Western classical vs. Eastern classical music

Through ages of development and cultural input music has developed into forms which we see it today although a distinct separation has always been made between the music from the East and that from the West. When we say music from the east it is generally music from the South Asian Sub-Continent.

There are standard notes in classical Indian music; Sa-re-ga-ma-pa-dha-ni from which Re-ga-dha are categorized as ‘komal sur’ because they are lower in frequency than the rest.

Only one note ‘Ma’ is called the Teesra swar as its frequency is higher than the suddha.

Mian Tan Sen also named Mohammad Ata Khan was if we compare the Sebastian Bach or Ludwig Beethoven of Eastern classical music he was one of the Navaranta (Nine jewels) in the court of Akbar, who often used the centran Asian instrument Rubab in his work. Akbar gave him the title of Mian to honor him.

Another great composer of eastern classical came from Nizamuddin (Now Delhi) his birth name was Ab’ul Hasan Yamin ud-Din Khusrow or simply more popularly known is Amir Khusro who gave the sub-Continent the gift of Qawwali and Ghazal two genres which became the signature of this region.

The earliest major repertory of Western secular (non-religious) music which has come down to us is that of the troubadours and trouveres , French poet-musicians of the Middle Ages who set their own poems to music. The majority of the resulting songs were about love, often the fictionalized, abstracted "courtly love" of a male character for a noblewoman above his social level. 

It is safe to say that western classical music leaves in comparison to eastern classical less room to improvise because of its pinpoint perfectionism in pitch, speed, meter and rhythms. Understanding of tonal and harmonic principal makes the complexity of Western classical music to new heights.

Fusion music is currently one of the best forms of music coming out of the world it plays on the ideology that music has not boundaries altering the technicalities to a larger extent and that is defiantly how it should be. Both Western and Eastern music should be appreciated; even if something is not your cup of tea you should be able to respect what has caused a new language formation.