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Hindustani Vocal
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What is Hindustani Vocal Music?

Hindustani music originated in North India – it is a tradition that has been continuously evolving since the 12th century. It was around this time that Hindustani classical music diverged from what eventually came to be identified as Carnatic classical music. The central notion in both these systems is that of a melodic mode or raga, sung to a rhythmic cycle or tala.
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Around 1900, Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande consolidated the musical structures of Hindustani classical music, called ragas, into a number of thaats. Indian classical music has seven basic notes with five interspersed half-notes, resulting in a 12-note scale. The performance is set to a melodic pattern called a raga characterized in part by specific ascent (aroha) and descent (avaroha) sequences, which may not be identical. 
 
Hindustani vocal music has two forms, Dhrupad and Khayal. Dhrupad is the more ancient form, with very strict norms of presentation; while Khayal which evolved later, permits more freedom with regard to presentation. The Hindustani vocal taught in SIFAS is of the khayal variety.

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Guru Sonali Sinha Biswas
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Guru Shibani Roy
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GURU SUSANTA CHOWDHURY
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​​GURU SUBHADEEP KUMAR BISWAS

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      • Soul of Thani >
        • Dhruva Tala
        • Matya Tala
        • Rupaka Tala
        • Jhampa Tala
        • Triputa Tala
        • Ata Tala
        • Eka Tala
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