{"id":355,"date":"2026-02-04T06:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetapandit.in\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2026-02-05T06:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:45:54","slug":"styles-of-singing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetapandit.in\/index.php\/styles-of-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"Styles of singing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"355\" class=\"elementor elementor-355\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8554be8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8554be8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8d9af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d8d9af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Styles of Singing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa2699 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5aa2699\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615d75d e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"615d75d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693cacf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"693cacf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81fd14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c81fd14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gwalior Gayaki<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5265ee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5265ee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Pt. Laxman Krishanarao Pandit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5d9b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5d9b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(Excerpt from a write up on Gwalior School of Music)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c537d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c537d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gwalior is considered as the Gangotri of all gharanas. The style of Gwalior is the unique blend of technical purity, perfection and artistry. Gwalior Gayaki is based on Dhrupad style with dominant use of Behelava, Meend-Soot, Gamak, Layakari and natural voice culture. Rigourous voice culture is done to cultivate the voice according to the natural qualities, to transverse three octaves with full throated majestic Aakar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3454d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3454d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Laxman Pandit is one of the few musician today who can render the difficult genre of tappa with ease and fluidity. Tappa is the most taxing form of singing and demands instant, protracted moves up and down the saptak (octave), calling for constant innovation, apart from superb breath-holding holding capacity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4712bd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4712bd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rich treasures of different types of compositions in different Talas and its artistic rendering i.e. bandish bharana, delineation of the Raga according to composition with Ashtang gayaki, correct posture and pronunciation in singing, purity of Raga, correct voice culture are salient features of Gwalior gayaki.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6584464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6584464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetapandit.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/meeta-pandit0117_compressed-201x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaaac64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aaaac64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20768c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20768c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c403cc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c403cc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3160d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3160d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For about half the life, the basic Ragas are studied and only later does one learn rare, mixed and compound Ragas. After singing the slow tempo Khayal in single Theka, the delineation of the composition is done with the Ashtang Gayaki (8 fold) i.e. Alap-Behalava, Bol Alap, Taans, Bol Taans, Layakari, Gamak, Meend-Soot, Murki-Khatka-Jamjama with its varieties. All the parts of the Gayaki should be well balanced and if one of them is found weak then the style becomes handicapped.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b747c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b747c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the movements of Swaras embellishment like Meed \u2013 Soot and Shrutis are used. The Taans of Gwalior with it\u2019s wide and intricate varieties are well known and distinct for their marvelous forms, in which each note shines like pearls on a string. While rendering them purity of Ragas and Swaras are maintained throughout.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bec60e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bec60e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Besides Khayal, the Gwalior Gharana musicians are equal masters in rendering, Tappa, Tarana, Trivat, Thumri, Ashtapadi, Chaturang, Pad and their varieties like Khayal-numa Tarana, Khayal-numa Tappa, Tapp-khayal, Tapp-tarana, Tapp-thumari etc. Because of intensive training of these forms, all Rasas are evoked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dbd36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02dbd36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Gwalior Gayaki has such a unlimited scope for imagination that musicians of this style distinctly reflect their own personality besides the stamp of the Gharana in their singing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a3308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2a3308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My father Pt. Krishanarao Shankar Pandit used to call it a tradition instead of a Gharana, as the meaning of the word gives some misunderstanding. Gharana did not mean being part of a musical or particular family, it is related to a particular style only. According to him a Gharana is only established if it has a tradition of at least three generations, with a Guru of a very high calibre. He is of the opinion that for an artist to belong to a Gharana a training period of 12 years or one tapa as it is called under the tutelage of a Guruwas essential.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d9cbc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d9cbc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gwalior style is a very intricate and effective one, as the musicians of this style sing all the forms of singing which evokes all the emotions or the Rasas. The basic instruments used while practicing are Tanpura and Baiyan which keeps the drone and rhythm by the right and left hand respectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d2bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d2bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One has to practice rigorously while playing Tanpura by the right hand and Baiyan by the left hand simultaneously to obtain mastery over Swar and Laya i.e. notes and rhythm. That is why musicians of this style allow the accompanying Tabla players to play freely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f1e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f1e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Pt. Laxman Krishanarao Pandit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Styles of Singing Gwalior Gayaki By Pt. Laxman Krishanarao Pandit (Excerpt from a write up on Gwalior School of Music) Gwalior is considered as the Gangotri of all gharanas. The style of Gwalior is the unique blend of technical purity, perfection and artistry. 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