WBCHSE Class 12 Syllabus for Music

MUSIC (MUSC)
Class - XII

FULL MARKS - 100
THEORETICAL -45
PRACTICAL -55

THEORETICAL - 45
GROUP-A (MARKS-23)
GROUP-B (MARKS-22)

1. Life Sketches with Musical contribution from the list given below: [7M]
a) Amir Khusro
b) Ustad Sadarang
c) Pt. V.N.Bhatkhande
d) Ustad Enayat Hussain Khan.

2. Description and Function of the following Instruments. [6M]
a) Tambura
b) Tabla- Bayan
c) Sitar

3. Definitions of: [4M]
a) Swara
b) Raga
c) Murchhana
d) Tala
e) Shruti

4. Knowledge of writing of Hindusthani Notation System.

Both Vilambit and Drut in Ektal and Trital respectively. [6M]

248

1. RABINDRA SANGEET & OTHER MUSIC
Rabindra Sangeet:
a) Knowledge of Akar Matrik Notation System. [5M]
b) Life Sketch of Rabindranath Tagore (covering Music Composition) [6M]
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2. OTHER TYPES OF MUSIC:
(i) Life sketch with their Musical contribution of the following: [6M]
a) Atul Prasad Sen
b) Kaji Nazrul Islam
c) Girish Chandra Ghosh

ii) History of any one of the following:
a) Regional folk song (Bhatiali,Baul,Jhumur,Bhawaiya).
b) Kirtan.

N:B: All the Talas mentioned in Practical Syllabus should be learnt with “’TALA-LIPI”
system.

249

PRACTICAL - 55
GROUP-A (MARKS-21)
GROUP-B (MARKS-12)
GROUP-C (MARKS-12)
VIVA-VOCE-(MARKS-10)

1.Both Vilanabit and Drut in Ektal and Trital respectively (Atleast two Vilambit Khayals in
Following Ragas) [8+6M]

2. Any one Dhrupad with Dwigun Laya in the above mentioned Rages. [ 7M]

INSTRUMENTAL:
Any one ‘’DHUN’ to be learnt from the Ragas mentioned below:
a) Bhairabi
b) Kafi.

RABINDRA-SANGEET AND OTHER MUSIC

1. RABINDRA SANGEET [6+6=12M]

a) TYPES: Khayal.Kirtan,Bhanusingher Padabali.
b) TALAS:Choutal,Ektal,Teora,Kaharba,Jhamptala,Rupakra,Nabatala,Trital.
c) PARYAS: ,Prem,Prakriti and Anusthanik.

250

GROUP-C

1. OTHER TYPES OF MUSIC (May use Harmonium)
a) Atulprasad [4M]
or
b) Nagrulgeeti

c) Regional folk songs (Atleast two songs) [4M]
or
d) Kirtan (In any tala)
e) Songs of ‘Theatre’or ‘Jatra’or Songs of Salil Chowdhury. [4M]

VIVA-VOCE

NOTATION READING [4M]

IDENTIFICATION OF RAGA [3M]

IDENTIFICATION OF TALA [3M]

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