Tamil Nadu is a state in southern India. Modern popular music in the region includes filmi and other varieties of Indian popular music. Carnatic classical music has also had a long history in Tamil Nadu, which has produced a number of famous performers, as well as an associated kind of classical dance called Bharatha Natyam. Folk music in the region remains popular, especially in rural areas; elements of traditional styles are sometimes used in film music. There are contemporary enthusiasts, like Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan and Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, who have worked to revive popular interest in the folk music of Tamil Nadu. The music of India includes multiples varieties of folk and pop music, along with Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. ... The origins of Indian classical music can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. ... This article or section should include material from List of Carnatic singers. ... Hindustani (हिन्‍दुस्‍थानी) classical music is an Indian classical music tradition originating in the North of the Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries CE. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary traditions established primarily in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. ... A Bhajan is a Hindu devotional song, often but not necessarily of ancient origin. ... The bhangra is a lively folk dance which traces its roots to the region of Punjab (North India and Pakistan). ... Filmi is Indian popular music as written and performed for Indian cinema. ... In poetry (and as the lyrics in songs), the ghazal is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... 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Folk instruments in Tamil Nadu include the sarangi. Traditional songs tend to use intricate talas and ancient classical ragas like Thodi and Sama. Sarangi The sarangi is the most important bowed string instrument of Indias Hindustani classical music tradition. ... The term Tala can refer to: A rhythmic pattern in Carnatic or Hindustani (where it is also spelled taal or tal) music. ... Raga (राग) (rāg /राग (Hindi), raga (Anglicised from rāgaḥ/रागः (Sanskrit)) or rāgam /ராகம் (Tamil)) are the very detailed melodic modes used in Indian classical music. ...

The rural hill tribes of Tamil Nadu each have their own folk traditions. The Pulayar, for example, perform melodies called talams which are said to come from the cooing of birds. Each talam is named after a deity, including Kunhanada talam, Mangalanada talam and Karaganachi talam. Singaram are a kind of orchestra consisting of several percussion and other instruments Look up Melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a melody is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ...

Kulavai is a kind of women's work song, known especially in Thanjavur. Passersby who notice the women's singing are greeted in a chorus, and customarily leave a small tip for the women. Thanjavur, also known as Tanjore, is a city in Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. ...

External links

• samples (http://www.cs.utk.edu/~siddhart/tamilnadu/MUSIC/)
• History of classical music in Tamil Nadu (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/tnmusic1.html)