GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Classical music of North india is known as
A
Hindustani Music
B
carnatic Music
C
Bengali Music
D
Rajasthani Music
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -North Indian Classical music (NICM), or Hindustani music, is an ancient musical form of India that emerged from a cultural synthesis of the Vedic chant tradition and traditional Persian music (Kaufmann, 1965).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hindustani music is raga based while Carnatic is kriti-based. Hindustani stresses pure notes versus the gamaka-based Carnatic ragas. Raga essays (alapanas) are elaborated from note to note in Hindustani and from phrase to phrase in Carnatic.

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