Karnataka II PUC Hindustani Music (KSEAB) case studies
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The Karnataka II PUC Hindustani Music examination is the second-year pre-university board examination in Hindustani (North Indian) classical music, set and conducted by the Karnataka School Examination and Board Assessment (KSEAB). Candidates take it as an elective subject within the two-year pre-university course, usually alongside other arts, science or commerce subjects, and it is intended for students who have studied Hindustani music formally at the pre-university level rather than for complete beginners. The Karnataka II PUC Hindustani Music (KSEAB) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,770 words.
1Kafi Thaat, Two Mas, and a Student's Label
In a II PUC practical file, a student writes the aroha of a prescribed raga as S R g M P D n S and the avaroha as S n D P M g R S. Beside it she writes 'Thaat: Kafi; Jati: sampoorna-sampoorna.' In the lakshana-geet notation on the next page, however, a teevra Ma appears twice in a descending phrase, M(t) D n D P, and her oral explanation says 'Kafi has komal Ga and komal Ni, so this is Kafi.' The teacher has 40 minutes before the file must be signed.
600 words, about 3 min2Counting 24 Bols Before Sam
During the practical examination, a candidate sets Teental at 60 bpm on the tabla and plays one complete avartan of the theka. He then announces '3/2 ki layakari' and performs a 24-bol pattern built from the theka bols.
580 words, about 3 min3The Talalipi That Adds Up but Does Not Divide
A student submits a talalipi for a composition in Jhaptal, which has 10 matras. The syllable row reads: dhi na dhi dhi na dhi na dhi dhi na.
508 words, about 3 min4Gwalior Because It Is Old?
In a listening test, students hear a khayal recording described as follows: a very slow vilambit in Ektal, with long-held notes, meend-heavy badhat, sparse bol-baant, and almost no nom-tom; the drut is in Teental with clear sapat taans and a few gamak-heavy tans. A student writes 'Gharana: Gwalior, because the khayal opens in vilambit and Gwalior is the oldest khayal gharana.' The teacher has one class period to discuss the answer.
486 words, about 2 min5Fifteen Minutes, Three Forms, and 800 Listeners
The school's annual day committee has approved a 15-minute music item. A group of three Class 12 students proposes: (1) a 4-minute khayal in Raga Yaman with a film-song refrain inserted in the middle; (2) a 6-minute film dance medley in the same scale; (3) a 5-minute fusion finale in which the tabla plays Teental while a recorded EDM track plays at 128 bpm.
596 words, about 3 min