ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (LONDON) PUBLIC EXAMINATION
in
CARNATIC MUSIC
VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 29 th April 2006
Grade Five Total time: Two and half hours
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Part One - Must be answered on the question paper Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the terms given in brackets
1. The avarohanam of ragam Dhanyasi is ______(snpmgrs, sndpmgrs, snpmgs)
2. Khamas ragam’s arohanam is ______(varjam, vakram, swarantharam)
3. If the serial number of Kamavardhani is 51, what is the serial number of Mayamalavagaula? ______(12, 15, 14)
4. A purvanga Melakarta number has its opposite number by a difference of ______ragas (19, 36, 72)
5. Ghatam and Kanchira are ______vadyams. (pradana, upa, sruti)
6. Raga Alapana is ______sangeetam. (kalpita, measured music, kalpana)
7. The Epic “Rama Natakam” was written as a ______by Arunachala Kavirayar (opera, poems, tillanas)
8. Agni is the name of a ______in the Melakarta scheme (ragam, group, chakra)
9. A Carnatic music concert usually begins with a ______(venpa, bhajan, Varnam)
10. The mela mnemonic of Thodi raga is ______. (Netra Go, Indhu Sri, Netra Sri) (10 x 2 = 20 marks) (Continued on the next page) ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (LONDON) PUBLIC EXAMINATION in CARNATIC MUSIC
VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 29 th April 2006
Grade 5 (contd.) Please write your full name on your answer scripts as well.
Part Two 1. a. Give the raga lakshana of a scholarly Melakarta ragam from your syllabus, with a short sancharams, two musical pieces and a swarastana graph (8 marks) b. Describe any two janya ragams of your choice from Grade 5 syllabus, with a short sancharams, two musical pieces and a swarastana graph (14 marks)
2. Write a brief essay of Muthuswami Dhikshitar or Syama Sastri or Arunachala Kavirayar with particular mention of different types of pieces and contribution to the progress of Carnatic Music. (12 marks)
3. a. Illustrate, in writing, either the veena or the kanchira with its popular uses in music concerts. Also mention two names of famous musicians on the chosen instrument (10 marks)
b. Mark and label the chosen instrument on the diagram provided (4 marks)
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CARNATIC MUSIC
VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 29 th April 2006
Grade 5 (contd.) Please write your full name on your answer scripts.
Part Two. (contd.)
4. Name the Uttaranga mela ragas, contained in the chakras Rishi and Disi with their respective serial numbers, swara and mela mnemonics. (16 marks)
5. Write two avartam swara-sahitya notation, of the Pallavi of either a Ata tala Varnam or a Jambai tala Varnam with raga, tala and composer’s name. (16 marks)
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