UPMSP High School Instrumental Music study materials
UPMSP High School Instrumental Music study resources

UPMSP High School Instrumental Music case studies

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UPMSP High School Instrumental Music - commonly called UP Board Class 10 Sangeet (Vadyatmak) - is the instrumental-music elective in Uttar Pradesh's Class X board examination. It suits students who already play a Hindustani instrument (sitar, sarod, violin, flute, tabla, harmonium, santoor or similar) and want school credit for that training. The UPMSP High School Instrumental Music case studies are 5 cases and about 2,568 words.

1

Sorting Twelve Instruments When Shape Misleads

At a district school music lab, the teacher unpacks twelve instruments for a practical test: two dholaks, a ghatam, a jal tarang, a morchang, three bansuris, two sitars, a tanpura, and a harmonium. Students must place each in one of four trays labelled tata, sushir, avanaddha, and ghan.

506 words, about 3 min
2

Correcting a Yaman Gat Notation in Teental

A Class 10 student submits a handwritten notation of a gat in raga Yaman set to Teental. The paper shows sixteen matras, but the student has marked sam with a khali symbol, put the tali number 3 on matra 9, and written shuddha Ma throughout.

629 words, about 3 min
3

Jhaptal Layakari Plan for a School Ensemble

The school ensemble is accompanying a sarod gat in Jhaptal at a comfortable barabar laya of 50 matras per minute. The gat's mukhra lands on sam, the khali vibhag is on matra 6, and the piece lasts six avartans.

475 words, about 2 min
4

Morning Slot Forces a Raga Substitution

The annual function begins at 9:30 a.m. A Class 12 student has practised a six-minute Yaman gat with teevra Ma and a descending phrase S N D P.

492 words, about 2 min
5

Tanpura Buzz After a Thicker String Is Fitted

The school tanpura develops a metallic buzz after a string is replaced. The new first string is visibly thicker than the old one, but the student has tuned it to Pa by turning the peg until the pitch matches the harmonium.

466 words, about 2 min