Theory Test 2026

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  1. 4. An audhav jati, late night raga. Often associated with the winter season (7)
  2. 7. Vadi of Bhoopali, Yaman, and Khamaj (7)
  3. 9. A raga derived from a parent raga (9)
  4. 10. Thaat of Malkauns (8)
  5. 12. A gambhir raga, sung in the morning (7)
  6. 13. A tala, 6-beat cycle, often used in light music, like Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena (5)
  7. 15. Full form name of 'Sa' (6)
  8. 16. Who created the Tarana style of singing (10)
  9. 20. A raga with Audav jati, calm nature, and no Ma or Ni (8)
  10. 21. Which composition uses Arabic and Persian phonemes as a way to express the raga? (6)
  11. 25. ____ Prakruti The nature or personality of a raga (4)
  12. 26. Which note is a characteristic of Thaat Kalyan, and can be seen in ragas like Yaman and Kedar? (8)
  13. 27. Notes not allowed in a raga; i.e the bullies of a raga (6)
  14. 28. When you end a composition, you sing this three times (5)
  15. 29. Faster elaborations at the end of a bandish (5)
  16. 31. Gujarati poet, devotee of Krishna, wrote Vaishnava Jan (12)
  17. 32. How many thaats are there in Hindustani music? (3)
  18. 33. Thaat with Ga, Dha, and Ni komal (7)
  19. 35. Bhoopali is a(n) ______ jati raga (6)
  20. 37. Musicologist that started classifying ragas into thaats in Hindustani music (10)
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  1. 1. Thaat of Raga Bihag (7)
  2. 2. The higher, second section of a composition (6)
  3. 3. Female saint-poet that sang devotional songs of Lord Krishna through Vrindavan (7)
  4. 5. “I bring the rain when I arrive” (6)
  5. 6. Classical singer of Akbar's court who brought thunderstorms with his rendition of Raga Malhar (6)
  6. 8. This note's full name is Nishad (2)
  7. 11. A parent raga that all other ragas are derived from (10)
  8. 14. Raga often sung in patriotic or folk-style compositions (3)
  9. 17. Which of the four vedas does music originate from in India? (8)
  10. 18. A specific school of Hindustani music, characterized by the gurushishya parampara. Examples include Gwalior, Agra, Mehwati, Patiala, etc. (7)
  11. 19. A 7-beat taal that starts with khali (6)
  12. 22. What is the name of the scripture written by Bharat that serves as the foundation of Indian classical music as we know it today (12)
  13. 23. A raga in thaat Kafi that expresses Shringara rasa, or the emotion of love through the use of komal Ga and Ni, as well as a shadow of Pa (8)
  14. 24. The lower, first section of a composition (6)
  15. 30. Which gharana do we at Sur Sangat Academy belong to? (7)
  16. 34. Parent scale system used to classify ragas (5)
  17. 36. This raga uses both Shuddha and Tivra Ma, Kalyan Thaat (5)