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History of North Indian Music

Genre – Detailed Overview of Indian Music

and Dance

1. Vocal Music
1. Classical Vocal Music
1. Hindustani Sangeet – Vocal of The North In­dian System
of Music
1. Dhrupad
Alap
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Sthai
Antara
Abhog
Sanchari
2. Dhammar
Alap
Nomtom
Sthai
Antara
Abhog
Sanchari
3. Kheyal
Short vocal Alap
Bada Kheyal – With two themes (Sthai and
Antara)
Chota Kheyal – with two themes (Sthai
and Antara)
4. Thumri
Short vocal Alap
Sthai
Antara
5. Tarana
6. Shabad
7. Dadra
8. Lakshan Geet
 9. Tappa
10. Swarmalika
2. Carnatic Sangeet – Vocal From The South In­dian System of
Music
3. Popular Vocal Music
1. Ghazal
2. Filmi Sangeet (e.g., Bollywood)
3. Bhajan
1. Sthai
2. Several Antaras
4. Geet
1. Sthai
2. Several Antaras
5. Bhangra
6. Kirtan / Dhun
7. Qawwali (Islamic devotional songs)
8. Folk Songs
1. Vaoiayan (bhawaia)

2. Instrumental Music
1. Classical Instrumental Music
1. Hindustani Instrumental Forms
1. Traditional Instrumental Form
Alap
Jor
Jhala
Masitkhani Gat
Razakhani Gat
2. Dhun
3. Lahera (Naghma)
2. Carnatic Instrumental Music
2. Popular – There may be any num­ber or style of pop­ular
instrumental pieces, most of which follow the filmi style.
3. Folk Instrumental Music

3. Dance
1. Classical Dance
1. Bharat Nathyam
2. Kathak
3. Kathakali
 4. Manipuri
5. Kuchipudi
6. Odissi
2. Popular Dance
1. Bhangra
2. Bollywood Dance
3. Folk and Traditional Dance Forms
1. Andhra Natyam
2. Mohini Attam

Other Sites of Interest

Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas

Modes and Ragas: More Than just a Scale

Emotional responses to Hindustani Raga music: The role of mus­ical struc­ture

Automatic Raga Recognition in Hindustani Classical Music

Patrick Moutal. A Comparative Study of Selected Hindustānī Rāga-s based on

Contemporary Practice
Automatic Tonic Identification in In­dian Art Music: Approaches and
Evaluation

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