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What is Classical about Indian Classical Music?

What do we understand by the term Classical in Indian Classical music? This is an important question whose answer is relevant both to a student as well as an expert musician. Indian C...

Historical milestones in Indian Classical Music

In order to understand how Indian tuning systems and musical scales developed and evolved into the Indian Classical music of today, it is necessary to trace the history of Indian Classi...

Adoption of Adhara Shadaj - A Key Milestone

Indian Classical Music was not always like we know and understand today, having evolved continuously over a period of 2000 - 3000 years. Despite the long evolution, it has retained it...

Lakshanas - Grammar of Indian Classical Music

Indian Classical Music has had a long history over a period of 2000 - 3000 years. It underwent a key milestone - the adoption of Adhara Shadaj about 800 years ago. In an earlier ar...