Khayal

E918341

Khayal is a major genre of Hindustani classical vocal music known for its improvisational freedom, intricate ornamentation, and expressive exploration of ragas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hindustani khayal 1
Khayal canonical 1
bada khayal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindustani classical music genre ⓘ
vocal music genre ⓘ
accompaniedBy harmonium ⓘ
sarangi ⓘ
tabla ⓘ
tanpura ⓘ
associatedWith gharana system ⓘ
contrastCharacteristic less rigid rhythmically than Dhrupad ⓘ
more romantic and expressive than Dhrupad ⓘ
contrastsWith Dhrupad ⓘ
linked to: Shastriya Sangeet
coreFeature bol-bant ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
layakari ⓘ
ornamentation ⓘ
raga exploration ⓘ
taans ⓘ
culturalSignificance dominant form of modern Hindustani vocal concert music ⓘ
developedFrom Dhrupad ⓘ
linked to: Shastriya Sangeet
emergedCentury 18th century ⓘ
emphasizes expressive interpretation of text ⓘ
melodic creativity ⓘ
microtonal inflections ⓘ
languageOfLyrics Braj Bhasha ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
majorGharana Agra gharana ⓘ
Bhendi Bazaar gharana ⓘ
Gwalior gharana ⓘ
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana ⓘ
Kirana gharana ⓘ
Patiala gharana ⓘ
Rampur-Sahaswan gharana ⓘ
musicTradition Hindustani classical music ⓘ
notableExponents Amir Khan ⓘ
Bhimsen Joshi ⓘ
Kesarbai Kerkar ⓘ
Kumar Gandharva ⓘ
Mallikarjun Mansur ⓘ
Rashid Khan ⓘ
linked to: Ustad Rashid Khan
originatedIn Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
pedagogicalRole central genre in Hindustani vocal training ⓘ
performanceContext concert performance ⓘ
music festivals ⓘ
tempoCharacteristic bada khayal is usually in vilambit laya ⓘ
chhota khayal is usually in drut laya ⓘ
typicalForm bada khayal ⓘ
chhota khayal ⓘ
usesConcept raga ⓘ
tala ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thumri → relatedGenre → Khayal ⓘ
Ektaal → usedFor → bada khayal ⓘ
subject linked to: ektaal
linked to: Khayal
Raga Desh → usedIn → Hindustani khayal ⓘ
linked to: Khayal