Indian Classical Music

Hindustani Classical Music is an Indian classical music tradition that took shape in northern India in the 13Th and 14Th centuries AD from existing religious, Folk, And theatrical performance practices. The origins of Hindustani classical music, The classical music of India, can be found from some of the oldest of scriptures in humanity, The Vedas of the Hindu tradition. Thus, Hindustani classical music inherits the oldest musical tradition in humanity.[citation needed] The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, Describes its theory at length. Hindustani classical music has its origin as a form of meditation, Though available mainly to an elite audience.

Hindustani classical music is based upon ragas and taals, each designed to affect different "chakras" (energy centers, or "moods") in the path of the "Kundalini". Vedic practice traces specific physical, Mental, Biological and spiritual results associated with activation of these centers.

Indian classical music has one of the most complicated and complete musical systems ever developed. It has the same aspects of Western classical music, as the 8 basic notes(Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa), in order

Types of compositions
The major vocal forms-cum-styles associated with Hindustani classical music are Dhrupad, Khayal, And Thumri. Other forms include the Dhamar, Tarana, Trivat, Chaiti, Kajari, Tappa, Tapkhayal, Ashtapadi, Ghazal and Bhajan. Of these, Some forms fall within the crossover to folk or semi-classical ('light' classical) music, As they often do not adhere to the rigorous rules and regulations of 'pure' classical music.




The Raag



Raag, in the Sanskrit dictionary, is defined as "the act of coloring or dyeing" (the mind in this context) and "any feeling or passion especially love, affection, sympathy, vehement desire, interest, joy, or delight"। In music, these descriptions apply to the impressions of melodic sounds on both the artist(s) and listener(s). A raag consists of required and optional rules governing the melodic movements of notes within a performance. The rules of a raag can be defined by The manner in which the notes are used, i।e. specific ways of ornamenting notes or emphasizing/de-emphasizing them Manner in which the scale is ascended or descended Optional or required musical phrases, the way in which to reveal these phrases, and/or combine them The octave or frequency range to emphasize The relative pacing between the notes The time of day and/or season when the raag may be performed so as to invoke the emotions of the raag for maximum impact on the mental and emotional state of the performer and listener.

32 comments:

Unknown said...

Gr8 Job..... Keep it up .....

Unknown said...

its truely a 1derful initiative... at dis age where ppl fail to understand the value n importance of classical music, its certainly praiseworthy.... hats off..

Girish Kumar Sharma said...

Wow anand good job. Kya site banaya re... jakas... Good dude keep it up..

Anonymous said...

good initiative.. well done..

Unknown said...

This is really informative article which tells us about our routes in Music and may be helful to know what classical music is all about.

Anonymous said...

Good work. Keep it up

Aditi said...

excellent collection of ragas.... wonderful job

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

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Anonymous said...

Good going anand.....

Anonymous said...

Kya re chotu? bahut hi achaa hai.

From ur sister.

Anonymous said...

wonderful site, please keep updating. Just a suggestion, could you include more instrumentals?

Anonymous said...

Excellent work

Anonymous said...

It is essential for people to appreciate good music. In ancient Indian culture it was important to be a rasik. Alas, everyone is a performer today. The reality shows are hurting appreciation of arts. Efforts like that of AATMA (http://www.opchourasiya.com/aatma.html) are needed to restore arts to their due stature.

Anonymous said...

You have a fantastic site here, especially the audio snippets. It would be great if you could also put the name of the accompanying artists with the recordings. Excellent effort. Can't thank you enough :)

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work.

Aditya Bhelke said...

This is excellent!

Perhaps you could include more resources like book names for learners who want to go deeper into understanding Hindustani.

Wish you all the best ahead.
Cheers!

Anonymous said...

Great Job!

For Raag Sohini, Film Mughle Azam has a great sond that may be included.

Kedar said...

helloo...

this is probably one of the best blogs in concern with indian classical music....

really great collection and great work done...

abhinandan...

Manoshi Chatterjee मानोशी चटर्जी said...

AMZING WORK...why have you stopped posting?

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ramesh said...

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Pradnya said...

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Unknown said...

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He has covered many Ghazals ."Vaada" , Dil ka rasiya , Har bat pe to name a few classics .But my favorite ghazal is "aisa koi zindagi se".You can can visit this website for more songs by roop kumar rathod http://roopsunali.com/

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Unknown said...

Very nice post and yes in India we have different types of music. Can anyone tell me what is the difference between classical music and Arnatic classical music

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