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| AN EXAMPLE OF A DANCE PIECE IN KEBYAR STYLE. USES A FIVE TONE SCALE. LISTENING EXAMPLE: HUJAN MAS. |
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| NUCLEAR MELODY; CORE OF THE PIECE. DECORATIONS ARE BASED ON IT. EX: HUJAN MAS |
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| INTERLOCKING MELODIC ELOBORATION. MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS ARE PLAYED BY THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS IN A GAMELAN ORCHESTRA. EX: HUJAN MAS |
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| GAMELAN ORCHESTRA THAT USES INSTRUMENTS MADE OF IRON |
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| GAMELAN ORCHESTRA THAT USES INSTRUMENTS MADE OF BRONZE AND BAMBOO |
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| A SCALE SYSTEM INTRODUCED BY BHATKANDE FOR CLASSIFICATION OF MELODY IN HINDUSTANI MUSIC. WIDELY FOLLOWED TODAY IN MUSIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. |
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| A musical or melodic bmode that forms the parameters for improvisation in Indian music and contains cultural associations (ie. time of day, mood, season, weather etc.). On the tune-scale continuum, a raga is closer to being a tune (Thus, Bhatkande’s system of scales in Indian music is controversial). A raga has important notes, sequences, specific ascending and descending patterns, etc. Listening example: Rag Miyan Ki Malhar |
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| SHORT UNMETERED IMPROVISED SECTION OF A RAG |
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