Describe what you hear in the pitch aspects of the melody in this section that relates to the definition of kalpana swaras in Worlds of Music, p. 323
What will be an ideal response?
• The melody is made up of notes which are repeated many times. In the kalpana swaras ("imagined notes") section of an instrumental performance, the "musicians articulate or pluck each note. What is the role of the mridangam in the kalpana swaras?
• The mridangam continues to accompany the melody being played on the veena, playing rhythm patterns within the adi tala cycles that complement the rhythms of the melody.
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What will be an ideal response?
Jazz swing feeling seems to be perceived in listeners when music has a certain combination of
a. steady tempo b. a certain kind of off-beat accenting c. a continuous rising and falling of the melodic line