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GLOSSARY OF INDIAN MUSICAL TERMS

The numbers are those of the pages The term southern or northern placed after a meaning indicates, that the word is used in that sense only in the south or north respectively.

Abhanga ... ... Marathi devotional song, 92. Abhog ... ... Closing section of a Hindusthani song, 87. Adhvadarsak ... Name given to Ma, 63. Aditdla ... ... Three-beat time, southern, 75, 76. Akshara ... ... Syllable unit of time-measure, 73. Akshiptikd ... Third section of Alaphana, 86. Alankdra ..._ ... Graces and ornaments of melody. Alaphana, Alap ... Improvised introduction to a melody, 86. Algosa ... ... A flute, 117. Amrita ... ... A musical instrument, 100. Athia ... ... Prominent note of a raga. Also called VadI, 39. Ananda laharl ... An ancient bow instrument, 115. Andolitam ... A gamaka, the swing, 85. Anga ... ... The tetrachord. A member of a time beat, 6. 74. Antard ... ... Second section of northern melody, 87. Antara ... ... Sharp of Ga, southern, 13. Anuddtta... ... A member of the Saman chant, a falling tone, 27. Anudruta ... ... Smallest time measure. One akshara, 73. Anumandaram ... Fourth string of vina, 104. Anupallavi ... Second section of a Carnatic melody, 87. Anuvddl ... ... Imperfect consonance, 26. Apsaras ... ... Heavenly dancers, 7. Arramin ... ... Svaramandala, dulcimer, 114. Arya ... ... An ancient Sanskrit metre. Arohana ... ... Complete ascent of the gamut, 85. As ... ... A slide, northern, 84. Astdi ... ... First section of Hindusthani melody, 87. Ata tdla ... ... Four-beat time, southern, 75. Ata-chautdla ... Crooked four-beat time, northern, 76. Atikomal ... ... Double flat, 4, Atikrama ... ... Disjunct motion, thirds, fourths and fifths itt Saman chant. Atisvarya ... ... Sixth note of SSman scale, 27, 30. Atitlvra ... ... Double sharp. 4. Avarohana ... Complete descent of gamut, 85. Avarta ... ... Complete section of time- measure, 6, 74.