Grade 4

What classification is a violin?

string

What classification is a vina?

string

What classification is the sitar?

string

What classification is the sarod?

string

What classification is the chitra vina?

string

How is music created with string instruments?

string's vibrations are echoed through a holllow wooden chamber

What classification is the flute?

wind

What classificaiton is the nadasvaram?

wind

What classification is the saxophone?

wind

How is music made with wind instruments?

blow air into the tube and control the note by placing fingers on various holes in the instrument

What is the classification of mrudangam?

rhythm

What is the classification of tabla?

rhythm

What is the classication of ghatam?

rhythm

What is the classification of kanjira?

rhythm

What is the classification of morsing?

rhythm

What is used to make mrudangam?

leather made of buffalo skin

What is used to make kanjira?

skin of the varanus

Whose Sishya Parampara does Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar belong to?

Venkatamakhi and Govinda Dikshitar

Where was Muttusvami Dikshitar born?

Tiruvarur

Who was Muttusvami Dikshitar born to?

Ramasvami Dikshitar

When was Muttusvami Dikshitar born?

4th March 1775

What was Muttusvami Dikshitar's first krithi?

Srinadadi Guruguho Jayathi Jayathi

What is the ragam of Srinadadi Guruguho Jayathi Jayathi?

Mayamalavagowlai

What is Muttuswami Dikshitar's mudra?

guruguha

What is Muttusvami Dikshitar's second kriti?

Manasa guruguha

What is the ragam of Manasa Guruguha?

Ananda Bhairavi

Where was Syama Sastri born?

Thiruvarur

When was Syama Sastri born?

26th April 1762

What was Syama Sastri's given name?

Venkata subrahmanya sarma

What was Syama Sastri's nicknam?

syamakrishna

What did Syama Sastri sing in Madurai?

Nine krithis known as Navaratna Malika

On whom are most of Syama Sastri's krithis based?

kamakshi amman

What ragam was the treasure of Syama Sastri?

Ananda bhairavi

When was Ramalinga Adigalar born?

1823

Who are Ramalinga Adigalar's parents?

Sri Ramaiya Pillai and Cinnammaiyar

How many thirumurais are Ramalinga Adigalar's compositions compiled into?

6

How many compositions does Ramalinga Adigalar have?

over 6000

What are Ramalinga Adigalar's keerthanams called?

thiruarutpa

Who wrote Manumurai Kanda Vachagam?

Ramalinga Adigalar

What is Manumurai Kanda Vachagam about?

the history of Many Needhi Choran

Who wrote Jeeva Karunya Ozhukkum?

Ramalinga Adigalar

Who wrote Tenena Inikkum Thiruvarutkadale?

Ramalinga Adigalar

What ragam is Tenena Inikkum Thiruvarutkadale?

Shanmugapriya

Who wrote Idhu Nalla Tharunam?

Ramalinga Adigalar

What ragam is Idhu Nalla Tharunam?

Sankarabharanam

Where was Andal found?

Under a tulsi plant in Srivilliputtur

Who found Andal?

Periyazhvar

What was Andal's given name?

Kodai

Who wrote Tiruppavai?

Andal

Who wrote Nachiyar Thirumozhi?

Andal

How many verses does TIruppavai have?

30

How many verses does Nachiyar Thirumozi have?

143

What month is special for Tiruppavai?

Margazhi

What does alankara mean?

ornamentation

What is the first rule of alankaras?

the composition of alankaras should be within the range of an octave

What is the second rule of alankaras?

janta swaras should not be used

What is the third rule of alankaras?

it should consist of two equal halves for arohana and avarohana

What is the fourth rule of alankaras?

they must be symmetrical

What is the fifth rule of alankaras?

they must be composed in sampurna-sampurna, shadava-shadava- or audava-audava ragams only