Shweta Jhaveri
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Shweta recently completed a long time recording project of the Indian semi-classical song lyrics performed & composed by Shweta in her teenage of 10 to 16 years. Cosmic Khayals aims to present it around Fall 2012 Cosmic Khayals founded in 1999 by Shweta Jhaveri features Shweta's original north Indian classical and world music compositions & lyrics. It features Shweta's music from her teenage and aspires to present her dream music in the fields of Indian classical vocal & world music. Cosmic Khayals presents Shweta as a North Indian classical vocalist in the form of a singer-songwriter-composer. Cosmic Khayals CDs include Avishkar, Anahita, Khayal Saga, Huge & Prabandh. More information on our CDs. Cosmic Khayals is named after the north Indian classical form Khayal and its universality. Khayal means imagination or thought. Khayal is pronounced as khayaal. Mission : Voice as its medium, Cosmic Khayals is dedicated to * preserving the north Indian classical music traditions. * exploring World music. Spring & Summer School : Spring 2012 : March-April-May North Indian Vocal music instruction is offered a part of the year during Spring and Summer by Shweta in the BayArea California since 1990. Please eMail us between March to September for scheduling individual instruction. 
ABOUT KHAYAL Khayal is a North Indian (Hindustani) vocal classical form.The word Khayal means thpught or imagination. Indian classical vocal form Khayal continues to be one of the most enjoyable and accepted forms from the 13th century onwards. A Khayal is a lyric in the Hindi language, composed and sung in a raag or raga (melodic structure) and a tala (rhythm). An authentic and aesthetically very demanding style, Khayal is built on the imaginative pillars of slow tempo structural improvisation of notes (alaap), leading to the faster note patterns (taan) accompanied by rhythm (taal), integrated with a lyric in the Hindi language. Khayals and all other Indian classical forms such as Thumri, Tappa, Tarana, Dhrupad, Dhamar are composed and sung in raags and taals. A traditional Khayal is a set of two compositions/lyrics. The first khayal known as Bada-Khayal comprises of well-structured spontaneously improvised alaap in a slow tempo. The second lyric, known as Drut-Khayal or Chhota-Khayal is sung shorter compared to the bada-khayal and weaves intricate speedy vocal patterns with rhythm, a technique known as taan. Find more on vocal music in book 'Naad'. Buy it on our CDs page. Please note : If you would like to contribute to our music projects, please make your contribution in US dollars payable to Cosmic Khayals. Please mail your contribution to our address as below. For any questions or information please email us. Our mailing Address: Cosmic Khayals. POBox 2957, SanAnselmo, CA 94979. |
