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Musicians singing and playing in the interior of the Golden Temple, Amritsar (painting by William Carpenter, circa 1854)
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Sikh music, also known as Gurbani Sangeet (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ, romanized: Gurabāṇī sagīta; meaning music ofthe speech of wisdom), and as Gurmat Sangeet (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੰਗੀਤ, romanized: Guramati sagīta; meaning music of the counsel or tenets of the Guru), or even as Shabad Kirtan (Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕੀਰਤਨ, romanized: Śabada kīratana), is the classical music style that is practised within Sikhism.[1] It exists in institutional, popular, and folk traditions, forms, and varieties.[2][3] Three types of Sikh musicians are rababis, ragis, and dhadhis.[1] Sikh music exists in various melodic modes, musical forms, styles, musicians, and performance contexts.[1]
^ abcKaur, Inderjit N. (2011). "Sikh Shabad Kīrtan and Gurmat Sangīt: What's in the Name?" (PDF). Journal of Punjab Studies. 18 (1–2). University of California, Santa Cruz: 251–278 – via ebscohost.
^van der Linden, Bob (2011-12-01). "Sikh Sacred Music, Empire and World Music". Sikh Formations. 7 (3): 383–397. doi:10.1080/17448727.2011.637364. ISSN 1744-8727. S2CID 219697855.
^Paintal, Ajit Singh. Sikh Devotional Music – Its Main Traditions(PDF).
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