HINDUISM WORSHIP OF DEITIES WHO APPEAR IN MANY FORMS OR IN EPICS SUCH AS MAHABHARATA
SUFISM CHISTI ORDER, A BRANCH, USES SAMA (MUSIC IN RITUAL- DEVOTIONAL MUSIC) FOR THE DIVINE
RAGA SYSTEM OF MELODIES (FORMAL MUSIC – COURT SETTING)
TALA RHYTHMIC CYCLES
ALL INDIA RADIO INDIA NATIONAL BROADCASTING ORG. “VOICE FROM THE SKY”
ALAM ARA FIRST SOUND FILM IN INDIA
BOLLYWOOD HINDI-LANGUAGE FILM INDUSTRY
REGIONAL MUSIC ONE LANGUAGE
PAN-REGIONAL MUSIC DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
DHOLAK BARREL-SHAPED DRUM IN NORTH INDIA
IDIOPHONES BELLS, CLAPPERS, CYMBALS
KARTAL WOODEN CLAPPERS WITH CYMBALS
HARMONIUM SMALL HAND PUMP ORGAN
DRONE INSTRUMENT ONE PITCH STRING INSTRUMENT
REED AND BRASS WIND FESTIVALS, WEDDING, OUTDOOR
RURAL POPULATION 72% - VILLAGE LIFE WOMEN – LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS
RURAL WOMEN SPECIALISTS HEREDITARY MUSICIANS FAMILY LINE –PERFORM IN PUBLIC
MEN’S NON SPECIALISTS DRUMS, CYMBALS, HARMONIUM – HIGH ENERGY
HEREDITARY MUSICIANS OF RAJASTHAN PERFORM FOR PAY
RAJASTHAN MANY TRAVELING PROFESSIONALS LIVE THERE
BHAT CASTE GENEALOGISTS, RETELLING HISTORIES OF FAMILY LINES
BHANDS TRAVELING ACTORS
NAT TRAVELING ACROBATS WHO PLAY THE DHOL, LARGE BARREL-DRUM & TRUMPETS
SAPERAS SNAKE CHARMERS
BHOPAS ACT AS LOCAL PRIESTS – PLAY A BOWED INSTRUMENT, THE RAVANHATTHA
JOGI PLAY EKTAR (SINGLE STRING)- RENOUNCE THEIR LIFE AND MOVE FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE
LANGAS & MANGANIARS PROF. SING AT WEDDINGS, BIRTHS, ETC.
SINDHI SARANGI BOWED INSTRUMENT PLAYED BY LANGA MUSICIANS
GREAT AND SMALL SONGS PLAYED BY MANGANIARS AND LANGAS (CLASSICAL, LIFE-CYCLE)
DRUMMING MOSTLY IN KERALY, SOUTHWEST COAST
THE CHENDA DRUM ENSEMBLES – PROCESSIONS OF A DEITY
IDAKKA (HOUR-GLASS SHAPE) PRESSURE DRUM PLAYED AT REGULAR POINTS IN DAILY WORSHIP SERVICES
BHANGRA PUNJABI LOCAL DANCE – DHOL (DRUM) AND TUMBI (STRING) – DANCE CLUBS IN NY.
DEVOTIONAL MUSIC MUSIC IN RELIGIOUS SETTING
BHAKTI(POEM) DEVOTION – LOVE WITH THE DIVINE (KRISHNA, SHIVA) – SONG IS CALLED BHAJANS
SANTS PEOPLE WHO “KNOW THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH” – MIRA (WHO LOVED KRISHNA - #2 – SUNG BY LANGA)
KABIR NIRGUM BHAKTI SANTS – REAL TEACHER IS YOU – DEVOTION TO A DIVING THAT IS WITHOUT CHARACTERISTICS
KIRTAN “SUNG PRAISE” – TYPE OF HINDU DEVOTIONAL MUSIC – CHANT (CALL- AND-RESPONSE FORMAT)
SIKH KIRTAN “KIRTAN OF THE WORD” DEVOTIONAL SINGING OF POETRY IN SIKH HOLY BOOK
SUFI MUSIC OBJECT IS THE BELOVED – SPIRITUAL TEACHER = SHEIKH, OR PIR
QAWWALI ISLAMIC HEREDITARY MUSICIANS WHO SING AT SUFI SHRINES
GHAZALS RHYTHMIC POETRY IN URDU LANGUAGE
SIKH KIRTAN “KIRTAN OF THE WORD” DEVOTIONAL SINGING OF POETRY IN SIKH HOLY BOOK
QUAWWALI SINGERS STRONG VOICE, HANDCLAPS, STRONG RHYTHM, GOAL IS HAL(SPIRITUAL STATE OF MIND), RAQS (DANCE)
ABIDA PARVEEN BEST KNOWN SUFI SOLO SINGER IN PAKISTAN ( HARMONIUM AND TABLA) -#3
NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN SINGER OF QAWWALI SONGS – WORLD FAMOUS #3
SUFI MUSIC CATCH-ALL TERM FOR MUSIC DERIVED FROM OR INSPIRED BY SUFI POETRY
CLASSICAL MUSIC BASED ON CONCEPTS OF RAGA AND TALA
HINDUSTANI (NORTH) AND CARNATIC(SOUTH) CLASSICAL SYSTEMS
SANGITA SHASTRA MUSIC THEORY
RAGA MAIN MELODY OR SINGER
NOTATION SYSTEM USING SVARA SYLLABLES – TO TRIGGER MEMORY OF LEARNED PIECE
TALA INDIAN CLASSICAL SYSTEM OF RHYTHMIC CYCLES
USTAD AND PANDIT ‘MASTER MUSICIAN’
RAGA YAMAN #4 MOST WELL-KNOWN RAGAS OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC
RAGA YAMAN #4 GENRE = DHRUPAD – TAMBURA DRONE AND PAKHAVAJ DRUM
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
KYAL VOCAL GENRE OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC FEMALE SINGERS MEANS “IMAGINATION” SPEAK OF LOVE SHORT – ONLY FEW LINES – STHAI AND ANTARA
HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC #5 DHRUPAD AND KYAL GENRE SINGER: USTAD ALI KHAN, AND PANDIT BANERJEE PLAYING RAGA MANJ KHAMMAJ DUET ON SAROD AND SITAR
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
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
BOLLYWOOD LATA MANGESHKAR = “MELODY QUEEN” – MOST FAMOUS PLAYBACK SINGER HIGH, THIN, VOICE – SISTER ASHA BHOSLE
ROMANCE SONG LARGEST SONG CATEGORY
INDUS CREED AND PARIKRAMA ROCK BANDS VERY LITTLE TRADITIONAL INDIAN INSTRUMENTATION MESSAGES OF SOCIAL CRITIQUE
BLUE FROG ALTERNATIVE AND NON- FILM MUSIC BASED IN MUMBAI