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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent.
01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
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03 · How it is doing
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Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent.
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1 min read · 1 sourceKhyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the performer greater freedom of expression than dhrupad and is sung with the tabla instead of the pakhavaj. In khyal, ragas are extensively ornamented, and the style calls for more technical virtuosity.
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Khyal is modern genre of classical singing in the Indian subcontinent, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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