Friday Review Music Season Quiz #1

1 / 5 |
How many Mela Kartha Ragas are there?

2 / 5 |
What western wind instrument did Mahadeva Nattuvanar introduce into carnatic music in the 19th century?

• Saxophone
• Basoon
• Clarinet
• Oboe

3 / 5 |
Who was the first female vocalist to be honoured with the title of Sangita Kalanidhi (music maestro) by the Music Academy of Chennai?

• M.S. Subbulakshmi
• D.K. Pattamal
• M.L. Vasanthakumari
• A .Kanyakumari

4 / 5 |
How do we better know the melodic mode used by the Tamil people in their music since the ancient times? These evovled mostly in the pentatonic scale.

5 / 5 |
What does ‘M’ in M.D. Ramanathan whose centenary falls the following year expand as?

• Madras
• Manjapara
• Madurai
• Mylapore