What is the difference between North Indian music and South Indian music?
Both North Indian and South Indian music are based upon common concepts such as rag (raga) and tal (tala), however there the similarity ends. North Indian music, also known as Hindustani sangit, has many elements in common with the music of Afghanistan and Persia. The South Indian music, known as Carnatic Sangit, shows many regional influences peculiar to the deep South. In the last hundred years there has been a lot of mixing of rags and other musical elements, but still they are separate systems.
