Music of Northern India (Hindusthani Tradition)

• More influenced by Muslin religion and middle-eastern musical practice than music in the south of India
• differences between prevailing religions in North and South
• In South, music is of divine origin; not so in North
• examples
• Instruments
• differences in drums from North and South
• other categories of instruments
• how instruments support the musical characteristics, e.g. flexibility of pitch, drone

Music of Indonesia

• Introduction: Geographic details
• very diverse ethnic groups, languages
• Music most often studied is that of Java and Bali
• Musical ensemble is the Gamelan

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