Hi, this is Sādhana.
Indian classical music is a very rich and beautiful tradition of music that goes back over 3,500 years. Over the millennia, it has evolved into two distinct schools – the Hindustani school, which is prevalent in North India, and the Carnatic school, which is prevalent in South India. The two are quite similar on a fundamental level but have evolved to develop distinct styles over the centuries.
My main website functions as a textbook explaining all the basic concepts of Hindustani (North Indian) classical music from scratch, demonstrating through examples with notations (both Indian and Western) at each step.
This blog, however, is for writing more freely about a wider variety of topics related to classical music in India, not necessarily limited to Hindustani classical music. I hope to take up historical, cultural, regional, and technical aspects of Indian classical music for discussion. If there are any topics you would like to hear more about, please leave a comment under one of my posts.
Please write to me at sadhana@raag-hindustani.com if you would like to leave a comment or ask a question about this blog or my music website. You can also follow and interact with me on X (@RaagHindustani) and on Quora (Sadhana), where I answer questions about Indian classical music.