Indian Music
AABHOG - One of the four parts of a song.
ALAP - Elaboration of a melody without accompaniments
ANTARA - The second half of a song based on the higher notes of the cale
AROHA - The ascending order of notes
AVAROHA - The descending order of notes
BOLTAAN - Use of words in the improvisation of notes in medium orfast tempo
CHATURANGA - style of Hindustani music composition
DHAMARA - style of composition in 14 beats of a Tala
DHRUPADA - style of composition in 12 beats of a Tala
DRUT - Fast Tempo of the music
GAT - A fixed composition of instrumental music
GURU - Taditional teacher or preceptor
HORI - A musical form of composition mostly sung in the spring festival
JATI - Model Scale
KHAYAL - Composition in Hindustani music, usually in a slow tempo, in which the artist uses a great deal of improvisation
LAYA - Tempo
MATRA - One beat of the rhythm
NADA - Sound
ODAVA - Pentatonic mode emphasizing any five notes
POORVA RAGAS - Ragas sung between the hours of 12 midnight and 12 noon
RAGA - Combination of notes which conveys a definite emotion
RASA - The flavour to be realized in the aethistic emotion
SAMPOORNA - All the seven notes
SANDHI PRAKASH - Twilight
SARGAM - Presentation of a melody in actual notes
SHADAVA - Sexatonic mode emphasizing any six notes
SHISHYA - Pupil
SHRUTI - Musical interval
SHUDDHA SWARA - A pure note
SAPTAK - An octave of natural notes
TALA - Time measure of rythmic beat
TAAN - Improvisations of notes in medium and fast tempo
THAAT - A scale or mould out of which a group of ragas originate
VILAMBIT - Slow tempo