Q3 Music

 This music from Southern India is directed to a Hindu God hence, it is also called “temple music”.

• Carnatic

• Hindustani

• Secular

• Qawwali

This type of singing is observed in the Vocal Music of Israel.

• Gluttural

• Head Tone

• Nasal

• Melismatic

Answer explanation

Israeli singers have distinctive vocal style.

They sing with guttural and throaty enunciation.

Which of the following refers to the rhythmic system of Indian Music?

• Drone

• Gamakas

• Raga

• Tala

Answer explanation

It literally means ‘clap’

Ghazal, a Vocal Music of Pakistan, expresses the following EXCEPT for

• Lonliness

• Love

• Separation

• War

Answer explanation

Ghazal is a traditional expressions of love, separation and loneliness

it tells about both the pain of loss of the lover and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

Classify the Indian “Sitar” according to the Indian Classification of Instruments.

• Ghan -

  nonmembranous percussive instrument

• Sushir -

  also known as blown air

• Tat -

  plucked (stringed instruments)

• Vitat -

  bowed stringed instruments.

Shofar is an Israeli Musical Instrument. Distinguish the classification of this instrument according to the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Instruments.

• Aerophone

• Chordophone

• Idiophone

• Membranophone

Differentiate Ghan and Avanaddh which are both percussive instruments of India Music.

• Ghan includes drums while Avanaddh is composed of gongs.

• Ghan is non-membranous while Avanaddh is membranous.

• Ghan is made of animal skin while Avanaddh uses clay, metal, and wood.

• Ghan is played with sticks while Avanaddh can be struck glancingly together.

Zum Gali Gali is a traditional Israeli Hebrew folk song. Read the translated lyric below and reflect on the meaning of the song.

• The song tells a biblical story.

• The song tells a biblical story.

• The song tells about a victorious battle won by Israel.

• The song tells the story of how the Israelis built the new Israel.

Below is an excerpt of Anile Anile Odi Vaa, a traditional folk song in Sri Lanka and India. What time signature should you adapt if you were to perform a new song based on this?

• 1

  4

• 2

  4

• 3

  4

• 4

  4

Choose the classification of the presented Pakistani musical instrument according to the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Instruments.

• Aerophone

• Chordophone

• Idiophone

• Membranophone