Carnatic Music (243)

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1. Answer any one of the following questions in about 50-60 words.

(a) Why is it said that musical instruments can reach five Sthayis effortlessly?

(b) In some wind musical instruments, the Sruti is fixed to the instrument itself. Give at least two reasons with examples.

2. Answer any one of the following questions in about 50-60 words each.

(a) ‘Several musicologists have given different Gamakas’. Named those Gamakas used in Carnatic music.

(b) Write the number of Srutis, which is commonly accepted by musicologists.

3. Answer any one of the following questions in about 50-60 words each.

(a) Write the definition and classification of Sruti in Carnatic music.

(b) What is Gamaka? How did Gamakas mentioned in Sangita Ratnakara?

4. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-150 wards each.

(a) *All Sarali Varisais have a beautiful set of Swaras with different permutations and combinations”. Justify the statement in your own words. 

(b) Name the raga which is easy for beginners to learn, and the Swaras stand in balanced distance from one another. Write a few lines about that raga.

5. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100-150 wards each.

(a) Write the six Angas of Talas with their sign and Aksharakala (time duration), and method of reckoning in the flow chart. 

(b) Draw a flow chart of Suladi Sapta Talas with the name of those talas, their angas, and time duration. 

6. Prepare any one project work out of the given below:

(a) Write the important features of Sarali Varisai, and also mention any two Varisai with ascending and descending order.

(b) Name any four names of musical instruments whose sound is produced by setting into vibration. Collect any three photographs of them, and write in detail about the instruments.