- Music is a very important part of Indian culture.
- There are four instrument types in Indian music culture – these are strings, membranes, cymbals and air.
- The oldest samples of Indian music date back to 1000bc. These were songs sung for ‘Verdi Strauta’ sacrifices and are the earliest account of Indian musical hymns.
- Current musical styles include religious, classical, folk and pop.
- Filmy and indi-pop are the newest musical styles in India. Filmy is music for Indian cinema – typically Bollywood films – while indi-pop is a mixture of Indian music and western music.
- As in the west, music is used in religious ceremonies, weddings, films and television. It can be heard blasting out on crowded buses in the cities or being played by villagers after a hard day’s work in the fields. India can be a hard country to live in and music is a way of making life more bearable.
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