The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c9.230

c9.230

Ghuzals—songs of the same nature as Kshattrya’s pathams of the Karnâtik—are very popular; they consist of only asthayi and antâra. Of a similar form to ghuzals are Tappa, resembling the Karnâtik javadis, and consisting of two parts. There are also Thungri, Dadra, Hari; Gurbah, sung at the Dassera festival; and Palna, or cradle songs. Songs called Khyâls, somewhat like the Karnâtik kruthis, which display a great deal of grace, and have a slow time cadence, were introduced by Sultan Shirki of Jounpur; they consist of two parts only. Many Hindustani lavanis are very pretty, though most melancholy.