Maihar gharana

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The Maihar Gharana or Maihar-Senia Gharana is a

Allaudin Khan in the princely state of Maihar, now in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and hence the name.[1] Allauddin Khan learnt music from Vina player Wazir Khan, an exponent of the Senia gharana. The Maihar gharana is therefore sometimes referred to as the Maihar-Senia gharana.[2]

It is one of the most prominent gharanas of the 20th century; much of the fame of Hindustani classical music in the west stems from this gharana. Prominent musicians belonging to the Maihar gharana include prominent sitar players Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Allauddin Khan's son sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, daughter Annapurna Devi and grandsons Aashish Khan, Dhyanesh Khan, Pranesh Khan, Rajesh Ali khan, Alam Khan, Manik Khan and Shiraz Ali Khan.

Other prominent musicians with links to this gharana include the

Musicians belonging to the gharana adhere to a dhrupad aesthetic in their approach to playing the alap and jor portions in a raga.[3] Variations in tempo are used to demarcate sections while playing the jor, with a short rhythmic figure indicating closure of a section. Therefore, rhythmic figures within the jor assume structural importance.[4] Alap-jor is followed by a khayal style vilambit gat with taan improvisations, and the performance ends with a jhala.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rashtriya Sahara. Sahara India Mass Communication. 1998.
  2. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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