Indian classical music

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Indian classical music is a centuries-old art music tradition of the Indian subcontinent, characterized by intricate ragas, complex rhythmic cycles (talas), and improvisation within a highly structured melodic and spiritual framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art music ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
music tradition ⓘ
contrastsWith Western classical music ⓘ
emphasizes cyclical rhythmic resolution at sam ⓘ
improvised elaboration of raga ⓘ
melodic development over harmony ⓘ
microtonal inflections ⓘ
hasAestheticGoal emotional expression of rasa ⓘ
meditative experience ⓘ
spiritual elevation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shastriya Sangeet ⓘ
hasCountryAssociation Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
hasGlobalRecognition performed worldwide ⓘ
hasHistoricalDevelopmentPeriod early modern India ⓘ
medieval India ⓘ
hasHistoricalOriginPeriod ancient India ⓘ
hasKeyConcept alap ⓘ
bandish ⓘ
bani ⓘ
bhava ⓘ
drone ⓘ
gamaka ⓘ
gharana ⓘ
guru–shishya parampara ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
kriti ⓘ
lay ⓘ
melakarta ⓘ
pakad ⓘ
raga ⓘ
rasa ⓘ
sam ⓘ
samvadi ⓘ
shruti ⓘ
svara ⓘ
tala ⓘ
thaat ⓘ
vadi ⓘ
hasMajorBranch Carnatic classical music ⓘ
Hindustani classical music ⓘ
hasModeOfTransmission lineage-based tradition ⓘ
hasNotationSystem Bhatkhande notation ⓘ
Carnatic notation ⓘ
sargam notation ⓘ
hasPedagogicalSystem guru–shishya apprenticeship ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
hasPerformanceContext concert hall ⓘ
court ⓘ
music festival ⓘ
temple ⓘ
hasPrimaryInstrument bansuri ⓘ
bansuri flute ⓘ
harmonium ⓘ
mridangam ⓘ
pakhawaj ⓘ
santoor ⓘ
sarangi ⓘ
sarod ⓘ
shehnai ⓘ
sitar ⓘ
tabla ⓘ
tanpura ⓘ
veena ⓘ
violin ⓘ
hasPrimaryVocalForm bhajan ⓘ
dhrupad ⓘ
khayal ⓘ
kirtan ⓘ
kriti ⓘ
ragam tanam pallavi ⓘ
tarana ⓘ
thumri ⓘ
varnam ⓘ
hasRhythmicFeature additive rhythm ⓘ
complex tala patterns ⓘ
cyclical time structure ⓘ
hasSpiritualAssociation Bhakti movement ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
hasTextualSource Brihaddeshi ⓘ
Dattilam ⓘ
Natyashastra ⓘ
linked to: Nāṭyaśāstra

Sangita Ratnakara ⓘ
hasTypicalDroneInstrument harmonium ⓘ
shruti box ⓘ
tanpura ⓘ
hasTypicalEnsemble soloist with drone and percussion ⓘ
influenced Bollywood film music ⓘ
Indian folk music ⓘ
Indo-jazz fusion ⓘ
isInfluencedBy Islamic court music ⓘ
Persian music ⓘ
Vedic chant traditions ⓘ
usesImprovisationType melodic improvisation within raga ⓘ
rhythmic improvisation within tala ⓘ
usesLanguage Bengali ⓘ
Braj ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
usesScaleSystem heptatonic scale ⓘ
pentatonic scale ⓘ
usesTuningReference drone on tonic ⓘ

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Mahavishnu Orchestra → influencedBy → Indian classical music ⓘ
Tillana → isRelatedTo → Tarana in Hindustani music ⓘ
subject linked to: tillana
linked to: Indian classical music
harmonium → usedInGenre → Indian classical music ⓘ
Bhaskar Chandavarkar → influencedBy → Indian classical music traditions ⓘ
linked to: Indian classical music
Tarang → genre → Indian classical music ⓘ
Sheila Chandra → genre → Indian classical music ⓘ