Classical Music Tours in India
Classical Music Tours in India takes you on a melodious journey into the musical culture of India. Music is based on the two basic elements namely raag and taal. There are numerous ragas in Indian Classical Music. Classical music can be broadly divided into two major categories namely: Hindustani and Carnatic.
Carnatic music is essentially the music of Southern India. This music is composed on 72 basic scales on the octave and has a rich variety of melodic motion. It is one of the world's oldest and richest musical traditions.
North Indian music is known as Hindustani music. It is associated with the north-Indian temple rituals. There are five different forms of Hindustani music namely Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal, Tappa and Thumri.
In both musical forms, songs or instrumental compositions are usually accompanied by an improvised unmeasured prelude (alap/alaapana).
Dhrupad, the older style of Hindustani music has lost its fans and is heard very rare. Khayal means imagination and is one of the forms in Hindustani music. It involves a higher degree of improvisation. Thumri got popular during 19th century. The lyrics of this style are romantic and devotional. Tappa is a classical music of Punjab.
In instrumental music the persons shining like a star are sitar vadak Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Balaram Pathak and Rais Khan.
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