The Sruti Layer (2)
What will be an ideal response?
• The drone, or sruti, layer consists of the sustained (continuously sounding) central tone of the composition and the perfect fifth above the central tone, either played on instruments such as the four-stringed tambura or sruti-box (small reed organ), or provided by small electronic equivalents (synthesizers) that eliminate the need for a performer.
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Romantic composers completely abandoned the structural forms of the classical period.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
While on a crusade in Constantinople, Louis IX purchased what relic to display at Sainte-Chapelle?
a. the Virgin Mary’s tunic b. Christ’s crown of thorns c. Mary Magdalene’s bones d. John the Baptist’s skull
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a. Saxophone b. Piano c. Trumpet d. Bass