PSEB SS Music Instrumental case studies
PSEB SS Music Instrumental · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The PSEB Senior Secondary Music (Instrumental) is the Class XII elective through which a Punjab school candidate offers Hindustani instrumental music as a board subject. It is a school-leaving qualification, not a conservatory diploma and not a professional performance licence, and this page is an independent study resource rather than a board publication. The PSEB SS Music Instrumental case studies are 5 cases and about 3,032 words.
1The 10:30 a.m. Yaman Request
At an inter-school instrumental competition scheduled for 10:30 a.m., a Class XII sitar student has eight minutes to play. The prescribed list includes Yaman and Bhairav, but the student has polished only a Yaman gat in Teentaal and a short Yaman alaap.
642 words, about 3 min2The Khali That Landed on 9
A sitar student is rehearsing a 16-matra gat in Teentaal with a tabla player. The student's handwritten swarlipi divides the gat into four groups of four matras, but marks khali on matra 5 and tali on matra 9.
620 words, about 3 min3The Sitar That Buzzes Only on Ma
Ninety minutes before a practical exam, a student discovers that the college sitar buzzes only when the fretted tivra Ma is played strongly. The hall humidity is about 70%, the Pa peg slips when the string is brought up to pitch, and two sympathetic strings continue ringing after a phrase.
630 words, about 3 min4Masitkhani or Razakhani?
A student trained in the Imdadkhani gharana enters a state-level instrumental competition. The rules ask for 'one traditional gat in Teentaal' and the judges' rubric rewards clear gharana identity, gayaki ang in the slow section, and tantrakari in the fast section.
558 words, about 3 min5The Programme Note That Says Tansen Invented the Sitar
A student is asked to write a 100-word programme note for a school concert. The draft reads: 'Tansen invented the sitar and the tabla.
582 words, about 3 min