Questions on Music in Primary School Book XII

N times, the origin of Indian music is hidden in the beautiful myths of its creators. Indians believe that Indian music was created by Shiva, the god of Shiva. In India, the greatest of the ancient authorities on music, and the one who is still revered and worshipped by musicians in India today, is Sharangadeva, a saint of the early 13th century. Later on, the invasion of Islam in the north influenced the difference in musical styles between the north and the south, and Akbar (1542-1605 A.D), the king of the north, who was a believer in Islam, was a monarch who was very fond of music. During his reign, his court musician Tan Sen pioneered the music of North India, and the raga of Indian music was greatly changed under his influence. In addition, the chamber music of India, also from the reign of Akbar the Great, and the Indian temple music, theater, and so on, and gained a very good development.

The beat plays a very important role in Indian music. The Indians attach great importance to the beat, which comes from their ancient poetic method and the concept of rhythm. In India, whether in Sanskrit or in regional dialects, all syllables are categorized according to their duration. On the other hand, since there is no such thing as strong or weak syllables in Indian poems, they are categorized according to the length of time. At present, scholars of Indian languages still attach great importance to the various kinds of beats in poems and are very strict in their requirements, and some scholars even teach according to the rhyme scheme of poems. Indians are very sensitive and familiar with the sense of rhythm and the continuity of time. This is also the reason why Indians can easily set lyrics or poems to music or fill them with music. In addition to this, Indians have a great ability to anticipate various rhythmic combinations. For example, in drum improvisation, Indians are able to quickly and correctly determine whether the beat pattern of a drum consists of two beats plus four beats or seven beats plus two beats plus seven beats. ..... The rhythmic pattern of the drum is composed of two beats plus four beats or seven beats plus two beats plus seven beats.

Indian music, like other folk music, has its own style, strongly reflecting its customs and life style. Indian music is extremely religious, as Indian civilization focuses on the spiritual dimension of the mind, and folk music is complex, mysterious, diverse, and meditatively spiritual.

Indian music can be broadly divided into two schools: South Indian music and North Indian music. Although the musical instruments played and the styles of the songs are different, the terms and theories of the music are the same. The sitar is the representative instrument of North Indian music. North Indian music is influenced by Muslim culture and Persian music, and belongs to the category of court music, which is very different from the nature of South Indian music with strong Hindu colors.

History of Indian Music

A. Native Dravidian ethnography from 3,000 B.C., originating with the Aryans of Central Asia, lays the foundations of the music

B. Vedic Chant Age of Vedic Chant (Aryan peoples, Hindu religion), 1500-500 B.C.

A. Vedic Chant (Aryan peoples, Hindu religion), 1500-500 B.C., 1500-500 B.C., 1500-500 B.C. Vedic Chant (Aryan peoples, Hindu religion), 1500-500 B.C.

It is the oldest musical tradition in existence today. The Vedas contain the earliest philosophical and religious ideas of the Indians, and have had a profound influence on the Indians to this day.

C. Buddhism and Greek culture also influenced India in the pre- and post-Christian era, but relatively few of them survived, and the song "I and Thou" is the most advanced of all ancient human civilizations in Asia. Asia is one of the most developed regions of ancient human civilization. Asian traditional music has a long history, Asia's splendid music culture is an important part of the human musical heritage, which has had a huge impact on the development of music in other continents. Asia can be divided into five musical cultural areas: East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and West Asia.

East Asian music is very rich in melody, mostly pentatonic scale, a wide variety of musical instruments, and a variety of folk songs, opera, rap and dance. Such as absorbed from the Chinese traditional music and then was nationalized by the Japanese Yale, zither, zheng, shamisen music, Korean Tang music and folk music, of course, including the rich and colorful Chinese folk music, these are the treasures of the Oriental music and art.

The music of Southeast Asia was first influenced by Chinese and Indian cultures, and later by Islamic and later Zhou cultures in some countries. The classical music of Thailand and Indonesia is partly based on the heptatonic scale. Large percussion bands are one of the characteristics of Southeast Asian music.

The ancient musical traditions of South Asia continue to this day. The melodic and rhythmic systems of Indian classical music are highly developed, with a variety of hungry syllables and unique ornamentation systems. Bangladesh is known as the "State of Music", and Bengali music has a deep relationship with the classical and folk music of the Indian subcontinent.

Central Asia and West Asia belongs to the Islamic culture, the use of unison scales, Central Asia's Arab classical music with twenty-four equal-tempered scales. The style is soft and held. Arab music in its formation process, ancient Egypt, ancient Persia and ancient Greco-Roman culture have given great influence. Arab music culture has also had an impact on the music of northern India and western China.