Music of South, Central and West Asia
1. MUSIC OF SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST ASIA
2. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF INDIA
3. CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS IN INDIA 1. Ghan – described as a nonmembranous percussive instrument but with solid resonators. It is one of the oldest classes of instrument in India. It may also be a melodic instrument or instruments to keep tal.
4. GHATAM AND KARTA
5. MANJIRA AND NOUT
6. 2. Avanaddh - described as a membranous percussive instrument. This class of instruments typically comprise the drums.
7. DAF (DUF/DAPHU) AND TABLA
8. DHOL
9. 3. Sushir – also known as blown air. It is characterized by the use of air to excite the various resonators .
10. SHEHNAI AND SHANKH
11. SURPETI
12. 4. Tat – referred to as vina during the old civilization. Instruments in this class are plucked (stringed instruments).
13. SITAR AND EKTAR
14. GOTUVADYAM
15. GOPICHAND AND RABAB
16. 5. Vitat – described as bowed stringed instruments. This is of the oldest classifications of instruments and yet did not occupy a place in classical Indian music until the last few centuries.
17. BANAM AND ESRAJ
18. SARANGI AND CHIKARA
19. TALA occupies an important position in the Indian system of music literally meaning „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 represented as a ''theka'' is the common Indian system of rhythm
20. TALA (CONTINUATION) 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 rhythm Tabla - most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Hindustani music Mridangam - most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Carnatic music - also transliterated as “mridang”
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