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  • South Asian arts
    / South India

    …songs that they composed, called kriti, are a delicate blend of text, melody, and rhythm and are the most popular items of a South Indian concert. The composed elements in these songs sometimes include sections such as niraval, melodic variations with the same text, and svara-kalpana, passages using the Indian…

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    …songs that they composed, called kriti, are a delicate blend of text, melody, and rhythm and are the most popular items of a South Indian concert. The composed elements in these songs sometimes include sections such as niraval, melodic variations with the same text, and svara-kalpana, passages using the Indian…

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