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Khyal (or Khayal, Hindi: ख़्याल, Urdu: خیال) is the modern genre of classical singing in North India. Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning "imagination". It appeared more recently than . Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no harmonic parts. The modes are called raga, and each raga is a complicated framework of melodic rules. Khyal bases itself on a repertoire of short songs (two to eight lines). Khyals are generally composed either in a variant of Urdu, Hindi or in Farsi, and these compositions cover diverse topics,… read more
Khyal (or Khayal, Hindi: ख़्याल, Urdu: خیال) is the modern genre of classical singing in North India. Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning "imagination". It appeared more recently than . Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no … read more
Khyal (or Khayal, Hindi: ख़्याल, Urdu: خیال) is the modern genre of classical singing in North India. Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning "imagination". It appeared more recently than . Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no harmonic parts. The modes are called raga, and each raga is a complicate… read more

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