RBSE SS Sitar case studies
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The RBSE Senior Secondary Sitar is a Class 12 board examination in Hindustani instrumental music, offered by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) as a senior secondary elective. It suits students who have studied sitar through secondary level - or who have trained privately and can demonstrate a working command of the instrument - and who want board-recognised certification before pursuing music at university or a performance career. The RBSE SS Sitar case studies are 5 cases and about 3,292 words.
1Monsoon buzz on a C# sitar before a demonstration
At a summer camp in Jaipur, relative humidity has stayed above 80% for two weeks. A student's sitar, last serviced in January, is tuned with the first (baj) string at C# and the kharaj at C# two octaves below; the three chikari are Sa–Sa–Pa and the eleven tarab strings follow Yaman.
740 words, about 4 min2Classifying a 16-matra gat labelled masitkhani
A student submits a 16-matra teental composition in Yaman for assessment, labelled 'masitkhani gat, vilambit'. The notation is written in continuous sargam without bar lines or stroke marks, and the student performs it at approximately 144 bpm with a three-times tihai at the end.
657 words, about 3 min3Bageshri avaroha that drifts into Kafi-ang
A student is preparing Bageshri for a practical test. The aroha is sung as S R g M P d n S, and the avaroha as S n d P M g R S.
630 words, about 3 min4Planning a 20-minute sitar item in Jhaptal with an unwilling tabla player
A college concert gives a sitar student a strict 20-minute slot. The student has prepared alap, jod, jhala and a madhya-laya gat in Jhaptal, notated as 2+3+2+3, with a tihai that lands on sam after three cycles.
640 words, about 3 min5Attributing a Malkauns tarana from an unlabelled phone recording
A student submits a transcription of a tarana in Malkauns, 16 matras, with the syllables 'nom tom tanana dere na'. The student attributes it to Vilayat Khan and describes it as an 'Imdadkhani gharana composition'.
625 words, about 3 min