Indian classical music

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Indian classical music is a centuries-old art music tradition of the Indian subcontinent, characterized by intricate ragas, complex rhythmic cycles (talas), and improvisation within a highly structured melodic and spiritual framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art music
intangible cultural heritage
music tradition
contrastsWith Western classical music
emphasizes cyclical rhythmic resolution at sam
improvised elaboration of raga
melodic development over harmony
microtonal inflections
hasAestheticGoal emotional expression of rasa
meditative experience
spiritual elevation
hasAlternativeName Shastriya Sangeet
hasCountryAssociation Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
hasCulturalRegion Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
hasGlobalRecognition performed worldwide
hasHistoricalDevelopmentPeriod early modern India
medieval India
hasHistoricalOriginPeriod ancient India
hasKeyConcept alap
bandish
bani
bhava
drone
gamaka
gharana
guru–shishya parampara
improvisation
kriti
lay
melakarta
pakad
raga
rasa
sam
samvadi
shruti
svara
tala
thaat
vadi
hasMajorBranch Carnatic classical music
Hindustani classical music
hasModeOfTransmission lineage-based tradition
hasNotationSystem Bhatkhande notation
Carnatic notation
sargam notation
hasPedagogicalSystem guru–shishya apprenticeship
oral tradition
hasPerformanceContext concert hall
court
music festival
temple
hasPrimaryInstrument bansuri
bansuri flute
harmonium
mridangam
pakhawaj
santoor
sarangi
sarod
shehnai
sitar
tabla
tanpura
veena
violin
hasPrimaryVocalForm bhajan
dhrupad
khayal
kirtan
kriti
ragam tanam pallavi
tarana
thumri
varnam
hasRhythmicFeature additive rhythm
complex tala patterns
cyclical time structure
hasSpiritualAssociation Bhakti movement
Hinduism
Sufism
hasTextualSource Brihaddeshi
Dattilam
Natyashastra
linked to: Nāṭyaśāstra

Sangita Ratnakara
hasTypicalDroneInstrument harmonium
shruti box
tanpura
hasTypicalEnsemble soloist with drone and percussion
influenced Bollywood film music
Indian folk music
Indo-jazz fusion
isInfluencedBy Islamic court music
Persian music
Vedic chant traditions
usesImprovisationType melodic improvisation within raga
rhythmic improvisation within tala
usesLanguage Bengali
Braj
Hindi
Kannada
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
usesScaleSystem heptatonic scale
pentatonic scale
usesTuningReference drone on tonic

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Mahavishnu Orchestra influencedBy Indian classical music
Tillana isRelatedTo Tarana in Hindustani music
subject linked to: tillana
linked to: Indian classical music
harmonium usedInGenre Indian classical music
Bhaskar Chandavarkar influencedBy Indian classical music traditions
linked to: Indian classical music
Tarang genre Indian classical music
Sheila Chandra genre Indian classical music