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What are the differences between Indian Music and Western Music?
Western music is polyphonic, which means that it depends on the resonance of multiple musical notes occurring together. In contrast, Indian classical music is essentially monophonic. Here, a melody or sequence of individual notes is developed and improvised upon, against a repetitive rhythm.
India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning millennia and, developed over several eras, it remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration, cultural expression and pure entertainment.
Western music (North America), a style of music that celebrates the life of the cowboy. Originally a form of folk music with English, Irish, Scottish, and Mexican influences that developed in the western areas of the United States and Canada.
India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning millennia and, developed over several eras, it remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration, cultural expression and pure entertainment.
Western music (North America), a style of music that celebrates the life of the cowboy. Originally a form of folk music with English, Irish, Scottish, and Mexican influences that developed in the western areas of the United States and Canada.
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The type of music you're referring to is Country-Western, or more commonly referred to as simply Country music. "There are more radio stations in the United States specializing in country music than any other format. Most are in rural areas. On the other hand, there are a limited number of news/talk stations; but, since they are in urban areas, they have many more listeners. Note that in the graph...that, despite this disparity, country and news/talk have similar audiences — at least when it comes to audiences that listen on their car radios."
Source: http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv022b.htm
As a musician, my first instinct was "chords." Fortunately, someone agrees:
The cited source says:
Polyphonic
Polyphonic music can also be called polyphony, counterpoint, or contrapuntal music. If more than one independent melody is occurring at the same time, the music is polyphonic. (See counterpoint.)
Examples of Polyphony
* Much Baroque music is contrapuntal, particularly the works of J.S. Bach.
* Music that is mostly homophonic can become temporarily polyphonic if an independent countermelody is added. Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain.
A heterophonic texture is rare in Western music. In heterophony, there is only one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time.
* Some Middle Eastern, South Asian, central Eurasian, and Native American music traditions include heterophony. Listen for traditional music (most modern-composed music, even from these cultures, has little or no heterophony) in which singers and/or instrumentalists perform the same melody at the same time, but give it different embellishments or ornaments.
Source: http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv022b.htm
As a musician, my first instinct was "chords." Fortunately, someone agrees:
The cited source says:
Polyphonic
Polyphonic music can also be called polyphony, counterpoint, or contrapuntal music. If more than one independent melody is occurring at the same time, the music is polyphonic. (See counterpoint.)
Examples of Polyphony
* Much Baroque music is contrapuntal, particularly the works of J.S. Bach.
* Music that is mostly homophonic can become temporarily polyphonic if an independent countermelody is added. Think of a favorite pop or gospel tune that, near the end, has the soloist "ad libbing" while the back-up singers repeat the refrain.
A heterophonic texture is rare in Western music. In heterophony, there is only one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time.
* Some Middle Eastern, South Asian, central Eurasian, and Native American music traditions include heterophony. Listen for traditional music (most modern-composed music, even from these cultures, has little or no heterophony) in which singers and/or instrumentalists perform the same melody at the same time, but give it different embellishments or ornaments.
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See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
http://cnx.org/content/m11645/latest/
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
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I agree with you on the distinction between "Country" and "Western" music as used in context here. While I may have mistakenly referenced Country Music, the source I cited refers to heterophonicchords and polyphonic music, and provides examples.applies unilaterally to all types of Western music ans all types of Asian music.
Quite a nice amount of detail in your answer, but I have one correction: When the questioner mentioned "Western" music, s/he was not referring to "Country & Western" music. Western music is music from the Western world (Europe, America, etc.) as distinguished from the Eastern world (Asia), where the music of India is from.