Main features of Indian music

• Indian music is often based around the pentatonic scale, a musical scale with five notes per octave.

• The raga scale, a series of five or more notes upon which a melody is constructed, is commonly used in classical music.

• Indian rythms are typically polyrythmic –  the simultaneous use of two or more conflicting rhythms – and use complex time signatures and syncopation.

• Indian music often has a meditative or spiritual meaning.