Asian music

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  1. 3. skeletal melody in Javanese gamelan
  2. 6. complex interlocking patterns between marwas
  3. 8. Single-headed frame drum. Skin attached to the wooden body by rattan laces and made taut by wooden pegs inserted between the body and a cane ring located at the bottom end of the body. Held upright in the player's lap and struck with hands.
  4. 9. Plucked fretless lute with 17-25 metal strings: 4-5 main strings, 1-2 drone strings, 2 chikari strings (special drone strings) and 9-11 sympathetic strings. Played with a plectrum
  5. 11. Metallophone with 10-14 tuned metal bars suspended over tuned resonator tubes of bamboo or metal in a wooden frame. Played with two padded short wooden mallets
  6. 12. 5-tone scale in gamelan
  7. 13. ending section in zapin characterised by loud extended kopak
  8. 15. Mouth-blown free reed aerophone with vertical pipes and fingerholes.
  9. 16. metered melodic section in Hindustani music played with rhythmic accompaniment
  10. 18. Plucked long-necked lute with movable frets and 6-7 playing strings, and 11-15 sympathetic strings. It has a main resonator at the base of the instrument, and 2 bridges (1 for the playing and drone strings, 1 for the sympathetic strings
  11. 19. term used for the rhythmic cycle in Indian music
  12. 20. Metallophone with 6-7 bronze bars placed over a wooden resonating frame and played with a wooden hammer.
  13. 22. Plucked long-necked fretless string instrument with 4 strings played in a continuous cycle. The strings are tuned to sa and pa.
  14. 23. Double-headed barrel drum played on both sides with fingers and palms of the hands. Wooden frame made of jackfruit wood. Typically played in pairs in Javanese gamelan
  15. 24. opening section of zapin
  16. 29. transverse bamboo flute with a blowing hole, 6 finger holes and a mokong covered by a dimo
  17. 30. term used for the melodic mode in Indian music
  18. 31. End-blown vertical bamboo flute with either 4 or 5 finger holes, depending on the tuning of the flute (4 for slendro, 5 for pelog). The top end is surrounded by a rattan bamboo ring, leaving a small slit where the player will place his mouth
  19. 32. 2-string bowed fretless fiddle with a round sound box covered on one end with snakeskin. The bow passes between the 2 playing strings. The instrument is usually held between the knees when played.
  20. 33. metrical characteristic where there is increased embellishment of the qupai (basic melody) due to the slower tempo
  21. 35. Highest-pitched Metallophone with 6-7 bronze bars placed over a wooden resonating frame and played with a buffalo horn hammer.
  22. 36. term used to describe embellishment in Indian music
  23. 39. A collection of 12-14 kettle gongs suspended in 2 rows over a strings in a wooden frame. Played with a pair of wooden padded beaters.
  24. 42. Xylophone with 17-21 wooden bars mounted on a wooden frame played with a pair of long flexible padded beaters.
  25. 44. 4-string pear-shaped fretted wooden lute played with artificial fingernails
  26. 45. metered melodic section in Carnatic music played with rhythmic accompaniment. Also a song genre in Carnatic music
  27. 46. Plucked long-necked fretted lute with 24 fixed frets, 4 main playing strings and 3 drone strings tuned to sa, pa and upper sa. A second resonator is attached to the upper part of the neck, beneath the tuning pegs.
  28. 48. Metallophone with 6-7 tuned metal bars suspended over tuned bamboo resonator tubes in a wooden frame. Played with a mallet with a short handle and thin padded wooden disc.
  29. 49. a texture where all instruments play the basic melody simultaneously but with idiomatic embellishments
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  1. 1. end-blown vertical bamboo flute with 5-8 finger holes
  2. 2. 7-tone scale in gamelan
  3. 4. Box-shaped, bellows-driven free-reed aerophone that is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys. The melody is played on the right-hand manual while the accompaniment is played on the pre-set chord buttons
  4. 5. Pair of single-headed drums of different size and shape. The right drum (dayan) is made from wood and tuned to sa while the left low-pitched drum (bayan) is made of metal and usually tuned to pa. The head of each drum has a circle of black paste made from starch and black powder and is held by leather tuning straps over the body of each drum.
  5. 7. a set of 6 gongs that resemble the bonang, but in a single row put up in a half circle
  6. 10. Small double-headed hand drum played in zapin. Parchment is stretched tightly over the open sides of the hollowed jackfruit wood cylinder and tied in place with rattan strings. Played by beating in interlocking patterns with others.
  7. 12. 3-string plucked fretless lute with a long fingerboard and a large resonator covered with snakeskin on the front end. Played by plucking with a plectrum.
  8. 14. opening section of Carnatic music
  9. 17. metrical characteristic of Chinese music which features minimal embellishment due to the tempo of the music
  10. 18. Wooden zither with 11 to 13 pairs of strings strung on each side of the wooden frame. It is played by plucking the strings with the thumbs
  11. 21. polyphonic............... texture in gamelan characterised by differing melodic density depending on the register of the instrument.
  12. 25. 2-string bowed spike fiddle which is played while seated, with the spike on the floor.
  13. 26. Double-headed barrel drum made from a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood. The 2 heads are covered with goatskin and laced to each other with leather straps around the circumference of the drum. The 2 heads are of different diameters, resulting in both bass and treble sounds. It is tuned most often to either sa or pa. The smaller head has a black disk made of rice flour, starch and iron powder.
  14. 27. 2-string bowed fretless fiddle with a hexagonal sound box covered on one end with snake-skin. The bow is attached between the two playing strings.
  15. 28. Bowed fretless string instrument carved out of a single block of wood into a box-like shape with 3 hollow chambers. 35-37 sympathetic strings and 3 main playing strings. The main playing strings are played with the nails, and cuticles rather than the fingertips.
  16. 34. Trapezoidal wooden hammered dulcimer with 144 strings strung in courses over bridges. Played by striking with rubber-tipped flexible bamboo hammers.
  17. 37. opening section of Hindustani music
  18. 38. Dance of Portugese origins
  19. 40. pear-shaped lute with 5 to 8 strings in double courses and a single string, played with a plectrum
  20. 41. 4-string bowed fiddle. The player plays seated cross-legged on the floor with the scroll resting on his right foot.
  21. 43. opening section of Javanese gamelan
  22. 47. Set of pitched hanging knobbed gongs suspended on a wooden rack. Played with a large padded beater.