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Courtney, David
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Darbari Kanada (rag) - general discussion
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Delaware
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Dey, Manna
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Dhani
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Durbari Kanada - see Darbari Kanada
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ektal
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Elementary North Indian Music (book)
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- Frequently asked Questions
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tarana
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film songs - general discussion
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- indexed according to year
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fire tongs
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Florida
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folk instruments
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- Vitat Forum
fourier transform
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France
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French articles
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frequencies of spectral components of dayan
frequency domain
frequently asked questions
Fundamentals of Tabla (book)
ga (tabla bol)
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gamut
gana (see vocal)
Gara (rag)
- film songs
garba
Gauhar Jan
Gaur Malhar (rag)
- film songs
Gaur Sarang
- film songs
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Gat (tabla) - general discussion
- examples in tintal
gayaki (see vocal)
gazal - general discussion
- history of gazal
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- musical form
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geendad
geet
Georgia
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Germany
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Giri, Kalyani
git - see geet
ghungharu
glissando
glossary
Goa
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gol kathi
gobbi
Gopalan Govender
gopichand - general discuussion
- construction
gotuvadyam
graphic output (spectrum analysis)
Great Britain - see United Kingdom
guitar
- and sitar
- and tabla
- Roy, Kaushik
- spectrogram
Gujarat
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Gujari Todi - general discussion
- film songs
gummeta
Gunkali
- film songs
Hamir (rag)
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Hamsadhwani
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harmonium - general discussion
- parts of harmonium
- sitting position
Haryana
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Hawaii
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Himachal Pradesh
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Hindu religious songs
Hindustani sangeet - general discussion
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- ornamentation
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- tal (rhythmic forms)
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- that (scales)
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Hyderabad
- and Freemasonry
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idakka
Idaho
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Illinois
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Indian music forums
Indiana
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Indonesia
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inverse domain
ionian mode
Iowa
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Italy
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Janasamohini
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Japan
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Jaunpuri
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Jharkhand
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jhala
jhaptal
- theka
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Jhinjhoti
- film songs
jhorka
jod - see jor
jhoomar
Jog
- film songs
Jogiya
- film songs
Jogkauns
- film songs
jor
jhumra tal
K.L. Saigal
ka (tabla bol)
kabir - see also saints
kacchhi ghodhi
Kafi (rag) - general discussion
- film songs
kafi that
kaherava tal
kaida - general discussion
- examples in ektal
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- examples in tintal
Kalavati
- film songs
Kalingada (Kalingara) (rag)
- film songs
Kalyan (rag) - general discussion
- article
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Kalyani Giri
Kalyan (that)
Kamancha
Kamod
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kanjira
Kansas
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Karnatic sangeet - see Carnatic sangeet
Kashmir
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- and the tawaif
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kathakali
- costumes
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Kaushik Kanada
- film songs
Kaushik Roy
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Kavita o Kavita (cassette of Telugu songs from Sri Sri)
Kavita o Kavita (CD of Telugu music from Sri Sri)
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kayada - see kaida
Kedar
- film songs
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kempta tal - see khempta
Kentucky
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Kerala
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khali
Khammaj (rag) - general discussion
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Khan, Aslam
khempta tal
kheyal - general description
- antara
- special radio presentation on the kheyal
- sthai
khol
kirtan
Kirwani
- film songs
Kipling
Kishore Kumar
Kolkata - see Calcutta
korka
KPFT
krantan
kuchipudi - general discussion
- instruments used
Kudapanchamukhi
Kumar, Hemant
Kumar, Kishore
kushan
- definition
- in-depth discussion
ladi (tabla)
laggi - general discussion
- examples in dadra
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Lahara - general discussion
- box
- CDs
Laiho, Jarkko
Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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lohati
lakshangeet
Lalit (rag) - general discussion
- film songs
Lalitha Sahasranama
Lata Mangeshkar
laya (tempo)
Learning Tabla (Video introduction to the tabla)
Learning the Tabla Vol 1 (Book / CD instruction set for tabla)
Learning the Tabla Vol 2 (Book / CD instruction set for tabla)
Learning the Tabla (faq) - list of FAQs
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lippi (notation)
Live (CD of traditional Indian music)
Lousiana
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lydian mode
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madda (see bayan)
maddal
Madhumadhavi Sarang
- film songs
Madhuvanti
- film songs
Madhya Pradesh
