BSEH Secondary Music Instrumental case studies
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The BSEH Secondary Music Instrumental examination is the Class 10 elective in Hindustani instrumental music offered under the Board of School Education Haryana. It suits students who have taken instrumental music as a school subject and who can already produce a clean tone and hold a steady tala cycle. The BSEH Secondary Music Instrumental case studies are 5 cases and about 4,307 words.
1Jhaptal: the sam that settles one matra early
At the Class XII board practical a vocal candidate sings a khayal in Raga Bageshri set to Jhaptal (10 matras, vibhags 2+3+2+3). In the green room she kept the cycle accurately against a metronome at 56 beats per minute.
887 words, about 4 min2Yaman at 9:15 in the morning
A candidate's practical examination slot is 9:15 a.m. She has prepared a khayal in Raga Yaman, set to Teental, and a tarana in the same raga.
883 words, about 4 min3The fair copy that begins on khali
A candidate's practical file must contain a handwritten fair copy of one bandish in Bhatkhande notation and the same bandish in Vishnu Digambar Paluskar notation, with the tala marked. She chooses a Khamaj bandish in Teental (16 matras, 4+4+4+4).
896 words, about 4 min4Drone for a raga without Pa
A candidate is to sing a khayal in Raga Marwa in a twelve-minute slot in a small, carpeted classroom. The tanpura is a four-string instrument currently tuned Pa-Sa-Sa-Sa from the previous candidate's Bhairavi.
856 words, about 4 min5Rupak: the sam you must not clap
An instrumental candidate plays a madhya-laya gat in Raga Bhairavi on sitar, set to Rupak tala - 7 matras in vibhags 3+2+2 - with a tabla player. In Rupak the sam is khali: matra 1 is marked with a wave, and the two talis fall on matras 4 and 6.
785 words, about 4 min