Music Of Nepal

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We all know our Nepal is rich in various culture and tradition and all people love our country. Our music are all good and best all the time. From the past people use to sing a music in their own language. Our ancestor sang music while they  go to different places and in occasion. Whenever there is festival, some big event and culture people gather together and sang music.

Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres played and listened to in Nepal. With more than fifty ethnic groups, the music of Nepal is highly diverse. Genres like Tamang Selo, Dohori, Adhunik Geet, Bhajan, Filmi music, Ghazal, Classical music, and Ratna music are widely played and popular, but many other less common genres are yet to be cataloged. Western musical genres like Rock, Metal, Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B also regularly feature on the Nepalese music charts. Most of the country’s musical bands are based in the Kathmandu valley. Musical genres from Tibet and India have greatly influenced Nepalese music.

Our song is loved by all and sing by them too. Tourist from different countries visited Nepal time to time. They listen our song and sing too. All ages people like our Nepali songs and our tradition and culture. One of the famous song which is sing by the Foreigners was “Resham Firiri”. Tourist visit Nepal and all the places of Nepal they like all songs of Nepal and they enjoy, dance in our song. Our songs are sing in different languages according to their caste and culture.

Genres

Dohori

Dohori is a genre of Nepali folk music and has roots in the rural courtship traditions. In Nepali, Dohori literally means from both sides or a debate. This debate is in musical rhythm, and involves quick and witty poetry. The two teams taking part in a Dohori usually involves boys and girls in rival teams. The song starts with a question, usually from the boys’ side. The girl follows the question with a quick response and the two teams continue the musical conversation.

Dohori songs can last for as long as a week. The length of the Dohori depends on the quick thinking ability and wit of the players.

Adhunik Geet

Adhunik Geet or modern songs are popular songs in Nepal and is also known as sugam sangeet. These of songs are soft and melodious. One of the most famous singers of this genre was late Narayan Gopal who was also known as a “Swar Samrat” meaning King of ‘Voice’ in Nepali and gave hits like “Euta Manchhe Ko”, and “Yeti Dherai Maya Dii”. Aruna Lama was one of the well-known singers of Nepali music.She is popularly known as the “Nightingale of the Hills”. She has sung hundreds of Nepali songs.

Classical

There are numerous professional classical musicians in the Kathmandu Valley. Bands such as, Sur-Sudha, Sukarma, Trikaal, Kutumba are popular and well known in Nepal. Classical music organizations such as Kalanidhi Indira Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Nepal Sangeet Vidyalaya, SK Gurukul Sangeet Pathshala, Narayan Music Academy, Gandharva Sangeet Vidyalaya, Shree Sangeet Pathshala, Kirateswor Sangeet Ashram, Kapan Sangit Sarowar, Yalamaya Kendra, Ram Mandir, Gurukul Sangeet Pathshala, Atul Music Memorial Gurukul etc. have been continuously contributing towards the development of Nepali classical music.

Music Influenced by other regions of the World

Bhajan

A bhajan is a devotional song praising and sometimes calling upon the Gods. It has no fixed form; it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan. It is usually lyrical, expressing love and prayer for the Divine. Shiva, Krishna, Vishnu and Sai Baba bhajans are popular in Nepal. Notable Bhajan singers Bhakta Raj Acharya, Koili Devi Mathema.

Filmi music

Filmi music is popular in Nepal and produced for mainstream motion pictures. Cinema in Nepal has a short history hence filmi music is still evolving.

Ghazal

The Ghazal is a poetic form of music consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of pain, loss and separation, beauty of love and nature. It is a delicate form of poetry and music. The form is ancient, originating in 6th-century Arabic verse. Ghazals spread into South Asia in the 12th century owing to the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic Sultanate in India and South Asia. Although the ghazal is a form of Dari and Urdu poetry, its influence can be seen in the poetry of many languages of the Indian sub-continent. Motiram Bhatta introduced the written form of ghazal in Nepali language circa 1890. Seturam Shrestha (1891-1941) has been credited with pioneering ghazals in Nepal.

Western music

Rock

Pop, Hip Hop