Question
B.C. Manjunath used the Fibonacci sequence to organize a highly virtuosic piece in this style. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this style of vocal percussion whose performers chant solkattu syllables to imitate the mridangam drum. Elementary music educators sometimes use Hoffman, Pelto, and White's “takadimi” system of rhythmic solfège, which was inspired by this style of vocal percussion.
ANSWER: Konnakol
[10e] Konnakol and the mridangam are used in this South Indian classical tradition. The swara “sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni, sa” are analogs of melodic solfège used in this tradition and Hindustani music.
ANSWER: Carnatic music [accept Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam]
[10m] The solkattu syllables used in Konnakol subdivide these constructs that are analogous to Western meters. The name for these constructs comes from the Sanskrit word for clapping.
ANSWER: talas
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