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• Samagana


  style of singing developed into a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, becoming an established part of contemporary tradition in India
• Sama Veda


  a sacred text, were sung as Samagana and not chanted. is the third of the four Vedas of Hinduism
• Rig Veda


  is also sung in the Samagana traditional singing style
• Rig Veda


  is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.
• Rigveda


  is counted as first among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as Vedas
• India's classical music tradition, includes

  Hindustani and Carnatic
• Carnatic music 


  refers to music from South India directed to a Hindu god, which is why it is called “temple music”
• Hindustani music


  predominantly found in the northern and central regions
• Hindustani music 


  influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic religion/Vedic philosophy, native Indian sounds and enriched by the Persian performance practices of the Mughal era
• Ghan


  described as a non-membranous percussive instrument but with solid resonators.
• Ghan


  It is one of the oldest classes of instrument in India.
• Ghan 


  It may also be a melodic instrument or instruments to keep tal.
• Avanaddh 


  described as a membranous percussive instrument
• Avanaddh


  This class of instruments typically comprise the drums
• Sushir


  It is characterized by the use of air to excite the various resonators.
• Sushir


  also known as blown air
• Tat


  referred to as vina during the old civilization.
• Vitat


  This is of the oldest classifications of instruments and yet did not occupy a place in classical Indian music until the last few centuries.
• Vitat


  described as bowed stringed instruments
• Rhythm 


  plays an important role in Indian music. It is fundamental to the creation of any musical system
• Tala


  Literally meaning clap
• Tala


  Is a regular, repeating rhythmic phrase, particularly as rendered on a percussive instrument with an ebb and flow of various intonations represented as a ''theka‘’
• Tala


  is the common Indian system of rhythm
• Theka


  a sequence of drum-syllables or ''bol‘’
• Tabla


  most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Hindustani music
• Mridangam


  also transliterated as “mridang
• Mrindagam


  most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Carnatic music
• Pakistan 


  known for its unique vocals
• Ghazal


  traditional expressions of love, separation, and loneliness; It tells about both the pain of loss of the lover and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.
• Ghazal 


  ts structural requirements are stricter than those of most poetic forms traditionally written in English.
• Ghazal


  s considered by many to be one of the principal poetic forms in the Persian civilization.
• Qawwali


  the devotional music of the Chishti Order a vibrant musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years, and originally performed mainly at Sufi shrines throughout the subcontinent and gained mainstream popularly
• Hamd


  a Christian religious music from Pakistan
• Humnawa


  instrumental music mostly played by eight to nine men
• Ghazal


  Can be sung by both men and women
• Dhrupad


  the oldest vocal genre of classical music approaching extinction
• Khayal


  the most popular genre of classical music in North India and Pakistan
• Punjabi music


  strengthens the importance of musical instruments in Pakistan
• Punjab


  is a region in South Asia which is divided into West Punjab, Pakistan and East Punjab, India.
• Modal


  In general, the music of West Asia is