Alap
Opening movement in Raga
Tabla
Drum set in Raga
Tala
Beats (Meter)
Dagga
Bass Drum
Tabal
Treble drum
Jhala
Improvisation
Carnataic
Southern India’s music
Pullavi
Refrain/middle Section of a Kriti (Carnatic)
Anupallavi
Ending of Kriti song
Tygaraja
Famous Kriti Composer (1800’s)
“Banturiti”
A Kriti meaning “Use Me God” composed by Tyagaraja
Pentatonic
5 notes in an octave “Banturiti”
Tintal
16 beat structure
Tamboora
Drone instrument
Mrindagam
Barrel drum
Raga
Hindustani (India North)
Alapanum
Opening movement in Kriti usually shorter than Raga’s
Noh(gaku)
A type of Japanese Hogaku (Genre of Music)
Shamisen
Lute
Shite
Main character
Name the styles of Noh music
God, Warrior, wig, misc, and ending plays
What religion inspires Noh?
Buddism, the idea of seperation, enlightenment.
Fue (Nohkan)
Flute
Utai
Vocal music
Hayashi
The instruments in Noh
Kata
Dance (Not specific)
Mai
Dances w/ Utai and hayashi(instruments) (singing)
Kuse
First dance
Kiri
Climax, end
Kata
Symbolic gestures in Noh
Shikake
A specific type of dance in Noh performed by guest speaker
Kakegoe
Sounds that come from the drummer to denote the rthym
Tsuzumi
Shoulder drum
Otsazumi
Hip drum
Ma
Rests or silences in music
Waki
Person on the side (Priest)
Tsure
Campanion of the Shite
Koken
Changes the props and costumes
Kokata
“child” role (Emporer)
Kyogen
Comic Relief person
Bayashi
Recap
Mirror Room
Where shite goes into and the spirit embodies him
Metsuke
Eye fixing pillar
Shite-Bashira
Shite entrance
Waki-za
Where Waki sits
Wagin
Melodic singing
Gogin
Dynamic singing (No tone or pitch)
When do Taiko drums come in?
When a demon or mad woman steps on the stage.
Komi
Internal clicker for the percussion of Noh
Shizuka
Emporer’s lover in Hagoromo
Shizuka
Emporer’s lover in Hagoromo
Kabuki
Hogaku from 16th and 17th century (as opposed to Noh 14th and 15th)
Nagauta
Narrative songs from Kabuki
Name instruments that are the same in Noh and Kabuki
Shamisen, koto, nokan, taiko, bell
Instrumental idiom
a stringed instrument cannot play a sustained note, so therefore has to keep strumming on key.
Mode
Major/minor (Sharps/flats)
Melody
Musical notes in linear succession
Meter
Rhythmic aspects, tempo, acceleration, accents
Timbre
Instruments
Texture
Rhythmic, harmonic, melodic combination