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"Vakra"
Keywords:
crooked
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zig
,
zag
,
raga
,
ascending
Related Terms:
Slur
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Aroha
,
Avaroha
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Recapitulation
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Bass clef
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Alto clef
,
Alberti bass
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Key signature
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Treble clef
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F clef
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Grand staff
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Heterophony
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Organum
,
G clef
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Clef
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Texture
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Inversion
,
Sonata-allegro form
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Monophony
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Canon
,
Descant
,
Coda
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Homophony
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Ternary form
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Figured bass
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Homophonic
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Transposition
,
Counterpoint
,
Middle c
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Contrapuntal
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Conjunct
,
Through-composed
,
Polyphony
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Cadence
,
Turnaround
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Ostinato
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Melismatic
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Basso continuo
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Meend
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Stave
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Legato
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Swara
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Staff
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Staccato
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Sonata
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Obbligato
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Ground bass
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Bandish
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Sonata form
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Glissando
Zigzag, indirect, or crooked
batish.com
Irregular increase or decrease in pitch of the scale of the Raga
imsom.org
a raaga in which the order of one or more of the 7 swaras is out of place (not in regular ascending or descending order by its frequency). The swara that is out of place is called a vakra swara. For example, in SGRGMPDPS, ga and da are vakra
karnatik.com
convoluted, crooked
sawf.org
Crooked; vakra raga: a derived scale that has a zig-zag ascending or descending or both
trumpet.sdsu.edu
Crooked or zig-zag, referring to the non scalar melodic movement.
cybersangeet.com
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Keywords:
indra
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twelve
,
mountains
,
fear
,
sea
One of the twelve mountains which entered into the sea due to fear of Indra
blessingsonthenet.com