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Unit 5: N. American and Indian Music
Dr. Corbin World Music
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Music
Undergraduate 1
10/25/2012

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Hindustani music
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The classical music of northern India
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Carnatic music
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The classical music of South India
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Bhajan
Definition
The genre of devotional songs from India
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Filmi
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The genre of popular music taken from the films of India ("Bollywood")
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Qawwali
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Sufi Muslim devotional songs that feature a leader and chorus, tabla, and harmonium
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Drum song
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Native American genre featuring drums and singing
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Flute song
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Native American genre featuring solo flute
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Inuit throat singing
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North American singing game involving two Inuit women (They sing on the inhale and exhale)
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Field Holler and Work Song
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African-American genre ("roots" music): Work songs coordinated the physical movement of work; Field Hollers functioned to pass the time.
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Spirituals and Gospel
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Religious folk music of African-Americans (Spirituals are usually a cappella whereas Gospel has a rhythm section)
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Bluegrass
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(Genre) A style of American folk music characterized by virtuosic instrumental performance and the "high-lonesome" vocal style (harmony above the melody)
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Raga
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A system of rules/expectations for composition and improvisation in Indian classical music.
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Alap
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The opening rhythmic improvisation of raga performance in Indian classical music
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Jhala
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The climactic end of the alap section of raga performance in India, when the drone strings of the sitar are often used.
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Gat
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The composed section of instrumental performance in Indian classical music (aka, when a "known tune" is performed)
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Drone
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A continuous sound; in Indian music played by the Tamboura, Sruti box, or Harmonium
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Bollywood
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Informal name for India's film industry derived form a combination of "Bombay" and "Hollywood"
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Guru
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A teacher or spiritual guide, primarily associated with Hindu traditions from India
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Vocables
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Non-lexical syllables such as "yaa, heh, daa, weh" used in the Native American tradition
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Pow wow
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A pan-tribal American Indian event celebrating Native American identity and culture, generally also open to non-Native Americans
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Blues (12-bar)
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Secular folk music tradition originating within the African-American community of the southern United States
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Tala
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Rhythmic framework found in raga performance in India
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Sam
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The "downbeat" or "one" in the Indian rhythmic cycle (pronounced "sum")
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Blue Note
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In African-American Spiritual and blues traditions, the blue note is the pitch between a major and minor 3rd (not found on the piano)
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Sitar
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Hindustani melodic instrument with 4 melodic strings, 13 sympathetic strings, and 4 drone/jhala strings
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Sarod
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Hindustani melodic instrument with a steel fingerboard, and a more guitar-like sound than the sitar
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Tambura
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The Indian drone instrument with just four strings
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tabla
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The Hindustani drums: a pair, each with a clay dot baked onto the head to lower the fundamental pitch of the drum
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Sruti box
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Also known as a "Harmonium", an Indian drone instrument that functions like a 4-note accordian
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Diddly bow
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A one-string primitive instrument that was key in the early development of the blues
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Inuit frame drum
Definition
This instrument is made of a circle of wood with either caribou skin or seal stomach as the membrane. You strike it on the rim, which creates a dance-like motion when playing
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