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is any pattern of musical decoration a musician or vocalist creates within or across tones, based on ancient musical theories or driven by personal creative choices, in a progression of
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The ancient and medieval music scholars of India state that there are unlimited creative possibilities available to a musician, but each scholar illustrated the concept with a set of
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being those that cannot be reduced to a fixed scale degree pattern. The Indian theory of
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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent
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Bruno Nettl; Ruth M. Stone; James Porter; et al. (1998).
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applies to both vocal and musical instrument performance.
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group within a given octave, in ancient Indian music.
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Index

Indian classical music

Carnatic music
Hindustani music
Odissi music
Shruti
Svara
Alankara
Raga
Rasa
Tala
Sangita
Vadya
v
t
e
Sanskrit
romanized
Indian classical music
svaras
Carnatic music
Hindustani music
Purandara Dasa
ragas
talas
Natya Shastra
meend
grace notes
raga
gamaka

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