MUSIC OF INDIA
- Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian Music encompass numerous genres, multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk (Bollywood), rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed over several geo-locations spanning the sub-continent. Music in India began as an integral part of socio-religious life.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE INDIAN MUSIC?
- Indian music consists of folk, classical (Hindustani and Carnatic) and pop music, among others. The Classical music is characterized by microtones (or shruti), notes (or swara), ornamentations (or alankar), melodies improvised from grammar (or raga) and rhythmic patterns used in percussion (or tala).
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT INDIAN MUSIC?
- Indian music typically contains no harmony, can be completely improvised, and is rarely written down.
WHY IS INDIAN DANCE IMPORTANT?
- The Indian Dance tradition is thousands of years old and plays an important part in Hindu culture. In Hinduism all art forms like dance (Natyakala), music (Sangeetakala), painting (Chitrakala) and sculpture (Shilpakala) convey the beautiful and divine side of man.
WHAT IS INDIAN DANCING CALLED?
- Bharatanatyam
