Indian Music Theory

How many musical notes are there?

• 7

• 5

• 12

• 8

A komal note is

• half step lower than shuddha note

• half step higher than shuddha note

• one step higher than teevra note

• none of these

Which of the following notes can be made teevra?

• only D

• R, G, D, N

• P

• only M

Music is a combination of

• singing and playing instruments

• singing only

• playing instruments and dance

• singing, dance and playing instruments

A descending scale is called

• aaroh

• avroh

• gayan samay

• none of these

A set of beats is called

• taan

• taar

• taal

• vivaadi

Teentaal has ___ beats

• 10

• 6

• 8

• 16

Lower octave is called

• Madhya saptak

• Taar Saptak

• Mandra Saptak

• Drut

When a raag has all 7 notes, its jaati is

• Shadav

• Complete

• Sampoorna

• Audav

First matra of a taal is called

• Taali

• Khaali

• Sam

• Vibhaag