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| The classical music of northern India |
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| The classical music of South India |
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| The genre of devotional songs from India |
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| The genre of popular music taken from the films of India ("Bollywood") |
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| Sufi Muslim devotional songs that feature a leader and chorus, tabla, and harmonium |
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| Native American genre featuring drums and singing |
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| Native American genre featuring solo flute |
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| North American singing game involving two Inuit women (They sing on the inhale and exhale) |
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| Field Holler and Work Song |
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| African-American genre ("roots" music): Work songs coordinated the physical movement of work; Field Hollers functioned to pass the time. |
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| Religious folk music of African-Americans (Spirituals are usually a cappella whereas Gospel has a rhythm section) |
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| (Genre) A style of American folk music characterized by virtuosic instrumental performance and the "high-lonesome" vocal style (harmony above the melody) |
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| A system of rules/expectations for composition and improvisation in Indian classical music. |
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| The opening rhythmic improvisation of raga performance in Indian classical music |
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| The climactic end of the alap section of raga performance in India, when the drone strings of the sitar are often used. |
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| The composed section of instrumental performance in Indian classical music (aka, when a "known tune" is performed) |
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| A continuous sound; in Indian music played by the Tamboura, Sruti box, or Harmonium |
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| Informal name for India's film industry derived form a combination of "Bombay" and "Hollywood" |
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| A teacher or spiritual guide, primarily associated with Hindu traditions from India |
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| Non-lexical syllables such as "yaa, heh, daa, weh" used in the Native American tradition |
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| A pan-tribal American Indian event celebrating Native American identity and culture, generally also open to non-Native Americans |
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| Secular folk music tradition originating within the African-American community of the southern United States |
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| Rhythmic framework found in raga performance in India |
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| The "downbeat" or "one" in the Indian rhythmic cycle (pronounced "sum") |
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| In African-American Spiritual and blues traditions, the blue note is the pitch between a major and minor 3rd (not found on the piano) |
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| Hindustani melodic instrument with 4 melodic strings, 13 sympathetic strings, and 4 drone/jhala strings |
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| Hindustani melodic instrument with a steel fingerboard, and a more guitar-like sound than the sitar |
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| The Indian drone instrument with just four strings |
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| The Hindustani drums: a pair, each with a clay dot baked onto the head to lower the fundamental pitch of the drum |
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| Also known as a "Harmonium", an Indian drone instrument that functions like a 4-note accordian |
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| A one-string primitive instrument that was key in the early development of the blues |
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| This instrument is made of a circle of wood with either caribou skin or seal stomach as the membrane. You strike it on the rim, which creates a dance-like motion when playing |
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