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Carnatic music: Information from Answers.com (4423 words) |
 | The Sama Veda is said to have laid the foundation for Indian music, and consists mainily of hymns of Rigveda, set to musical tunes, and would be sung using three to seven musical notes during Vedic sacrifices, sometimes accompanied by an instrument. |
| In Carnatic music, the sampoorna ragas (those with all seven notes in their scales) are classified into a system called the melakarta, which groups them according to the kinds of notes that they have. |
| Carnatic Music was traditionally taught in the gurukula system, where the student lived with and learnt the art from his guru (perceptor). |
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