A tala
A. is counted with the feet.
B. repeats cycles of beat patterns.
C. contains pre-composed, notated, rhythmic patterns.
D. is played in each musical layer: melody, drone, rhythm.
Question 2
The raga
A. is a mystical expressive entity, a portfolio of musical gestures and phrases.
B. lets the performer decide how to move from one note to another.
C. raises or lowers every scale degreesa ri ga ma pa da ni.
D. is reduced in the Carnatic tradition to four basic types.