Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

andholan (Hindi: अंदोलन) as a specific form of ornament ( alankar) is a gentle oscillation around a

note Note, notes, or NOTE may refer to: Music and entertainment * Musical note, a pitched sound (or a symbol for a sound) in music * ''Notes'' (album), a 1987 album by Paul Bley and Paul Motian * ''Notes'', a common (yet unofficial) shortened versi ...

, touching the periphery of an adjacent note as well as shrutis in between. The notes () used for ''andolan'' depend on the

raga A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, fro ...

.Introduction to Andolan at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy
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Music of India Articulations (music) Ornamentation