ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (LONDON) PUBLIC EXAMINATION in CARNATIC MUSIC VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 5th May 2007 Grade Five Total time: Two and half hours YOUR FULL NAME: ______________________________________________________ YOUR REGISTRATION NO .________________________________________________ • Please write your full name and Registration No. on your answer script and on this question paper. Attach this question paper with your answer scripts. Answer all Questions Part One - Must be answered on the question paper Underline the correct word from the terms given in brackets 1. The third section in a kirtana is (idai nilai, charanam, ettukadai pallavi) 2. Tisrajati Rupakam and Khanda jati Eka talam, each have (7, 3, 5) aksharams to an avartam. 3. Pantuvarali and Simhendra madhyamam, have the same fourth swaram in their arohanam because they are (uttaranga melas, purvanga melas, prashidha melas) 4. Dhanyasi and Hindolam are janya ragas of the (8 th and 20 th melas respectively, 8th and 15 th melas respectively) 5. Ghatam and Kanchira belong to the section called (sushira vadyams, pratama vadyams, tala vadyams) 6. A Melakarta ragam, whose arohanam-avarohanam has all the suddha swaram is (Thodi, Kanagangi, Chakravakam) 7. Ashtapadis are musical pieces composed by (Bharatiar, Jayadevar, Thiyagarajah) 8. Arunachala Kavirayar’s compositions are all in (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi) 9. The mela mnemonics in the 72 melakarta scheme are (7, 6, 12) in each chakra. 10. Thillanas contain (Jatis, swarakorvai, kalpanaswarams) in their structures. (10 x 2 = 20 marks) (Continued on the next page) ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (LONDON) PUBLIC EXAMINATION in CARNATIC MUSIC VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 5th May 2007 Grade 5 Please write your full name on your answer scripts as well. Part Two 1. Write a short essay on any one of the three composers given: Syama Sastri, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Arunachala Kavirayar, with special emphasis on their valuable contribution to Carnatic music and also their special compositions. (10 marks) 2. a. Give the raga lakshana of a Janaka ragam from your syllabus, with a short sancharam, prominent pieces composed in the chosen raga and a swarastana graph of the raga. (8 marks) b. Choose any two janya ragams from the list given below. Simple sancharams, prominent pieces and swarastana graphs should also be given with the lakshanas of the ragas. The ragas are: Khamas, Hindolam, Dhanyasi, Vasanta, Surati, Kaanada and Bhupalam. (12 marks) 3. a. On the diagram of the veena in your question paper, mark and name the different parts on it. b. On the first string of the veena – mark the swarastanas of a Melakarta ragam of your choice. Write the name of the chosen ragam and give a short account of this instrument. (15 marks) (Continued on the next page) ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (LONDON) PUBLIC EXAMINATION in CARNATIC MUSIC VOCAL & I STRUME TAL 5th May 2007 Grade 5 Please write your full name on your answer scripts. Part Two. (contd.) 4. Choose any two chakras from the Melakarta scheme (one purvanga and one Uttaranga). Write their serial numbers, mela names with the mela mnemonics, swara mnemonics and their Bhuta sankyai names (20 marks) 5. Write the notation of either an Ada talam or Jambai tala Varnam. Two avartam swara-sahitya with raga, tala and composer’s name. (15 marks) © Academy of Fine Arts (London) 2006 Copyright reserved. No part of this question paper may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior permission of the Academy. 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