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 B.Ed Entrance Preparation

Art & Culture of India

Music

There are two types of classical music:

  1. Hindustani Music
  • The dhrupad is the ancient form of Hindustani music.
  • Raja Pan Singh Tomar played a significant role in the development of Dhrupad.
  1. Carnatic/ Karnatak
  • The three stages are ragam, tanam and pallavi.
  • Kriti is the most popular form of Karnatak music.
  • Carnatic vocalist- G.N. Balasubramaniam

Some of the most popular Music Instrument are listed below:

  • Drums • Trumpets • Sankh • Veena • Tamboora • Sarangi • Dilruba • Matki • Jaltarang • Indian Orchestra

Names Instruments

Name

Instrument

Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan

Sarod

Bismillah Khan

Shehnai

Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia

Flute

L. Subramaniam

            Violin

Bundu Khan

Sarangi

Srinivas

Mandolin

P.Mani Iyer

Mridangam

Ravi Sankar

Sitar

Zakir Hussain

Tabla

 

Folk Songs

  • Kashmir – Sufi, Ghazal, Choral music
  • Punjab – Bhangra (dance-oriented)
  • Chhattisgarh – Bhartari Gayan (story of a king)
  • West Bengal – Baul (songs of love)
  • Madhya Pradesh – Aalha (a heroic ballad)
  • Rajasthan – Folk music related with specific castes.
  • Gujrat – Dandiya (dance-oriented folk music)
  • Maharashtra – Owi (sung during leisure time)
  • Goa – Suvari (sung during a wedding)
  • Tamil Nadu – Naatupura Paatu.
  • Bihar – Sohar (performed during childbirth).
  • Assam – Zikir (teaching of Islam).
  • Arunachal Pradesh – Ja-Jin-Ja (sung during marriages).
  • Manipur – Khongjom Parva (musical narration of the battle of Khongjom).

MCQ on Indian Music

  1. The theory of classical music is discussed in

(a) Samaveda

(b) Yajurveda

(c) Rigveda

(d) Atharvaveda

2. Raga ‘Lajwanti’ was composed by _________?

a) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan 

b) Sheryl Crow

c) Hank Marvin

d) Belinda Carlisle

3. Which of the following musical instruments is of Indian origin?

a) Guitar

b) Drums

c) Piano

d) Flute

4. Which one of the following musical instrument is not Indian origin?

(a) Flute

(b) Sarod

(c) Veena

(d) Guitar

5. Which playback singer has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian honor?

a) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan 

b) Sheryl Crow

c) Hank Marvin

d) Lata Mangeshkar

 

Answers are:  1(A), 2(A), 3(D), 4(D), 5(D)

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