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The geographic, language, and cultural diversity of India contributes to a broad range of musical styles within Indian music. Certain folk styles and traditions of music important to one region may be virtually unknown in others. In this segment, we’ll learn about many common elements of Indian music—ragas, drones, improvisation, and the celebrity of being a Bollywood playback singer.
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The geographic, language, and cultural diversity of India contributes to a broad range of musical styles within Indian music. Certain folk styles and traditions of music important to one region may be virtually unknown in others. In this segment, we’ll learn about many common elements of Indian music—ragas, drones, improvisation, and the celebrity of being a Bollywood playback singer.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tere Naina | Shafqat Amanat Ali | My Name Is Khan (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture). | Sin UK | 2010 | 00:00 |
| Kanwar Kanhiya Per | Balram Mishra & Manoj Tiwari Mridul | Bhola Ke Charniya Mein. | T-Series | 2009 | 00:00 |
| Shish Ram Saklani ka Panwara | Bacchan Dei, Shiv Charan | Baddi Geet - Songs of the Baddi Community of Garhwal. | Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Idakka | T.R. Sankaran Namb?diri and P.M. N?r?yana Mara | Music from South India: Kerala;” Year of Recording 1961. | Folkways Records; Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage | 1961 | 00:00 |
| Panchaw?dyam | N?r?yana Mara and Party | Music from South India: Kerala; Year of Recording 1961. | Folkways Records; Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage | 1961 | 00:00 |
| Dhrupad Alap Rag Poorvi | Kaushiki Chakrabarty | Kaushiki. | Sense World Music | 2007 | 00:00 |
| Raga Darbari Kanada | Hari Prasad Chaurasia | Raga Darbari Kanada. | Nimbus Records | 1995 | 00:00 |
| Raga Rageshree | Ravi Shankar | Festival from India [Original recording remastered, Import]. | Bgo - Beat Goes on | 2002 | 00:00 |
| Raag Jhinhoti | Pahdit Ronu Majumdar | The Music of Yog. | Sense World Music | 2008 | 00:00 |
| Raga Kapi | V. Doreswamy Iyengar | Thillanas: A Confluence Of Rhythm & Melody. | Music Today | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Sheila ki Jawani | Katrina Kaif | Tees Maar Khan Bollywood CD 2010 [Soundtrack]. | T Series | 2010 | 00:00 |
| yeh dosti | n-a | Canteen Classics Vol 1. | Universal music | 2007 | 00:00 |
| Chaiyya Chaiyya | Sukhwinder Singh & Sapana Awasthi | Dil Se. | Venus | 1998 | 00:00 |
| Mela | Rahul Sharma | Passage to India- Fusion. | Passage to India | 2003 | 00:00 |
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