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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Smt. Gangubai Hangal are vocalists well known to Hindustani music fans.

Indian music is different from Western music in two major ways:

1. All of Indian classical music is melody, and

2. Indian classical music is never written down, and cannot be played off a written score

If it was played off the score, it would lose its authenticity...

Over centuries, the artists learn to play or sing by listening to the song. As the artist learns the song and plays it, he adds his own authenticity to the song. In this way, the work of numerous generations has been put together to make a singular song that has been made seamless over the years. This is how Indian music has survived over the years...

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