The Music of India
Indian music is a classical art music tradition
with many similarities to
Western classical music
Two major musical systems exist in Indian music
Sangita is generally translated as “music”
Kathak Dance is one of the six major
dance forms of India
Khyal is a modern genre of Hindustani vocal music
Gat-tora begins the tabla
The tabla are a pair of drums used in
Hindustani music
The Sitar is primary plucked. It is a lute used for Hindustani music
Indian music has ancient roots
The Vedas are a
corpus of texts
originating in ancient
India
Early music provides both continuity and divergence
Sama-veda is the rig-veda set as
hymn texts
The Hindustani and Karnatak systems represent the north and south traditions
The influence of Islam
became of singular
importance for North
India
Guru, in Karnatak music, is a teacher.
A Shishya is a student
Let`s look at a typical Karnatak recital
There are four major types of
instruments
The influence of Indian music and
prospects
Filmigit are popular film songs
Ghazal is a form of sung poetry associated with Persian-Arabic Muslim culture taken up by Urdu speakers in
North India and Pakistan
Bhangra is pop music of
the South India diaspora
Indian music developed over many centuries
Later theorists traced the roots of Indian music to Vedas
A second wave of settlers brought a new religion called Islam
Northern music tends to be smoother and less ornamented than Southern
Northern music is
more improvised
than Southern
Today, Indian
music has absorbed
much Western influence
What does Indian music have in common with
Western classical music?
What does Indian
music have in common with jazz?
How would you compare Indian music to Indian food?
How is the relationship of composer to performer understood in Indian music?
Has anyone heard Indian music in a North American pop song?
Is Indian film music an escape from reality, or does it articulate life?
Is American film music an escape from reality, or does it articulate life?