Ancient Indian Music By Emma Williams
When one thinks of ancient Indian music, one might recall the sitar. However, the Indian sitar is a redesigned version of an instrument originally from the ancient Middle East known as the shetar. Also, some ancient Indian musical instruments, such as the laddishah and the ravan-hatti are now only available in museums. As the interest in them dwindled, so did their numbers, causing craftsmen to make less and less money off of them, so that people who knew how to make them became fewer and fewer. In other words, as classical Indian music dropped out of the public eye, classical Indian instruments became scarce.
Hindu religious songs were called bhajans. They originated from the Sama Veda, the fourth Veda. Bhajans are typically sung in groups, with one lead singer on melody. They are also very repetitive. This is one of the reasons that bhajans are sometimes used to relieve stresses of the moment. The repetition allows for freedom from thinking.
http://hinduism.about.com/od/audiomusic/a/bhajan.htm .
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Your website looks awesome I like the color scheme you all chose. It looks pretty cool. I found it interesting how the Indians dropped their classical music and instruments. I would have thought it would have been preserved like many other aspects of their society, life and culture. Good work.
ReplyDeleteMusic from other cultures is always interesting because people from the west always find a way to use them and make something really chill. Nice website design, easy and simple, great work!
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