MUSC 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Yaman (Raga), Mukhra, Alap
25 Jan 2017
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Musical terms - india: raga(m): scale with requirements of how it is treated. Pitches: sa ri ga me pa dha ni sa. Hindustani term but carnatic music would call it ragam: tala(m): metre, bols. In indian music, it is typically cycles of more than 2s, 3s or. Dha dindin dhan | dha dindin dha |dha tin tin ta |ta tin tin ta. Sam: the first beat in tala (first beat, x) Clap then tap 4 fingers starting at pinky on the palm. Khali is on beat 1 with sam. Have to have tala ingrained in your mind. Jati: system in carnatic music of breaking things into 2s, 3s and 4s. Solattu: using a certain type of bol to make rhymic principles: medium and fast gats in raga yaman. Listening for: alap, mukhra, gat, mukhra-tora, jhala, tihai. Up to 300 talas in hindutani music. Section the reveals the raga (scale they are going to play)
