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In India, there is a vast profusion
of folk music which varies according to locality. Though folk songs
also follow the same base, classical music requires immense training
& practice. In Indian music, musical sound is called nada &
nada is considered as Brahman or Divine Reality itself.
Classical Indian music can be classified into two distinct categories,
the North Indian or Hindustani & the South Indian or Carnatic
music. The essential features & basis of both the styles are
the same, in the sense that both are spiritualistic in nature. Foreign
influences due to invasions by Persians, Arabs,.. are more evident
in the Hindustani form. There has been a constant intermingling
& the styles that have evolved are the products of these various
currents.
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