Difference between Western music and Indian music

Difference between Western music and Indian music.

We all say music is an international language but how? many people are

curios to know the difference between indian music and the western

music. Today we shall try to find the differences between these two

types of music. Well the major difference between these two is "Melody

Vs Harmony"

Indian music is based on the concept of melody, now you would ask what

is a melody, well melody is a tune in which one note follows the other

and forms the structure of the specific tune. It might sound

complicated for some but its really simple, once you understand it. To

make it easier I would say, if you play a tune, hum a tune or sing a

tune, its called melody. So raag is basically a melody, so we can say

indian music is based on melody, but in western music it is a bit

different. Like in indian music you have melody and in western music,

there is a concept of harmony. In melody there is only one tune,

whereas in western music there is a layering of tunes which go hand in

hand with each other. They sound good when played together. just to

make it more simple to visualise, take the example of a piece of bread

without any stuff over it (it can be visualised as melody, just one

layer) whereas if you put butter and then a piece of chicken and on top

put another piece of bread, it would just change its taste altogether,

having three different layers(sandwich), same is with harmony, if all

three or more tunes are sung together, they sound great and rich. So

naturally the melody would be different from harmony. That makes indian

music sound different from harmony.