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CARNATIC MUSIC TERMS

• Nishādhāntya

A janyarāgam is Nishādhāntya if the highest note that can be played is the Nishādham. The rules for such rāgams are that they should be played or sung within the single octave - Ni, Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni. Examples are Nadanamakriya and Punnāgavarāli rāgams.

• Dhaivatāntya

A janyarāgam is Dhaivadhāntya if the highest note that can be played is the Dhaivatam. The rules for such rāgams are that they should be played or sung within the single octave - Dha, Ni, Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha. Example Kurinji rāgam.

WESTERN MUSIC TERMS

• The line or lines of music read by an individual performer or multiple performers of the same instrument. For example, the viola section of an orchestra consists of a group of violists reading the same music, known as the “viola part."

• A single melodic strand of a polyphonic or contrapuntal texture, as in "two-part counterpoint" and "four-part harmony." In this context, "voice" can also be used to mean "part."

•  A section of a larger composition, used primarily to describe a musical form, for example "three-part song form."

CAREERS IN MUSIC

• Music Business & Management

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