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Hindu music is music created for or influenced by Hinduism. It includes Indian classical music, Kirtan, and other musical genres.Raagas are a common way of Hindu music in classical India.

The most common Hindu chant is "Om Jai Jagdish Hare"Gods that are religiously chanted to often include Vishnu and his incarnations, Shiva and the Goddess (Parvati, Shakti, Vaishnodevi).

Very common scale in Hindu music is A-B-C#-D-E-F-G, which can be harmonized into a chord pregrossion and used in all kinds of ways, most notably in Led Zeppelin's "10 Years Gone".


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