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Musical Instruments of India (Stringed) Posted by Nitin Kumar on May 27, 2012
Indian classical music is very diverse and distinct in the whole world. It uses variety of musical instruments to achieve this feat. Hindi film industry incorporates Indian classical music in their sound tracks. I have made a post on some of the stringed musical instruments which are used quite prominently in Indian classical music. 1. वीणा (Veena)…
Indian Classical Music Posted by Nitin Kumar on Nov 20, 2011
Tradition of music is very old in India. First description of music finds its mention in the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition called Vedas (in plural) which are thousands of years old. Indian classical music is spontaneous, elaborate and expressive. It differ slightly from the Western classical music as it uses just-intonation tuning instead…