SAMPARDAYA: Tradition, school or style of music, similar to gharana.
SAMVADI: Third part of the dhrupad composition.
SAMPURAN: Group of seven notes that may form a raga, heptatonic.
SANCHARI: Third part of the dhrupad composition.
SAPTAK: An octave, the group of seven notes from SA to NI.
SHABAD: Devotional hymn composed by Sikh Gurus or by bhagats, whose compositions are included in Sri Guru
Granth Sahab, also the Word of God.
SHRUTI: The interval of a microtone. There are 22 shruties in an octave.
SHENNAI: An oboe-type double-reeded instrument of Northern India.
SHUDH: The natural or pure notes of an octave.
SITAR: A seven-stringed instrument with sympathetic strings and frets used in North India.
SUFI: Unorthodox Muslim mystics who patronise music.
SVARA: A note or tone of define pitch. There are seven basic svaras.
TABLA: A percussion instrument consisting of two drums. It is also called tabla-bayan.
TAL: A cyclic arrangement instrument consisting of two drums. It is also called tabla-bayan.
TAN: A musical phrase sung on vowels or syllables in a particular extermporisation of a raga.
TANPURA/TAMBOORA: A stringed drone instrument used in North India.
TAPPA: A love long of North India with strong rhythm and fast tempo.
TARANA/TILLANA: A quick popular melody using meaningless words or nonsense syllables.
TEENTAL: A rhythm of 16 matras and four beats.
THATH: The regular primary scale of Hindustani music.
THEKA: The drum phrases for a tal like DA, DHI, NA.
THUMRI: A lyrical and romantic form of light Hindustani music.
TILWARA: A rhythm of 16 matras and four beats in Hindustani music.
UTTARANGA: The upper tetrachord of a scale from PA to SA.
VADI: The most important or pivotal note in a raga.
VAD VRINDA: Orchestra or an instrumental ensemble.
VAR: A form of composition in praise of God or heroes, a ballad or an ode recounting praise of warriors.
VEENA: Popular stringed instrument of south India. Its counterpart is Been in North India.
VIKRIT: Modified or variant note, as opposed to Shudh note. The vikrit notes are komal (flat) or teevra (sharp).
VILAMBIT: Slow tempo in rhythm.
VIVADI: Dissonant note in a raga; it is also called the enemy of the raga.

SAMPARDAYA: Tradition, school or style of music, similar to gharana.
SAMVADI: Third part of the dhrupad composition.
SAMPURAN: Group of seven notes that may form a raga, heptatonic.
SANCHARI: Third part of the dhrupad composition.
SAPTAK: An octave, the group of seven notes from SA to NI.
SHABAD: Devotional hymn composed by Sikh Gurus or by bhagats, whose compositions are included in Sri Guru
Granth Sahab, also the Word of God.
SHRUTI: The interval of a microtone. There are 22 shruties in an octave.
SHENNAI: An oboe-type double-reeded instrument of Northern India.
SHUDH: The natural or pure notes of an octave.
SITAR: A seven-stringed instrument with sympathetic strings and frets used in North India.
SUFI: Unorthodox Muslim mystics who patronise music.
SVARA: A note or tone of define pitch. There are seven basic svaras.
TABLA: A percussion instrument consisting of two drums. It is also called tabla-bayan.
TAL: A cyclic arrangement instrument consisting of two drums. It is also called tabla-bayan.
TAN: A musical phrase sung on vowels or syllables in a particular extermporisation of a raga.
TANPURA/TAMBOORA: A stringed drone instrument used in North India.
TAPPA: A love long of North India with strong rhythm and fast tempo.
TARANA/TILLANA: A quick popular melody using meaningless words or nonsense syllables.
TEENTAL: A rhythm of 16 matras and four beats.
THATH: The regular primary scale of Hindustani music.
THEKA: The drum phrases for a tal like DA, DHI, NA.
THUMRI: A lyrical and romantic form of light Hindustani music.
TILWARA: A rhythm of 16 matras and four beats in Hindustani music.
UTTARANGA: The upper tetrachord of a scale from PA to SA.
VADI: The most important or pivotal note in a raga.
VAD VRINDA: Orchestra or an instrumental ensemble.
VAR: A form of composition in praise of God or heroes, a ballad or an ode recounting praise of warriors.
VEENA: Popular stringed instrument of south India. Its counterpart is Been in North India.
VIKRIT: Modified or variant note, as opposed to Shudh note. The vikrit notes are komal (flat) or teevra (sharp).
VILAMBIT: Slow tempo in rhythm.
VIVADI: Dissonant note in a raga; it is also called the enemy of the raga.