sangita
music, dramatic expression of story through dance
Nritta
abstract dance
Abhinaya
Mimed dance
Rig – Veda
Chanted poetry to preserve tradition
Brahmins
Supernatural and Intellectual class of ancient Harapan society
Natysastra
Treaty/book written abou the arts in the culture
Raga
Scale (India)
Sruti
Ornamentation
Hindustani
Northern India, Persian and western influenced
Karnatak
Southern India, vocal, instrumental pieces based on songs
Tyagaraja
Wrote music for Rama and is the core repetoire for Karnatak music
Ragam
Improvisation using the scale
Varnum
Let performer warm up on stage in front of audience( as a part of the performance )
Kriti
Piece of musical repetoire
Tanam
Regular metric pulse
Alapanam
Non-metric
Mridangan
Single barrel drum for Karnatak music
Vina
Karnatak version of Sitar w/out moveable frets
Sitar
Plucked string instrument with moveable frets
Tabla
Paired drum, treble and bass
Shehnai
Flute/ Oboe w/ nasal quality
Bollywood
Film industry/pop music
Gamelan
musical ensemble
Sarons
Thich bronze slabbed keyed instrument, struck with mallet.
Peking
High ranged saron
Barung
mid range saron
Demung
low ranged saron
Gong a geng
large gong
gong siyam
small gong
Rebab
2 string fiddle
Laras
Scale
Laras slendro
pentatonic scale
Laras pelong
Heptotonic scale
Gendhing
piece of music played by Gamelan
Mataram
Muslim Kingdom
Bedhaya
Sacred dance accompanied by Gendhing
The Shadow Play
Wayong Kilt
Java
Newly established court system/ supporting arts means of retaining social status
Bali
Court system dissolved/ former nobles still supported arts even though no status is gained in doing so
Gamelan Gambuh
Opera
Kebyar
Flashy and virtuosic new dance style
Gambus
Middle eastern origin based on short repeated phrases
Dangdut
Combines western rock n roll and Bollywood music
Kromcong
Western instruments, associated with urban violence.