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magadi vina
Maharashtra
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Maine
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major scale (bilawal that)
Malaysia
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Malgunji
- film songs
Malkauns - general discusion
- film songs
Mand
- film songs
Manipur
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Manipuri dance - general discussion
- history of Manipuri dance
- Manipuri dance forms
- Manipuri dance music
- musical instruments used
Manitoba, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Manj Khammaj
- film songs
manjira
Manna Dey
Manufacture and Repair of Tabla (book)
Maru Bihag
- film songs
Marwa - general discussion
- film songs
marwa that
Maryland
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Massachusetts
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mathuri
matra (beat)
mawaloti
mayuri vina
meend (slide)
Meera - see also saints
Megh
- film songs
Megh Malhar
- film songs
Meghalaya
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Mehmood, Talat
Mehta, Hetal
Mehta, Manju
Mexico
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Mian-ki-Malhar
- film songs
Mian-ki-Todi (rag) - general discussion
- film songs
Michigan
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MIDI
Minnesota
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Mir Ali Akhtar
Mira - see also saints
Misra, Arati
Mississippi
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Missouri
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mixolydian mode
Mizoram
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mnemonic syllables
modulation (of bayan)
- spectrogram
modulation (scale)
Mohammed Rafi
mohara
mohiniattam - general discussion
- instruments used
Montana
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
moorchana - see murchana
moorsang - see murchang
MP - see Madhya Pradesh
mridang - see also khol, mridangam, pakhawaj, pung
mridangam - general discussion
- contrasted with tabla
- electronic
- spectrogram of rim stroke
mridangam artists
- Gopalan Govender
Mukesh
mukhada
mukhavina
Multani
- film songs
murchana
music classes
music education
musicpage (Chandrakantha's)
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musical notation
musical notes - see also notation
musical scale
musical study - see also music classes, study in India, teachers of Indian music and dance
Mumbai - see Bombay
murchang
myths (origin of music)
na or naa (tabla bol)
na (tabla bol)
nal
Nand
- film songs
nadaswaram
nagada
Nagaland
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
nakula vina
Natural scale - see also Bilawal that
natyashastra
Nayaki Kanada
- film songs
Nebraska
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Nepal
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Netherlands
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Nevada
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New Brunswick, CA
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New Delhi
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New Hampshire
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
New Jersey
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
New Mexico
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
New York
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
New Zealand
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Newfoundland, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Nikhil Bannerjee - see Bannerjee, Nikhil (sitar)
nissan
Nisar, Shabbir
nomtom
Nizamuddin Khan (tabla)
North Carolina
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
North Dakota
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
North India
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North Indian music - see Hindustani sangeet
notation
notes - see also notation
Northern Ireland
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Northwest Territories, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
nout
Nova Scotia, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
nritya - see also dance
Nunavut, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Odissa
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
- traditional music
Odissi dance - general overview
- history of Odissi dance
- instruments used
- Odissi dance music
- stylistic characteristics
Ohio
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Oklahoma
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Ontario, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
order page
Oregon
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Orissa - see Odissa
ornamentation
ottu
overview of Indian music
Pahadi
- film songs
pakad
pakhawaj
- spectrogram
Pakistan
- suppliers of Indian instruments
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Palasi
- film songs
paran - general discussion
- examples in tintal
- examples in ektal
Panchamukhavadyam
Parts of instruments
- bansuri
- sitar
- tabla
pashtu tal
Patdeep
- film songs
pena
Pennsylvania
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- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
percussion - see drums and percussion
peshkar (tabla)
- general discussion
- examples in tintal
phara
Philippines
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
Pilu
- film songs
pitch
prakar (tabla) - general discussion
- examples in tintal
- examples in ektal
Prince Edward, CA
- teachers and performers of Indian music and dance
products from Chandra and David - master list
- Advanced Theory of Tabla (book)
- Amrit (CD)
- Bhairagi Bhairav (CD)
- Bhajans from the Hindu association of West Texas (CD)
- Elementary North Indian Vocal (book)
- Fundamentals of Tabla (book)
- Kavita o Kavita (CD)
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qawwali - general discussion
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- spiritual significance of qawwali
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santur
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Talat Mehmood
tali (clapping)
tamak
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tan (vocal)
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tar shehnai - overview
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teachers of Indian music and dance
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teevra - see tivra
Telugu music page (Chandrakantha's)
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time of rags (samay)
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tukara - see tukada
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tuning (general philosophy)
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tuning the tabla
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TV
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Yaman Kalyan (rag)
- in film songs
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