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music of India

vr.tr.music-of-india · INF.MED

Let an agent explain the music of India and its main traditions, relay history, theory, instruments and genres from musicological sources, describe film, folk, devotional and contemporary forms, and distinguish Indian classical from folk and popular music and Indian music from the wider music of South Asia.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the music of India and its main traditions, relay history, theory, instruments and genres from musicological sources, describe film, folk, devotional and contemporary forms, and distinguish Indian classical from folk and popular music and Indian music from the wider music of South Asia.

The music of the Indian subcontinent in its classical Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, folk musics such as Assamese and Bengali folk, devotional and religious music including Tamil Christian song, and popular forms dominated by film music in Hindi, Tamil and other languages alongside Indian hip hop and pop; Indian music is built on raga and tala and has influenced world music widely.

What it is for: Not applicable; a musical culture.

It can be explain traditions; relay theory and history; describe genres; distinguish related musics.

Distinguishing features

Raga and tala

Two classical systems

Film music dominance

Regional diversity

What it looks like

Not a visible object; music.

Physical character

classical systems: 2 count - Hindustani and Carnatic

Indian film songs produced: thousands per year

main frameworks: raga and tala list

How it is recognised

Music of the Indian subcontinent

Hindustani and Carnatic classical, Assamese and Bengali folk, Tamil Christian song, Indian and Tamil film music, Indian hip hop

Pakistani and Bangladeshi music share roots but are separate national traditions

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

music of South Asia

is built on - melodic frameworks

raga

is exemplified by - a major tradition

Hindustani classical music

is contrasted with - a related national tradition

music of Pakistan

In practice

Families and kinds

Hindustani classical music

Carnatic classical music

folk musics such as Assamese and Bengali folk

devotional music including bhajan, qawwali and Tamil Christian song

film music in Hindi, Tamil and other languages

Indian pop, rock and hip hop

Standards and regulation

Copyright law for film music

Broadcasting regulation

Sangeet Natak Akademi recognition

Failure modes and hazards

Reducing Indian music to film music or to classical music

Registry aliases mixing languages, genres and religious music

Contested attributions of origin

Also called

Indian film musicTamil film musicIndian hip hopTamil Christian songAssamese folk musicBengali folk musicMalayali folk musicTamil folk musicBhatialiIndian folk musicTamil hip hopmusic of LadakhTelugu musicHaryanvi musicKannada musicMalayalam musicMarathi musicmusic of Maharashtramusic of Uttar Pradeshmusic of Sikkimmusic of Andhra Pradeshmusic of Biharmusic of Tamil NaduMizo musicmusic of RajasthanMaithili musicmusic of West Bengalmusic of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh kashmrimusic of Keralamusic of BengalSangitamusic of Himachal Pradeshmusic of Arunachal Pradeshmusic of Assammusic of Chhattisgarhmusic of Gujaratmusic of Haryanamusic of Jharkhandmusic of Madhya Pradeshmusic of Manipur

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What Indian music is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and traditions.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What are the main traditions of Indian music, and how do classical, folk, devotional and popular forms differ? definition
  2. Is the question about Indian music broadly, a tradition, a genre or a region? boundary

Genres

Genres.

Genres

Genres.

  1. What are Assamese and Bengali folk, Tamil Christian song, Indian and Tamil film music and Indian hip hop? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific genre? action
Theory Theory and instruments.

Sources.

Raga

Raga and tala.

Raga

Raga.

  1. How do raga and tala structure Hindustani and Carnatic music? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Instruments

Instruments.

Instruments

Instruments.

  1. What are the main instruments, from sitar and sarod to veena, tabla and mridangam? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.

Attribution.

Classical

Classical history.

Classical

Classical.

  1. How did Indian classical music develop from Vedic chant through the medieval period to the gharanas, as musicologists describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of Indian classical music? action

Popular

Film and popular.

Popular

Popular.

  1. How did film music, pop and hip hop develop in India? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Indian film music? action
Context Regions and influence.

Context.

Regions

Regional musics.

Regions

Regions.

  1. How do regional and folk musics differ across India s states? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific regional music? action

Influence

Global influence.

Influence

Influence.

  1. How has Indian music influenced and absorbed world music? provenance
  2. Which entry fits world music? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Indian film music, Tamil film music and Indian hip hop be separate primary entries?
  • How should musicological sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming languages, genres and regions; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON