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  2. Tanpura - Wikipedia

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    Visually, the tanpura resembles a simplified sitar or similar lute-like instrument, and is likewise crafted out of a gourd or pumpkin. The tanpura does not play a melody , but rather creates a meditative ambience, supporting and sustaining the performance of another musician or vocalist, as well as for musicians accompanying a dance performance.

  3. Hindustani classical music - Wikipedia

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    As with movable do solfege, the notes are heard relative to an arbitrary tonic that varies from performance to performance, rather than to fixed frequencies, as on a xylophone. The fine intonational differences between different instances of the same swara are called srutis. The three primary registers of Indian classical music are mandra ...

  4. Jivari - Wikipedia

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    The javari of a sitar will be made according to the wishes of the player, either 'open',('khula') with a bright sounding javari-effect, or 'closed' ('band') with a relatively more plain tone, or something in between ('ghol'). The choice depends on the preference of the sitar-player and on the adapted playing style.

  5. Tansener Tanpura - Wikipedia

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    Tansener Tanpura is a musical mystery Bengali web series. The series is about the notes and melodies of music through the traditional Indian classical music . [ 2 ] Directed by Soumik Chattopadhyay and developed in Anandagarh.

  6. 1080p - Wikipedia

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    It is often marketed as Full HD or FHD, to contrast 1080p with 720p resolution screens. Although 1080p is sometimes referred to as 2K resolution [2] [3] [4] (meaning having a horizontal resolution of approximately 2,000 pixels [5]), other sources differentiate between 1080p and (true) 2K resolution.

  7. Sitar - Wikipedia

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    The modern seven string sitar was created by Allauddin Khan. [19] Sympathetic strings on sitar were first added by Ustad Imdad Khan. [20] The earliest compositional style specifically for the sitar emerged in the mid-eighteenth century, attributed to Firoz Khan, who was either the son or nephew of Khusrau Khan. [21]

  8. Veena - Wikipedia

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    The sitar has been popular with Indian Muslim musicians. [37] Surbahar the base tuned version of the Sitar, created due to the fact that Sitar players wanted to play a base tune like that of the Saraswati veena. Ālāpiṇī vīṇā. Historical. A one string stick-zither style veena, shorter than the one string Eka-tantri vina. It had one half ...

  9. Indian classical music - Wikipedia

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    Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. [1] It is generally described using terms like Shastriya Sangeet and Marg Sangeet. [2] [3] It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as Hindustani and the South Indian expression known as Carnatic. [4]