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World Music - Exam 1
UMD, World excursions in music, 103
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Undergraduate 1
01/27/2011

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Alap
Definition
Opening movement in Raga
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Tabla
Definition
Drum set in Raga
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Tala
Definition
Beats (Meter)
Term
Dagga
Definition
Bass Drum
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Tabal
Definition
Treble drum
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Jhala
Definition
Improvisation
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Carnataic
Definition
Southern India's music
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Pullavi
Definition
Refrain/middle Section of a Kriti (Carnatic)
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Anupallavi
Definition
Ending of Kriti song
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Tygaraja
Definition
Famous Kriti Composer (1800's)
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"Banturiti"
Definition
A Kriti meaning "Use Me God" composed by Tyagaraja
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Pentatonic
Definition
5 notes in an octave "Banturiti"
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Tintal
Definition
16 beat structure
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Tamboora
Definition
Drone instrument
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Mrindagam
Definition
Barrel drum
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Raga
Definition
Hindustani (India North)
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Alapanum
Definition
Opening movement in Kriti usually shorter than Raga's
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Noh(gaku)
Definition
A type of Japanese Hogaku (Genre of Music)
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Shamisen
Definition
Lute
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Shite
Definition
Main character
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Name the styles of Noh music
Definition
God, Warrior, wig, misc, and ending plays
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What religion inspires Noh?
Definition
Buddism, the idea of seperation, enlightenment.
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Fue (Nohkan)
Definition
Flute
Term
Utai
Definition
Vocal music
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Hayashi
Definition
The instruments in Noh
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Kata
Definition
Dance (Not specific)
Term
Mai
Definition
Dances w/ Utai and hayashi(instruments) (singing)
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Kuse
Definition
First dance
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Kiri
Definition
Climax, end
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Kata
Definition
Symbolic gestures in Noh
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Shikake
Definition
A specific type of dance in Noh performed by guest speaker
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Kakegoe
Definition
Sounds that come from the drummer to denote the rthym
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Tsuzumi
Definition
Shoulder drum
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Otsazumi
Definition
Hip drum
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Ma
Definition
Rests or silences in music
Term
Waki
Definition
Person on the side (Priest)
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Tsure
Definition
Campanion of the Shite
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Koken
Definition
Changes the props and costumes
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Kokata
Definition
"child" role (Emporer)
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Kyogen
Definition
Comic Relief person
Term
Bayashi
Definition
Recap
Term
Mirror Room
Definition
Where shite goes into and the spirit embodies him
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Metsuke
Definition
Eye fixing pillar
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Shite-Bashira
Definition
Shite entrance
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Waki-za
Definition
Where Waki sits
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Wagin
Definition
Melodic singing
Term
Gogin
Definition
Dynamic singing (No tone or pitch)
Term
When do Taiko drums come in?
Definition
When a demon or mad woman steps on the stage.
Term
Komi
Definition
Internal clicker for the percussion of Noh
Term
Shizuka
Definition
Emporer's lover in Hagoromo
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Shizuka
Definition
Emporer's lover in Hagoromo
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Kabuki
Definition
Hogaku from 16th and 17th century (as opposed to Noh 14th and 15th)
Term
Nagauta
Definition
Narrative songs from Kabuki
Term
Name instruments that are the same in Noh and Kabuki
Definition
Shamisen, koto, nokan, taiko, bell
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Instrumental idiom
Definition
a stringed instrument cannot play a sustained note, so therefore has to keep strumming on key.
Term
Mode
Definition
Major/minor (Sharps/flats)
Term
Melody
Definition
Musical notes in linear succession
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Meter
Definition
Rhythmic aspects, tempo, acceleration, accents
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Timbre
Definition
Instruments
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Texture
Definition
Rhythmic, harmonic, melodic combination
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