1. The Music of India

2. Indian music is a classical art music tradition with many similarities to Western classical music

3. Two major musical systems exist in Indian music

4. Sangita is generally translated as “music”

5. Kathak Dance is one of the six major dance forms of India

6. Khyal is a modern genre of Hindustani vocal music

7. Gat-tora begins the tabla

8. The tabla are a pair of drums used in Hindustani music

9. The Sitar is primary plucked. It is a lute used for Hindustani music

10. Lay is the tempo

11. Indian music has ancient roots

12. The Vedas are a corpus of texts originating in ancient India

13. Early music provides both continuity and divergence

14. Sama-veda is the rig-veda set as hymn texts

15. The Hindustani and Karnatak systems represent the north and south traditions

16. The influence of Islam became of singular importance for North India

17. Guru, in Karnatak music, is a teacher. A Shishya is a student

18. Let`s look at a typical Karnatak recital

19. There are four major types of instruments

20. The influence of Indian music and prospects

21. Filmigit are popular film songs

22. Ghazal is a form of sung poetry associated with Persian-Arabic Muslim culture taken up by Urdu speakers in North India and Pakistan

23. Bhangra is pop music of the South India diaspora

24. Summary

25. Indian music developed over many centuries

26. Later theorists traced the roots of Indian music to Vedas

27. A second wave of settlers brought a new religion called Islam

28. Northern music tends to be smoother and less ornamented than Southern

29. Northern music is more improvised than Southern

30. Today, Indian music has absorbed much Western influence

31. What does Indian music have in common with Western classical music?

32. What does Indian music have in common with jazz?

33. How would you compare Indian music to Indian food?

34. How is the relationship of composer to performer understood in Indian music?

35. Has anyone heard Indian music in a North American pop song?

36. Is Indian film music an escape from reality, or does it articulate life? Is American film music an escape from reality, or does it articulate life?