Question | Answer |
Background info | -a Hindu devotional song -performed by Chiranji La Tanwar |
Rhythm/metre | One tal used: -Keherwa tal - 8 beat cycle (2+2+2+2) |
Rhythm/metre | Alap has no regular pulse |
Instrumentation | SAROD: -Plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings -Shorter than sitar with no frets -can bend notes by sliding along fretboard |
Instrumentation | SARANGI: -fretless bowed instrument -3 thick strings -as many as 36 sympathetic strings -pitch changed by pushing base of left hand fingernails against string and sliding up and down. |
Instrumentation | PAKHAWAJ: -A large double- headed drum played with both hands |
Instrumentation | tabla & small set of cymbals |
Structure | ALAP: -sarangi followed by voice introduce notes/mood of rag --slow tempo with no regular pulse |
Structure | BHAJAN: -tabla enter with keherwa tal -sung verse followed by short sarangi and sarod solos (pattern repeats) -melismas & ornaments decorate words |
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