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India
3rd set
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Music
Undergraduate 3
12/13/2010
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Alap
 Definition
nonpulsatile introduction to songs
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Sruti
 Definition
microtones that create scales
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Svara
 Definition
pitches of a raga, usually seven
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Melakarta
 Definition
scales that consist of seven notes
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Komal
 Definition
a flat tone
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Tivra
 Definition
a sharp tone
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Shuddh
 Definition
a natural tone
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That
 Definition
seven note scales, 32 of them
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Arohana
 Definition
The ascending structure of scales
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Avarohana
 Definition
The descending structure of scales
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