An Introduction to Indian Classical Music
 

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Fusion - Indian Classical with Western Classical







Fusion - Indian classical with Jazz









Indian Classical





Bansuri/Tabla duet


Sitar/Tabla duet




Classical Vocals




Mridangam/Tabla duet




Mridangam solo


Mridangam explained




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Esraj

Holy crap! I don't have time to go through these videos at the moment, but I'm bookmarking this page for sure! I've always wanted to get into non-western classical but I had no idea where to begin. Thanks a bunch.

this is great music, i love it

Indian music has it's own flavor, the videos are real treat to ears n you get pure Indian taste. Modern Indian ears love to fusion, mixing the east-west, very popular now a days.

But example of fusion in western?

Indian tonality is so much different than the established western styles. It's really interesting to listen to.

I love tabla solos too. I play with a conga player and some of the stuff he can generate sounds similar.

Have there been any scientific studies of Indian tonality?

By scientific studies, do you mean, FFA type stuff, with math-ings and frequency graphs and whatnot, or do you mean Overviews of Hindustani theory?

If you mean theory and practice, there's an excellent text from 1898, by Bhavánráv A. Pingle, entitled "Indian Music," which goes over waaaaaay more than I could absorb.

Best of all, you can get it free as a pdf from google books. Or at least you could a few years ago, I'm assuming you still can....

Hmmm, tried to post a link to the ebook, but I guess newbies can't. Oh, I meant to say, originally, fantastic OP! Loving the music thus far!!!!!

Cheers,
-Zack

I meant closer to the first, though I don't know what FFA stands for, and although the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive (?).

The book is still free on Google Books, though. When I have time...

Try the book "The Dawn of Indian Music in the West" by Peter Lavezzoli.

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Yea! There are some awesome songs in this thread for sure. The McLaughlin vid for sure. I always wondered why it's not more popular in western culture.

Awesome video !
Love it

Thank you for this thread!

I noticed the OP had some different styles posted and would like to add a little to that. In Indian classical music there is two distinct styles, that being Carnatic (south India) and Hindustani (North India). I believe Carnatic is the most popular style.

I also made a short list of some of the most famous artists in classical Indian music.

Ravi Shankar plays a lot of traditional classical music and some fusion. He is considered one of the best Sitar players of his time.

Anoushka Shankar is the daughter Ravi Shankar and like him plays the Sitar.

Zakir Hussian is a Tabla player that plays primarily fusion.

Kadri Gopalnath is a saxophone player using traditional Carnatic music. I believe he had to alter the saxophone to play Carnatic music.

M.S Subbulakshmi is a vocalist that sings in traditional Carnatic music.

I would post links to some music from each artist but I cant.

Added videos featuring various other instruments for your viewing pleasure!

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RIP Shrinivas

This might be the best thread on the whole forum.

Actually, my introduction was Ravi Shankar. I still haven't heard "3 Classical Ragas," sadly.

Thanks for posting this.

Wow, no Asha Bhosle or Uppalapu Srinivas? This list is seriously lacking.
Big continent with decades of fine talent, so it would be difficult to pick tho.

Killed by Cornershop.

That was 20 years ago.
She's done more in the past 20 years
than most have done in a musical lifetime.
Also, no mention of Mohammed Rafi either.
I got to see him just weeks before his death.

Ram Narayan and his Sārangī fiddle

Raga Darbari