Maharashtra HSC Vocal Light Music case studies
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The Maharashtra HSC Music (Vocal Light Music) elective is a Class XII subject examined by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. It is designed for students who actually sing - light classical and light music repertoire such as bhavgeet, Natya Sangeet, and song forms drawn from Marathi stage and film traditions - and who want that ability assessed formally alongside written theory rather than kept as a private hobby. The Maharashtra HSC Vocal Light Music case studies are 5 cases and about 4,430 words.
1The 12-Minute Slot and a Voice That Cracks Above the Upper Pa
Rutuja is a Class 12 HSC Vocal Light Music candidate. Her practical exam is six weeks away and consists of one 12-minute slot in which she must present a short aalap, one natya sangeet, one bhavgeet and one abhang, plus a brief tala demonstration.
945 words, about 5 min2Kafi or Bhimpalasi: Naming the Raga of a Bhavgeet in 120 Words
Anika is preparing programme notes for a bhavgeet she will sing in her practical. The song's swaralipi, as printed in her textbook, contains four recurring phrases: (i) S R g M P; (ii) M P D n S'; (iii) S' n D P M g R S; (iv) P M g R S.
870 words, about 4 min3Correcting a Swaralipi Draft in Jhaaptal
Sameer has drafted the swaralipi of a natya sangeet pada in Jhaaptal for his written paper. His draft has four lines.
908 words, about 5 min4Two Songs, One Label: Rasa in a Natya Sangeet and a Bhavgeet
Priya must submit written programme notes and face a short viva on two items she will sing: a natya sangeet and a bhavgeet. In her first draft she writes that both are 'karuna rasa'.
846 words, about 4 min5A Dhangari Ovi or a Lavani: Fitting a Regional Item into the Practical
Omkar has 12 minutes in the practical: a bhajan, an abhang, a bhavgeet and one regional item. For the regional item he is torn between a lavani he has learned from a commercial recording, in which the dholki carries an addha-like theka and the refrain is repeated by a female chorus, and a Dhangari ovi his grandmother sings at shearing time, in her Dhangari dialect, with no percussion and a response line that the women sing back.
861 words, about 4 min