1. HINDUISM WORSHIP OF DEITIES WHO APPEAR IN MANY FORMS OR IN EPICS SUCH AS MAHABHARATA

2. SUFISM CHISTI ORDER, A BRANCH, USES SAMA (MUSIC IN RITUAL- DEVOTIONAL MUSIC) FOR THE DIVINE

3. RAGA SYSTEM OF MELODIES (FORMAL MUSIC – COURT SETTING)

4. TALA RHYTHMIC CYCLES

5. ALL INDIA RADIO INDIA NATIONAL BROADCASTING ORG. “VOICE FROM THE SKY”

6. ALAM ARA FIRST SOUND FILM IN INDIA

7. BOLLYWOOD HINDI-LANGUAGE FILM INDUSTRY

8. REGIONAL MUSIC ONE LANGUAGE

9. PAN-REGIONAL MUSIC DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

10. DHOLAK BARREL-SHAPED DRUM IN NORTH INDIA

11. IDIOPHONES BELLS, CLAPPERS, CYMBALS

12. KARTAL WOODEN CLAPPERS WITH CYMBALS

13. HARMONIUM SMALL HAND PUMP ORGAN

14. DRONE INSTRUMENT ONE PITCH STRING INSTRUMENT

15. REED AND BRASS WIND FESTIVALS, WEDDING, OUTDOOR

16. RURAL POPULATION 72% - VILLAGE LIFE WOMEN – LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS

17. RURAL WOMEN SPECIALISTS HEREDITARY MUSICIANS FAMILY LINE –PERFORM IN PUBLIC

18. MEN’S NON SPECIALISTS DRUMS, CYMBALS, HARMONIUM – HIGH ENERGY

19. HEREDITARY MUSICIANS OF RAJASTHAN PERFORM FOR PAY

20. RAJASTHAN MANY TRAVELING PROFESSIONALS LIVE THERE

21. BHAT CASTE GENEALOGISTS, RETELLING HISTORIES OF FAMILY LINES

22. BHANDS TRAVELING ACTORS

23. NAT TRAVELING ACROBATS WHO PLAY THE DHOL, LARGE BARREL-DRUM & TRUMPETS

24. SAPERAS SNAKE CHARMERS

25. BHOPAS ACT AS LOCAL PRIESTS – PLAY A BOWED INSTRUMENT, THE RAVANHATTHA

26. JOGI PLAY EKTAR (SINGLE STRING)- RENOUNCE THEIR LIFE AND MOVE FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE

27. LANGAS & MANGANIARS PROF. SING AT WEDDINGS, BIRTHS, ETC.

28. SINDHI SARANGI BOWED INSTRUMENT PLAYED BY LANGA MUSICIANS

29. GREAT AND SMALL SONGS PLAYED BY MANGANIARS AND LANGAS (CLASSICAL, LIFE-CYCLE)

30. DRUMMING MOSTLY IN KERALY, SOUTHWEST COAST

31. THE CHENDA DRUM ENSEMBLES – PROCESSIONS OF A DEITY

32. IDAKKA (HOUR-GLASS SHAPE) PRESSURE DRUM PLAYED AT REGULAR POINTS IN DAILY WORSHIP SERVICES

33. BHANGRA PUNJABI LOCAL DANCE – DHOL (DRUM) AND TUMBI (STRING) – DANCE CLUBS IN NY.

34. DEVOTIONAL MUSIC MUSIC IN RELIGIOUS SETTING

35. BHAKTI(POEM) DEVOTION – LOVE WITH THE DIVINE (KRISHNA, SHIVA) – SONG IS CALLED BHAJANS

36. SANTS PEOPLE WHO “KNOW THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH” – MIRA (WHO LOVED KRISHNA - #2 – SUNG BY LANGA)

