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