Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

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 version ...

, touching the periphery of an adjacent note as well as shrutis in between. The notes () used for ''andolan'' depend on the raga.Introduction to Andolan at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy
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Indian music Articulations (music) Ornamentation