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Carnatic Music Terms

• Melakartā

A Melakartā rāgam is one which has all seven swarams, namely, Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha and Ni (sampoornarāgam). The ārōhanam and avarōhanam of a melakartā ragam are strictly ascending and descending scales. It is also known as janakarāgam (parent rāgam), because other rāgams are derived from it.

• AsampūrnaMelakartā

One of the 72 parent rāgams first created by Venkatamakhin which did not have strict rules of ascending / descending scales, did not insist on inclusion of all 7 swaras nor disallow vakraprayogas (zigzag notes in scale).

Western Music Terms

• Aria

[ah-ree-ah] (Italian) "Air." A self-contained, melodic section of a large-scale vocal work (opera , cantata, or oratorio) sung by a soloist with instrumental or orchestral accompaniment. It is distinct from the more speech-like recitative sections. There are also areas that exist independent of any larger work, and in the Baroque period, some instrumental works were called arias, such as the theme of Bach's Goldberg Variations. 

• Arioso

[ah-ree-oh-soh] Sometimes used to identify vocal or instrumental music in a lyrical style. 

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