Encyclopedia of Indian Music

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The multimedia encyclopedia of North Indian music is coming online.

Aimrec first released Sangeetpedia on DVD-ROM in 2009, with 1,500 terms, more than 700 videos and over 450 audio files. We are rebuilding it for the web: ragas, talas, musical forms, instruments and artists, each explained and illustrated with audio, video and images.

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Short performances from the Sangeetpedia encyclopedia: ragas, tabla, and the lighter and folk forms of North Indian music.

Ragas

Biplab Mukherjee singing Raga Tilak Kamod — Raga Tilak KamodKhayalBiplab Mukherjee (vocal), Enayet Hossain (tabla), Bimal Kundu (tanpura)

Kalyan Mukherjee playing Raga Hindol on the sarod — Raga HindolInstrumental gat, DhamarKalyan Mukherjee (sarod), Anindya Mukherjee (tabla)

Anjan Chattopadhyay playing Raga Adana on the sitar — Raga AdanaInstrumental gat, vilambit TeentalAnjan Chattopadhyay (sitar), Enayet Hossain (tabla)

Ambarish Das singing a khayal in Raga Desh — Raga DeshKhayal, Teental and EktalAmbarish Das (vocal), Debasish Dey (tabla)

Tabla

Enayet Hossain playing an uthan on the tabla — UthanThe opening of a tabla soloEnayet Hossain (tabla), Asmita Nagarkar (harmonium)

Lighter and folk forms

Suchisree Ray singing a tappa in Raga Bhairavi — TappaSemi-classical, Raga BhairaviSuchisree Ray (vocal), Sumantra Guha (tabla), Debasish Haldar (sarangi)

Dipanjana Bose singing a Meera bhajan — Meera BhajanDevotional: bhajanDipanjana Bose (vocal), Anindya Mukherjee (tabla)

Rupan Sarkar singing a jhula — JhulaMonsoon swing song of TeejRupan Sarkar (vocal), Sumantra Guha (tabla), Debasish Haldar (sarangi)

Surajit Sen singing a shaadigeet — ShaadigeetFolk: wedding songSurajit Sen (vocal), Sabyasachi Sarkar (tabla)

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