Music ClassesIndian Music
Indian music is an ocean of wide range of music like traditional music, pop, folk music, Carnatic and Hindustani music. Music is a mirror of art and culture of any particular race, spirituality, inner peace and “of course” it is a source of entertainment. Indian music is one of the oldest music in the world. India is a place of different people, cultures and races. This diversity has given birth to different Indian music.
Indian classical music can be divided into two streams: Hindustani music and Carnatic music. Hindustani music is from north India and originated from Vedic period. It is based on raas lila of Krishna. Krishna is hindu god. Popular musicans in Hindustani music are Zakir Hussain, Hariprasad chaurasia, Bismilla khan etc.
Carnatic music is south Indian classical music and originated out of Sama Veda. Carnatic music is more or less similar to Hindustani but can be called as more refined form of Hindustani music. It is more of voice expertise than instrumental. It is on the whole devotional music to Hindu god and goddesses.
The two chief pillars on which current Indian music based on are rag and tal. Rag is melodic compared to the rhythmic tal. Raag is Hindu word derived from Sanskrit and it means to color. It is meant to colour the listner’s mind with emotions. Some of the instruments like Bansuri, Dilruba, Santur, sanrangi etc.
Tal means clap. Tal is rhythem and tabla has replacedthe clap in these days. Different types of tal are Dadra tal, Jhumra tal, rupak tal, Dhammar tal.
Raga and talk are not interpreted as same everywhere.
The most popular Indian music instruments are sitar and tabla. Indian music or “sangeet” is a combination of vocal, instrumental and dance. To master any aspect of it, sometimes it takes life time to get the right understanding of the music.
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