A blog about Indian classical music history and culture
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The Vedic Roots of Rhythm in Indian Classical Music
In this article tracing the roots of Indian classical music back to the Vedas, I explore rhythm in Vedic poetry and how it influenced rhythm in music.
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Why are Indian films mostly musicals?
To a large extent, Indian films have inherited the ancient Indian tradition of storytelling through music and dance. But there are also other reasons why Indian films continue to be musicals.
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Indian Classical Music and Religion
The Bhakti movement was a remarkable religious movement that swept the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent for a thousand years or so. It influenced Indian culture in many ways. Needless to say, it also influenced Indian music.
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The songs of our ancestors — Vedic music from 1500~ B.C.
What did music sound like 3000–3500 years ago? Vedic music is an unbroken tradition of singing and chanting that has been kept alive for thousands of years, which makes it a very authentic piece of live history.