Discuss the three different musical layers of musical texture in a Carnatic musical ensemble, and include an instrument associated with each layer
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• Melodic layer: principal melodic soloist (voice, violin, bamboo flute, saxophone, veena, keyboard, or mandolin) and melodic accompanist (The principal accompanying melodic instrument is the violin.)
• Drone or sruti layer: sustains tonal center and the tone a fifth above tonal center, played on sruti-box (reed organ), tambura (four-stringed instrument), or an electronic drone created on a small synthesizer, which eliminates the need for a performer.
• Rhythm (percussion) layer: improvised, complex, rhythmic patterns based on a tala (metric cycle); led by the principal accompanying percussionist, playing a mridangam (double-headed Indian drum), sometimes with subordinate percussion instruments such as kanjira (tambourine), ghatam (clay pot), or morsang (Jew's or jaw's harp).?
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