North Indian classical music

Music of India
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
Traditional Classical Carnatic Hindustani Folk Baul Bhajan Odissi Rabindra Sangeet Thumri Dadra Ghazal Qawwali Chaiti Kajari Sufi Modern Bhangra Filmi Pop Rock Bengali Raga Blues Jazz Trance
Media and performance
Music awards	Filmfare Awards Punjabi Music Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Music festivals	Saptak Festival of Music Chennai Music Season Dover Lane music festival Tyagaraja Aradhana
Music media	Sruti The Record Music Magazine
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Jana Gana Mana
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Telangana Tamil Nadu Ancient Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Music of Pakistan
Genres
Classical Ghazal Sufi Folk Qawwali
Specific forms
Religious music	Hamd Nasheeds Naat
Ethnic music	Balti Balochi Brahui Burusho Burushaski Hazaragi Hindko Kashmiri Khowar Pashto Pothwari Punjabi Saraiki Shina Sindhi
Other music	Bhangra Pop (Filmi) Hip Hop Rock (Sufi rock)
Media and performance
Music awards	Hum Awards Lux Style Awards Nigar Awards Pakistan Media Awards ARY Film Awards
Music charts	Patari Haftanama
Music festivals	All Pakistan Music Conference Lahore Music Meet Lok Virsa Mela
Music media	Magazines Bandbaja Danka Mosiki Television ARY Musik Coke Studio Nescafe Basement Oxygene Uth Records Internet Taazi Patari.pk
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Qaumi Taranah
Regional music
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Balochistan Tribal Areas Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad Capital Territory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh

Music of Bangladesh
Baul, the mystic minstrel of Bengal.
Genres
Classical Rock Hip hop
Specific forms
Religious music	Hamd Naat Ghazal Jari gan Shreekrishna Kirtana Shyama Sangeet
Ethnic music	Agamani-Vijaya Baul Bhatiali Bhawaiya Dhamail Gombhira Kavigan Maimansingha Gitika Sari gan
Traditional music	Rabindra Sangeet Nazrul Geeti Lalon Hason Raja
Media and performance
Music awards	Shilpakala Academy Award
Music festivals	Dhaka World Music Festival
Music media	Radio Radio Foorti Radio Today Radio Amar ABC Radio Television Channel 9 Banglavision NTV Channel i Channel 16 Internet AmaderGaan.com
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Amar Sonar Bangla
Other	Notuner Gaan (National March) Ekusher Gaan (Ode to the Language Movement)
Regional music
Related areas	Bengal West Bengal
Other regions	India Pakistan

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Hindustani classical music ([hin̪d̪us̪t̪ɑːn̪i]) is the traditional music of northern areas of the Indian subcontinent, including the modern states of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It may also be called North Indian classical music or Shāstriya Sangīt. Its origins date from the 12th century CE, when it diverged from Carnatic music, the classical tradition of southern parts of the subcontinent.

Hindustani classical music has strongly influenced Indonesian classical music and Dangdut popular music, especially in instrumentation, melody, harmony, and beat. Its main instruments are tabla, sitar and modern guitars.

Around the 12th century, Hindustani classical music diverged from what eventually came to be identified as Carnatic classical music. The central notion in both these systems is that of a melodic mode or raga, sung to a rhythmic cycle or tala. These principles were refined in the musical treatises Natya Shastra, by Bharata (2nd–3rd century CE), and Dattilam (probably 3rd–4th century CE).

In medieval times, the melodic systems were fused with ideas from Persian music, particularly through the influence of Sufi composers like Amir Khusro, and later in the Mughal courts. Noted composers such as Tansen flourished, along with religious groups like the Vaishnavites.