ASSEB HSLC Class 10 Elective Music case studies
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Elective Music at the HSLC level under the Assam State School Education Board is a two-part subject: a written theory paper and a practical examination with performance and viva voce. It suits students who already sing or play - particularly those trained in Hindustani or Assamese traditional repertoire - and who want the subject to count towards their HSLC result rather than keeping music as a hobby outside school. The ASSEB HSLC Class 10 Elective Music case studies are 5 cases and about 3,311 words.
1Programming a Magh Bihu evening around a Borgeet, an Ojapali troupe and a Husori team
A higher secondary school in Nalbari has ninety minutes of stage time for its annual cultural evening on 13 January, the eve of Magh Bihu. The elders of the nearby namghar have been invited and will sit in the front row.
689 words, about 3 min2Two sargam notebooks disagree: which notation goes to the examiner
The practical examination requires each candidate to submit a written sargam notation of the composition they will sing. Two classmates notated the same recorded piece - a khayal in raga Khamaj, set to an eight-matra cycle with tali on matras 1 and 5 and khali on matras 3 and 7 - and their notebooks disagree in three places.
670 words, about 3 min3Twelve instruments, two ensembles, one disputed classification table
The music room of a secondary school holds twelve instruments: khol, dhol, bhortal, khutitaal, pepa, gogona, xutuli, dotara, harmonium, tabla, violin and bansuri. The teacher has three jobs: equip a Husori and Bihu ensemble for the Republic Day function; provide a minimal, stylistically defensible accompaniment for a Borgeet at the namghar; and submit a table classifying every instrument under the four traditional classes - tata, sushira, avanaddha and ghana - flagging any disputed case.
648 words, about 3 min4A 700-word project on six personalities, and one disputed attribution
A candidate is writing a 700-word school project titled 'Contributions to Assamese music' and has listed six names: Srimanta Sankaradeva, Madhavadeva, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Bhupen Hazarika and Parvati Prasad Baruva. The teacher says only four can be treated properly in 700 words; the remaining two may be named in one sentence each.
618 words, about 3 min5Eight minutes, a tanpura left at C sharp, and a voice that sits at A
The practical examination gives each candidate eight minutes: about two minutes of alap, one full avartan of a composition, and a short viva. The room's tanpura has been left at C sharp because the harmonium used by the previous candidate is fixed at C sharp.
686 words, about 3 min