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The Music of India

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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

Lay is the tempo

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

Summary

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?