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Indian Music is one of the oldest unbroken musical traditions in the world. It is believed that the origin of this system go back to the Vedas and Upanishads. The earliest texts of Indian music are the Natya Shastra, Dattilam, Brihaddeshi, and the Sangita-Ratnakara.The Indian music includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music.
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| Ghazal |
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Ghazal is a form of an ancient verse that originated in the 10th century Persion verse. It is derived from the Persian qasida. It used to formally be a short lyric composed in a single metre throughout with a single rhyme, in its style and content.The ghazal is a common from of Indian Music. A Ghazal, in short, is a collection of couplets (called sher), following the rules of Matla, Maqta, Beher, Qafiya, Radif, Khayal and Wazan. The second line of each couplet in a ghazal ends with the repetition of a refrain of one or a few words, known as a Radif.
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| Carnatic Music |
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Carnatic music is believed to have a divine origin, thus it has its origins in the Vedas. According to some scholars, Carnatic music derived certain classical music concepts from ancient Tamil music. The concept of Pann is related to Ragas used in Carnatic music. After the musical treatise, the Sangita-Ratnakara of Sarngadeva (1210-1247), the word Carnatic came to represent South Indian Classical Music as a separate system of music.
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| Traditional Indian Music |
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India has a very rich legacy of traditional music, which has been created due to the extreme cultural diversity and endless varieties of folk styles.Folk music has been a very influential part on the Indian tarditional music, which is viewed as a higher art form. Some of the famous traditional Indian music styles are Bhangra, Lavani, thumari, bauls, Kawalli, Dhrupad, bhajan and Kirtan. |
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| Indian Music: Qawwali |
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Qawwali is a vibrant Indian musical tradition, which stretches back more than 700 years. The songs, which constitute the qawwali range, are mostly in Urdu and Punjabi.The central themes of qawwali are love, devotion and longing (of man for the Divine). Songs in Qawwali are usually between 15 to 30 minutes long. The songs start with an instrumental prelude where the main melody is played on the harmonium, accompanied by the tabla, and which may include improvised variations of the melody.
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| Indian Musical Instruments |
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There are a number of Indian musical instruments. Some instruments are used primarily in north Indian music,some are used in the south Indian music , while others are found in folk music. Instrumental music is usually similar to vocal music but sometimes there are distinctive instrumental styles.Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified into Stringed, Wind and Percussion categories. |
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| Rajasthani Folk Music |
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The Rajasthani folk music has a long tradition and it is a mixture of different flavors. There are folk songs dedicated to religious customs, festivals, fairs and deities. The folk songs of Rajasthan have maintained the elements of Indian classical music.Some of the Rajasthani folk musics are Maand:, Panihari, Morchang, Bhajanas, Shenai,Khartal, chang, ghunguru, etc. |
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