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Refers to music of South India.

• Carnatic

• Hindustani

• Rig Veda

• Sama Veda

These are devotional song compositions.

• krti

• khyal

• melismatic

• nasal

The other term for nasal singing.

• krti

• khyal

• melismatic

• nasal

The most common style of singing which means “imagination”.

• krti

• khyal

• melismatic

• nasal

A style of singing developed into a strong diverse tradition over several centuries.

• Samagana

• Sama Veda

• Rig Veda

• Vedas

A sacred text where sung as Samagana and not chanted.

• Samagana

• Sama Veda

• Rig Veda

• Vedas

An ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns.

• Samagana

• Sama Veda

• Rig Veda

• Vedas

Also known as blown air, characterized using air to excite the various resonators.

• Tat

• Ghan

• Sushir

• Vitat

Instruments in this class are plucked.

• Tat

• Ghan

• Sushir

• Vitat

Developed in the 13th and 14th centuries AD with Persian influences and from existing religious and folk music.

• Hindustani

• Carnatic

• Khyal

• Carnatic Sangeet