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| Main categories of instruments in gamelan |
knobbed-gong insruments
metal-keyed instruments
other melodic instruments
drums |
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| rebab |
2 stringed fiddle in gamelan |
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| suling |
bamboo flute in gamelan |
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| siter |
small zither (chordophone) in Indonesian music |
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| gambang |
wooden-keyed instrument in gamelan
ie, wooden xylophone |
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| saron |
metal-keyed instrument in gamelan ensembles (ie, xylophone) |
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| pelog |
7-tone scale system in Indonesia |
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| slendro |
5-tone scale system in Indonesia
almost equidistant intervals |
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| wayang kulit |
Indonesian shadow puppetry |
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| gambang-kromong |
Indonesian small percussion ensemble |
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| wayang orang |
Indonesian dance drama |
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| gamelan |
stable set of Indonesian percussion instruments made of bronze |
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| Yehudi Menuhin |
famous violinist that worked with Carnatic artists |
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| Ravi Shankar |
sitar virtuoso, Carnatic tradition
trained in dance in Paris
spread Carnatic music around world
taught George Harrison of the Beatles |
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| Alla Rakha |
tabla virtuoso, Carnatic tradition
worked with Ravi Shankar |
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| Zakir Hussain |
tabla virtuoso, Carnatic tradition
worked extensively with American & European jazz & rock musicians |
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| ghatam |
clay pot instrument in Carnatic music |
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| sollukattu |
solfege for rhythms in Carnatic music |
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| melakarta |
mother scale of raga |
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| raga |
all-encompassing, colorful melodic system |
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| veena |
Carnatic stringed instrument |
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| morsang |
Jew's harp, in Carnatic music |
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| kanjira |
Carnatic tambourine |
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| mridingam |
membranophone in Carnatic music
principal, often only percussion instrument |
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| sruti-box |
aerophone that produces a drone in Carnatic music |
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| tambura |
plucked instrument that carries the drone in Carnatic music |
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| drone |
constant tone (of world creation) |
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| svara |
Indian concept of pitch as being unstable |
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| tala |
Carnatic rhythm cycle of varying lengths |
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| kriti |
devotional song
primary song form of Carnatic tradition |
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| cine songs |
Indian popular music, derived from movies |
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| Carnatic |
music tradition of southern India
Hindu tradition
vocal, devotional songs
oral tradition, verbal transmission |
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| Hindustani |
music tradition of northern India
Islamic tradition
instrumental |
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| tabla |
most important percussion instrument in Hindustani tradition |
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| basy |
3-stringed cello-size instrument in musyka podhale |
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| fujarka |
wooden flute in musyka podhala |
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| kapela |
string ensemble in musyka podhala |
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| nuta |
melodic idea in musyka podhala (Gorale music, from southern Poland) |
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| musyka Podhala |
from Tatra region of Poland
Gorale (mountain) ethnic group
for listening or dancing |
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| klezmer |
Jewish instrumental ensemble |
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| ruchenitsa |
Bulgarian wedding dance |
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| European style features |
square structures
repetitive rhythms |
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| Yuri Yunakov's instrument |
saxophone |
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| Ivo Papazov's instrument |
clarinet |
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| polyrhythm |
several rhythms simultaneously with shifting downbeat |
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| hosho |
gourd rattle from Shona people
provides rhythm |
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| kora |
harp in Mande music system. |
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| chimurenga |
contemporary mbira music |
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| jali (jalolu) |
the tradition of Mande epic music |
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| griot |
expert of Lambango, Mande epic music tradition |
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| membranophone |
drum, sound from resonating membrane |
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| chordophone |
string instrument |
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| aerophone |
wind instrument |
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| idiophone |
drum, sound from body of instrument (ie, mbira) |
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| homophony |
melody + accomp |
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| polyphony |
3+ melodies |
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| heterophony |
2 melodies |
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| monophony |
1 melody alone |
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