Bjahans
Indian song, sung as an offering to god.
Nagasvaram
Indian pipe instrument
Tavil
Drums which accompany Nagasvarams
Harmonium
Portable small reed organ
Hindustani music
Classical music of nothern india
Carnatic music
Classical music of southern india
Sitar
23 stringed instrument primarily used in Hindustani music
Raga
Complex melodic matrix
Tala
Cycles of beats in indian music
Cine songs
indian pop music that comes from movies
Mridangam
principle percussion instrument in carnatic music
Drone
Unchanging note which melody develops over.
Sabhas
Cultural clubs that bring to their members and genral public music
Kanjira
Tamborine with snake head
Veena
Instrument with 3 drone strings and 4 playing strings
Tambura
Instrument which provides a drone
Sollukattu
Spoken syllables that duplicate drum stroke patterns
Gurukula
System of musical apprenticeship
Alapana
Improvised section of Carnatic music..at first of peice, no regular pulse
Tanam
Improvised section of carnatic music, after the Alapana…features strong and but irregular rhythms
Kriti
Principle song form of south indian music
Kalpana svaras
Phrase from Kritti form
Tani avartanam
breif drum solo at the end of Karnatic music