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Classical Music School
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| Indian Classical Music is an ancient form of music
that has been passed on from one generation to the next. This music is
highly intellectual, expressive, rhythmic, emotional and soulful. Vocal
and instrumental music are essentially performed solo by the aritist. Historically there
has not been any orchestral Indian Classical Music. A sitar player for
instance is only accompanied by a tabla player mainly, but it is considered a
sitar solo. Tabla is used both as an accompanying instrument and as a
solo instrument. A sitar performance is generally formatted as an Alap, Jor, without the tabla accompaniment followed by a slow Vilambit gat, a durut gat and jhala with tabla accompaniment. There are various forms of presentation of music called Asnaf. Khayal, and Dhurpad are the two main forms of Indian Classical Music. The other Asnaf are derivatives of classical music but are more appropriately bunched under light classical music. Indian Classical Music has been propagated over so many centuries through schools of music termed Gharana. Gharana means a family, a household or a school. Most of the propagation from one generation to the other has been through an oral tradition called guru shishya parampra or ustadi shagirdi. The relationship between the teacher and the student or the disciple is the key to learning this great ancient form of music. Students of teachers in the past have been not only the teachers sons or blood relations but musicians not directly related to the guru as well. |
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Sitar School of Toronto The home of Indian Classical Music |
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Indian Classical Music Indian Classical Music of North India Indian Classical Music of South India soon to be updated |
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Asnaf: North Indian Classical Music Gayaki or Vocal Music Khayal Dhrupad Indian Classical Music is not to be confused with: Ghazal Qawwali Geet Bhajan Workshop on Asnaf at Sitar School of Toronto |
Saaz:
North Indian Classical Music Instruments Tabla Bansuri Flute Sarangi Sarod Shehnai
Workshop on Instruments North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Saaz: North Indian Classical Music Percussion Instruments Tabla Pakhawaj
Workshop on Instruments of North Indian Music at Sitar School of Toronto |
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Asatizah : Great Musicians of North Indian Classical Vocal Music. Great Teachers of Indian Vocal Music Hazrat Amir Khusro Ustad Fayyaz Khan Ustad Amir Khan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ustad Salamat Ali Khan Pundit Bhim Sen Joshi Pundit Jasraj
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan Rashid Khan
Workshop on Great Vocalists of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Asatizah: Great Musicians of North Indian Classical Instrumental Music. Great Teachers of Indian Music Sitar
Ustad Imdad Khan Sitar Ustad Enayat Khan Sitar Ustad Waheed Khan Sitar Sur Bahar Ustad Aziz Khan Sitar Ustad Villayat Khan Sitar Pundit Ravi Shankar Sitar Pundit Nikhil Banerjee Sitar Rais Khan Sahib Sitar Fateh Ali Khan Sitar Ustad Shahid Parvez Sitar Ustad Sharif Khan Poonch Walay Sitar Ashraf Sharif Sitar Ustad Bundoo Khan Sarangi Ustad Umrao Bundoo Khan Sarangi Pundit Ram Narayan Sarangi Ustad Allauddin Khan Sarod Ali Akbar Khan Sarod Amjad Ali Khan Sarod Pana Lal Ghosh Bansuri Pundit Hari Prasad Chaurasia Bansuri Ustad Bismillah Khan Shehnai
Workshop on Great Sitar Players of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Asatizah: Great Musicians of North Indian Classical Instrumental Music. Great Teachers of Indian Music Tabla Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa Tabla Ustad Amir Hussain Khan Tabla Ustad Habib ud din Khan Tabla Ustad Allah Rakha Khan Tabla Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan Pundit Kishan Maharaj Tabla Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla Abdus Sattar Tari Tabla Pundit Anindo Chatterjee Tabla Mian Qadir Baksh Pakhawaji Tabla Ustad Talib Hussain Pakhawaji Ustad Altaf Hussain Khan Tabla Ustad Mohammad Tufail Tabla
Workshop on Great Percussionists of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
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Gharana: Schools of North Indian Classical Vocal Music
Workshop on Gharanas; the schools of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Gharana: Schools of North Indian Classical Instrumental Music Imdad Khani Gharana Mehar Gharana Seniya Gharana Workshop on Gharanas; the schools of North India at Sitar School of Toronto
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Gharana: Schools of North Indian Classical Percussion Music Tabla
Workshop on Gharanas; the schools of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
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Raags or Raga Music Kamod Hameer Yaman Kalyan Anandi Shyam Kalyan Kedar Maloha Kafi Bhimpalasi Bageshree Pilu Bhairon or Bhairav Darbari Des Khamaj Marwa Pooriya Kalyan Miyan Ki Todi Gujri Todi Bhairavi Bilas Khani Todi Workshop on Rags or Ragas of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Raags or Raga Scales of North
Indian Classical Music Kamod Hameer Yaman Kalyan Anandi Shyam Kalyan Kedar Maloha Allahiya Bilawal Kafi Shahana Bhimpalasi Bageshree Pilu Bhairon or Bhairav Darbari Des Khamaj Marwa Pooriya Kalyan Miyan Ki Todi Gujri Todi Bhairavi Bilas Khani Todi Gaud Malhar Miyan ki Malhar Workshop on Rags or Ragas of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
Taals or Talas Rhythms of Indian Classical Music Teen Taal 16 Beats Ek Taal 12 Beats Jhap Taal 10 Beats Roopak Taal 7 Beats Dadra Taal 6 Beats Matt Taal 9 Beats Panch Taal ki Sawari Taal 15 Beats Dhammar Taal 14 Beats Tilwada Taal 16 Beats Jhoomra Taal 14 Beats Sool Fakhta Taal 5 /10 Beats Deep Chandi Taal 14 Beats Chanchar Rudara Taal 11 Beats Jai Taal 11 Beats Sitar Khani Addha Taal 16 Beats
Workshop on Tals or Talas of North India at Sitar School of Toronto |
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Books On Indian Classical Music Vocalists and Vocal compositions
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A series of books on Sitar will be published by Sitar School of Toronto soon |
Books On Indian Classical Music Tabla
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Future of Indian Classical Music |
Fusion Music and Indian Classical Music Fusion music is like a flirtation that can never lead to a legitimate child. Amjad Ali Khan Fusion music is actually confusion.Villayat Khan Sahib Fusion Music is not Indian Classical Music World Music belongs to the rest of the world! Indian Classical Music does not fuse!
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Zakir Hussain: experimentation that worked |
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Learn Indian Classical Music at Sitar School of Toronto. Vocal Music and Sitar lessons |
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