A lecture-demonstration on the khyal style of Hindustani classical vocal
music,
specially recorded and mastered in a studio, and
packaged as a pair of CDs
Contents:
Volume 1: swara, laya, raga, tala (69 min 32 sec)
Volume 2: bandish, khyal, improvisation (77 min 7 sec)
A glossary of terms explained can be viewed
here
,
or downloaded
here
Here are some excerpts
Note 1: In the following excerpts, where the excerpt skips
narration, an audio version of an ellipsis ... is inserted.
It sounds like this
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