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able accompaniment according angas anupallavi arohana aspects attractive avarohana beat beauty beginning belonging Bharati bhasanga bring called century chapu charana classified composed compositions concert created dance developed devotional drone Examples express five flute four gamakas gitas give given hand Hence important Indian music instruments introduced Iyer janya jati kala kinds kirtanas knowledge known kritis laghu lakshana gita later listeners lives mela melakarta melodic musician Muthuswami Dikshitar nature notation notes occur operas pallavi performance pieces pitch played practised praise present produced raga rare rasa Rupaka sacred sahitya sangatis sangita seen singer singing songs sound sruti strings student suddha sung svaras Syama Sastri taken tala tambura temple tone tuned Tyagaraja types usually vadyas variety various varna village vina violin wind wood