF
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 FROM INDIA
1. Ghan – described as
a non-membranous
percussive instrument
but with solid
2. Avanaddh -
described as a
membranous
percussive
instrument.
3. Sushir –
also known
as blown air.
4. Tat – referred to
as vina during the
old civilization.
Instruments in this
class are plucked
5. Vitat –
described as
bowed stringed
instruments.
Rhythm plays an
important role in
Indian music. It is
fundamental to the
creation of any
Tala
literallymeaning ‘clap;’ variously
transliterated as “tal”, “taal” or
“taala”
is a regular, repeating rhythmic
phrase, particularly as rendered on a
percussive instrument with an ebb
and flow of various intonations
Theka
a sequence of drum-syllables or
''bol''

in Indian classical music, both


Hindustani classical music and
Carnatic music use complex rules
to create elaborate patterns of
Tabla

most common instrument


for keeping rhythm in
Hindustani music
Mridangam

most common instrument for


keeping rhythm in Carnatic
music

alsotransliterated as
“mridang”

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