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| | Indian Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The music of India is melodic; harmony and polyphony found in western music have no part in Indian music, though some experiments are being done now. |
 | | Indian classical music is based on two movements; the first is free in time, with no percussion instruments, and is called Alap while the second movement, a composition, is fixed in time and accompanied by a percussion instrument. |
 | | The instruments that are mainly used in Indian music are stringed instruments (Sitar, Tamboora, etc. that are plucked and Sarangi and the Dilurba that are bowed), wind instruments (the Flute, Shehnai, Naferi, and Nagasvaram, all types of Indian oboes), and the percussion instruments (Tabla, Pakhawaj, Mridanga, and others), along with bells, plates, etc. |
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