Sadra is a
vocal genre of
Hindustani classical 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, si ...
from the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
. Compositions that exist in the meters (
tala) teevra (7 beats), sool (10 beats), chau (12 beats), or 10-beat Jhaptal are considered Sadra.
References
Indian styles of music
Hindustani music genres
Hindustani music terminology
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