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Music
has always occupied a central place in the mind of Indians. The
range of musical phenomenon in India, and indeed the rest of South
Asia, extends from simple melodies, commonly encountered among
hill tribes, to what is one of the most well- developed "systems"
of classical music in the world. Indian music can be describe as
having been inaugurate with the chanting of Vedic hymns, though it
is more than probable that the Indus Valley Civilization was not
without its musical culture, of which almost nothing is known.
There are references to various string and wind instruments, as
well as several kinds of drums and cymbals, in the Vedas. Sometime
between the 2nd century BC and the 5th century AD, the Natyasastra, on Treatise on the Dramatic Arts, was composed by
Bharata. This work has ever since exercised an incalculable
influence on the development of Indian music, dance, and
the performing arts in general.
Classical and
Folk Music:
Classical music is bound by convinced laws and restrictions
having a definite standard and scale with 22 intervals. Folk
music, on the other hand, has different forms depending on the
region it belongs to. With flexibility in its expression, it is
not bound by laws or any set pattern. Folk music has its
peculiar expressions and emotions and has established a
tradition of its own.
In classical music, emotions are expressed through a particular
raga, though the lyric or composition has its own importance.
Classical music can be effective if the musician renders the
raga in its various stages and moods. This is not the case with
folk music, where the musical notes have less value and the
poetic content has greater impact and rythm plays a very
important role. Songs and lyrics of folk music portray the
common life of the villagers.
Traditional Indian Music
- Traditional Indian music has been a part of India’s culture
since many centuries. It is an art and a way of expressing
various emotions like joy, sorrow, desire, solidarity,
community, humanity or even of just any thought that comes to
mind. Its practitioners too are not all artists in the strict
sense. Some of them are professionals who do this for a living,
whereas many of them just sing for the joy of participation.
Bollywood Music
- The Indian film industry is a humongous industry producing
thousands of movies in various languages round the year. Indian
films have always been popular for their song and dance
sequences. Music has been an inseparable part of Indian movies
right from the beginning. The popularity of music in Indian
films is such that almost every filmmaker incorporate at least
four to five songs in the movies.
Indian Musical Instruments
- Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified into
Stringed, Wind and Percussion categories; whereas other
instruments like the Harmoium, Violin, Ghatam and the Jal Tarang
instruments do not fall under any of the categories. But yet,
these are out of the many famous Indian musical instruments that
are widely used in the indian classical music traditions.
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