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The Jaipur-Atrauli gharana-


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 (also known as the Jaipur Gharana, Atrauli-Jaipur Gharana, and Alladiyakhani Gharana) is a Khayal-based stylized singing family-hood (Gharana),

• founded by Utd. Alladiya Khan (1855–1946) in the late 19th century.
•  An offshoot of the Agra Gharana, the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana acquired its name and status as a Gharana in the early half of the 20th century as a result of the growing popularity of stalwarts of this Gharana,
•  like Smt. Kesarbai Kerkar, Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar and Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur.

The Gharana is unique in that it was the first Gharana to be founded in Khayal Gayaki, whereas other major Gharanas were previously founded as Dhrupad-Dhamar Gayakis and eventually adopted or revived into the Khayal Gayaki.

Khyal (or Khayal, Hindi: ख़्याल, Urdu: خیال) is the modern genre of classical singing in North India.

• Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning "imagination".
• It is thought to have developed out of the qawwali singing style.
•  It appeared more recently than dhrupad, is a more free and flexible form, and it provides greater scope for improvisation.
•  Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no harmonic parts. The modes are called raga, and each raga is a complicated framework of melodic rules.