AABHOG

One of the four parts of a song.

ALAP

Elaboration of a melody without accompaniments

ANTARA

The second half of a song based on the higher notes of the scale

AROHA

The ascending order of notes

AVAROHA

The descending order of notes

BOLTAAN

Use of words in the improvisation of notes in medium or fast tempo

CHATURANG

A style of Hindustani music composition

DHAMAR

A style of composition in 14 beats of a Tala

DHRUPAD

A style of composition in 12 beats of a Tala

DRUT

Fast Tempo of the music

GAT

A fixed composition of instrumental music

GURU

Traditional teacher or preceptor

HORI

A musical form of composition mostly sung in the spring festival

JATI

Model Scale

KHAYAL

Composition in Hindustani music, usually in a slow tempo,

in which the artist uses a great deal of improvisation

LAYA

Tempo

MATRA

One beat of the rhythm

NADA

Sound

ODAVA

Pentatonic mode emphasizing any five notes

POORVA RAGAS 

Ragas sung between the hours of 12 midnight and 12 noon

RAGA

Combination of notes which conveys a definite emotion

RASA

The flavour to be realized in the atheistic emotion

SAMPOORNA

All the seven notes

SANDHI PRAKASH 

Twilight

SARGAM

Presentation of a melody in actual notes

SHADAVA

Sexatonic mode emphasizing any six notes

SHISHYA

Pupil

SHRUTI

Musical interval

SHUDDHA SWARA 

A pure note

SAPTAK

An octave of natural notes

TALA

Time measure of rhythmic beat

TAAN

Improvisations of notes in medium and fast tempo

THAAT

A scale or mould out of which a group of ragas originate

VILAMBIT

Slow tempo