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pallavi

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South Indian music

  • Watch and hear a person playing the mridangam drum of the Carnatic music tradition
    In South Asian arts: South India

    The final section, pallavi, is a composition of words and melody set in a particular tala, usually a long or complex one. The pallavi may have been composed by the performer himself and be unfamiliar to his accompanists, usually a violinist who echoes the singer’s phrases and a…

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