| Laghu
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One
of the six Angas
that reckons musical time. It consists of a beat and a variable count
of fingers. See also Jati.
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| Laghu
Gotuvadhyam
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A
small Gotuvadyam, with a short stem and only five strings.
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| Laghu
Vina
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A
shorter Vina,
with five strings, with a range of one and half octaves.
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| Lakshana
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A
science or grammar, and refers to the Raga
and its characteristics. The Lakshanas
include Aroha,
Avaroha,
Jiva
Swaras,
Nyasa
Swaras,
Raga
Prayogas,
Vishesha
Sancharas,
subtle Srutis,
Rasa
and the appropriate time of singing.
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| Lakshana
Gita
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See
Gita.
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| Lakshanakara
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Sanskrit
term for musicologist. He is deemed to know a lot of facts about music
and is an authority on it.
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| Lakshana
Prabhanda
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A
composition in which some laws of music are described in its Sahitya.
The Murchhana
Karaka Mela Ragamalika is a case in point.
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| Lakshya
Grantha
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Treatise
on the science of music, with basic notations of compositions.
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| Langar
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A
Hindustani word that means anchor. It refers to the metallic ring-like
device to the right of the bridge, through which the strings are tied
in a Veena
or a Chitraveena.
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| Laya
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Literally,
merging. In Carnatic music, the term refers to the tempo and indicates
the speed and gait of a piece of music in the form of a regularly
repeated beat a recognizable speed. Vilambita
laya
is slow tempo, the Madhya
Laya
is medium paced and the Druta
Laya
is fast tempo.
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| Laya
Meettu
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Refers
to the technique of plucking the Tala
strings of the veena. This is a simultaneous upward stoke of the
little finger on the three Tala
strings.
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| Linguaphone
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An
instrument fitted with tongues that vibrate in different Swaras
when plucked. The Morsing
is an example. Often bamboo wood, bone and metal are used as tongues.
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| Lithophones
|
Musical
instruments made of stone. There are several varieties of such
instruments, including sets of stone pillars that sound various notes
from the scale when struck, and certain Mukhaveenas,
which are miniature Nagaswarams.
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| Lochana
Kavi
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Musicologist
from Mithila, who lived towards the end of the 14th
century. He is the author of the grantha Raga
Tarangini and quotes Vidyapati, the well-known poet of Mithila.
Lochana kavi recognized the 22 shruthis and enumerated twelve Thaats.
His shuddha scale was Kafi
(or Kharaharapriya of
Carnatic music).
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| Lohaja
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The
sound emanating form metal. e.g. the sound produced by cymbals.
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| Lute
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Any
stringed instrument, which has a resonator shaped like a pear at one
end, and a stem with a fretted fingerboard. The strings are plucked
with the fingers. The standard south Indian Veena
is a lute.
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