37. KABIR NIRGUM BHAKTI SANTS – REAL TEACHER IS YOU – DEVOTION TO A DIVING THAT IS WITHOUT CHARACTERISTICS

38. KIRTAN “SUNG PRAISE” – TYPE OF HINDU DEVOTIONAL MUSIC – CHANT (CALL- AND-RESPONSE FORMAT)

39. SIKH KIRTAN “KIRTAN OF THE WORD” DEVOTIONAL SINGING OF POETRY IN SIKH HOLY BOOK

40. SUFI MUSIC OBJECT IS THE BELOVED – SPIRITUAL TEACHER = SHEIKH, OR PIR

41. QAWWALI ISLAMIC HEREDITARY MUSICIANS WHO SING AT SUFI SHRINES

42. GHAZALS RHYTHMIC POETRY IN URDU LANGUAGE

43. SIKH KIRTAN “KIRTAN OF THE WORD” DEVOTIONAL SINGING OF POETRY IN SIKH HOLY BOOK

44. QUAWWALI SINGERS STRONG VOICE, HANDCLAPS, STRONG RHYTHM, GOAL IS HAL(SPIRITUAL STATE OF MIND), RAQS (DANCE)

45. ABIDA PARVEEN BEST KNOWN SUFI SOLO SINGER IN PAKISTAN ( HARMONIUM AND TABLA) -#3

46. NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN SINGER OF QAWWALI SONGS – WORLD FAMOUS #3

47. SUFI MUSIC CATCH-ALL TERM FOR MUSIC DERIVED FROM OR INSPIRED BY SUFI POETRY

48. CLASSICAL MUSIC BASED ON CONCEPTS OF RAGA AND TALA

49. HINDUSTANI (NORTH) AND CARNATIC(SOUTH) CLASSICAL SYSTEMS

50. SANGITA SHASTRA MUSIC THEORY

51. RAGA MAIN MELODY OR SINGER

52. NOTATION SYSTEM USING SVARA SYLLABLES – TO TRIGGER MEMORY OF LEARNED PIECE

53. TALA INDIAN CLASSICAL SYSTEM OF RHYTHMIC CYCLES

54. USTAD AND PANDIT ‘MASTER MUSICIAN’

55. RAGA YAMAN #4 MOST WELL-KNOWN RAGAS OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC

56. RAGA YAMAN #4 GENRE = DHRUPAD – TAMBURA DRONE AND PAKHAVAJ DRUM

57. RAGA YAMAN #4 GUNDECHA BROTHERS DHRUPAD SINGERS INPRE-MODERN COURT OF N. INDIA MEN SINGERS, DESCENDING PHRASE TAMBURA DRONE LONG SUSTAINED NOTE – STRONG VOICE LEGENDARY SINGER, TANSEN

58. KYAL VOCAL GENRE OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC FEMALE SINGERS MEANS “IMAGINATION” SPEAK OF LOVE SHORT – ONLY FEW LINES – STHAI AND ANTARA

59. HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC #5 DHRUPAD AND KYAL GENRE SINGER: USTAD ALI KHAN, AND PANDIT BANERJEE PLAYING RAGA MANJ KHAMMAJ DUET ON SAROD AND SITAR

60. SITAR AND SAROD #5 RESONATING STRINGS THAT VIBRATE VIBRANT SOUND, SUSTAINED NOTES PLAYERS ALTERNATE IN FREE-RHYTHM NON-COMPOSED SECTION OF THE RAGA CALLED ALAP ALAP=CONVERSATION

61. BOLLYWOOD HINDI-LANGUAGE FILM INDUSTRY ALAM ARA – 1 ST INDIAN SOUND FILM SONGS MIXTURE OF HINDI AND URDU PLAYBACK SINGERS = LIP-SYNCED K.L. SAIGAL – LEGENDARY SINGER HINDI FILM “DEVDAS” – LEAD ACTOR

62. BOLLYWOOD LATA MANGESHKAR = “MELODY QUEEN” – MOST FAMOUS PLAYBACK SINGER HIGH, THIN, VOICE – SISTER ASHA BHOSLE

63. ROMANCE SONG LARGEST SONG CATEGORY

64. INDUS CREED AND PARIKRAMA ROCK BANDS VERY LITTLE TRADITIONAL INDIAN INSTRUMENTATION MESSAGES OF SOCIAL CRITIQUE

65. BLUE FROG ALTERNATIVE AND NON- FILM MUSIC BASED IN MUMBAI