The vast region of the Indian subcontinent is home to many different people. Hundreds of musical traditions exist side by side, each with their own songs, dances and instruments. Different Instruments are favoured in different areas.
Stringed instruments such as the sitar and the bowed fiddle are both popular in north India, while a range of flutes and trumpets are flavoured in the south. But the best known Indian classical music comes from the north.
Most of their music is based on a complex sequence of scales called ragas, each one is to a certain mood time of day or season. To play this kind of music with its complicated patterns of notes and rhythms takes many years of practice. The voice is also most considered as an instrument.
Most are faithful songs inspired by the Hindu, Muslim and Buddhist faiths. The soaring expressive melodies Qawwali music, played in India and Pakistan, are thought to bring the performer and listener closer to God.
India music can be played with so many different instruments and rhythms and over 200 different ragas.
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