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Here is, perhaps, the most important and informational recording of Indian (Hindustani) music explained by Ravi Shankar. I'm posting a link to the entire album, however, only the first 4 minutes of this album are included on Bakan's CD. The sections include: 1. An Introduction to Indian Music 2. Dádrá 3. Máru-Bihág 4. Bhimpalási 5. Sindhi-Bhairavi {http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1K2GRsjhUQ} Youtube quote: "The Sounds of India" is a 1968 LP album by Hindustani classical musician Ravi Shankar. It was digitally remastered and released in CD format by Columbia Records in 1989. Allmusic reviewer Adam Greenberg recommended listening to the album for "Shankar's amazing abilities" but singled out the album for its historic value as a work that introduced Western listeners to Hindustani classical music using short lessons before each performance. NOTE: The texture of Indian classical music is largely heterophonic -- that is, the melodic instruments all play the same "melody". There is no explicit harmony intended but a drone sound supplies the anchor for the melody. In some cases, a voice will lead and another melodic instrument will follow in a sort of "echo", but this is still considered heterophonic texture. ~Homophonic texture is a melody with a chordal harmony. ~Monophonic texture is a single melody, most often chant (as in Vedic Chant). ~Polyphonic texture is "many" different lines of melody occuring at the same time. The greatest example would be J.S. Bach's Fugues, the pinacle of polophonic texture in Western music.

Introduction