In contrast to Carnatic music, the other main Indian classical music tradition originating from the South, Hindustani music was not only influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic philosophy and native Indian sounds but also enriched by the Persian performance practices of the Mughals.

In contrast to Carnatic music, Hindustani music was not only influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, Vedic philosophy and native Indian sounds but also by the Persian performance practices of the Afghan Mughals.

In contrast to Hindustani music, the main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music ; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in gāyaki ( singing ) style.

The audience, according to Edward Cushing, responded with " a demonstration of enthusiasm impressively genuine in contrast to the conventional applause which new music, good and bad, ordinarily arouses.

In contrast, in genres that mainly or exclusively use pizzicato ( plucking ), such as jazz and blues, a great deal of time and effort is focused on learning the varieties of different pizzicato styles used for music of different styles of tempi.

This is in contrast to the meter of most swing music, which has a 4 count basic rhythm.

In contrast to Connick's previous albums, this album is a collaboration with a record company producer, the multiple Grammy Award winning music executive Clive Davis.

She was also attracted to the music of more mainstream artists like Olivia Newton-John and The Police, perhaps explaining the contrast in her later music between sweet, melodic " pop " songs and more hard rock oriented material.

Brahms maintained a Classical sense of form and order in his works – in contrast to the opulence of the music of many of his contemporaries.

That was quite a contrast with the earlier recordings, as he had written and co-written the music for much of the band's early material.

In contrast to contemporaries such as Lester Bangs, Ian Penman and Nick Tosches, whose music writings are marked by idiosyncratic, self-referential and highly personal styles, Guralnick's writing is characterized by a colloquial approach that is clean and understated by comparison.

This was possible because of a greatly increased vocal range in music – in the Middle Ages, the narrow range made necessary frequent crossing of parts, thus requiring a greater contrast between them.

Beginning in Florence, there was an attempt to revive the dramatic and musical forms of Ancient Greece, through the means of monody, a form of declaimed music over a simple accompaniment ; a more extreme contrast with the preceding polyphonic style would be hard to find ; this was also, at least at the outset, a secular trend.

From their deliberately rustic appearance on the cover, to the songs and arrangements within, the album stood in contrast to other popular music of the day.

This was an eccentric, experimental project, in contrast to all other soundtracks, as the composer was allowed to convey general moods and themes, rather than having to write music to flow for specific scenes.

In contrast, the Music Department's emphasis on music for performance was comparatively long-term and continuing, particularly as income from recurring broadcasts or recordings came in, and as it continued to build its relationships with new and upcoming musicians.

Memphis is the home of founders and establishers of various American music genres, including Memphis soul, Memphis blues, gospel, rock n ' roll, Buck, crunk, and " sharecropper " country music ( in contrast to the " rhinestone " country sound of Nashville ).

His name fell into neglect during the 19th century, with Robert Schumann notoriously opining that " as a creative musician he remained very far behind his father "; in contrast, Johannes Brahms held him in high regard and edited some of his music.

( This would be in sharp contrast to his brother Walter, who would become a staunch champion of Liszt and Wagner's music.

This is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment.

In contrast to jazz " combos ," in which musical performances are largely improvised, big band music is primarily crafted in advance by an arranger.

By contrast, opera, fine art, books, poetry and classical music all receive extensive weekly coverage.

In contrast to London, the music played in the south west in generally reggae, fidget, breakbeat and hardtek.

One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross ( in contrast to the Southern Cross ).

A cultural definition of Europe as the lands of Latin Christendom coalesced in the 8th century, signifying the new cultural condominium created through the confluence of Germanic traditions and Christian-Latin culture, defined partly in contrast with Byzantium and Islam, and limited to northern Iberia, the British Isles, France, Christianized western Germany, the Alpine regions and northern and central Italy.

The industrial revolution changed a mainly rural society into an urban one, but with a strong contrast between northern and southern Belgium.

The lush, green vegetation along the Mediterranean coast and surrounding the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel and southern Syria stands in marked contrast to the arid landscape elsewhere.

In contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated.

The island is characterized by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of rugged mountains running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island, and the flat to gently rolling Chianan Plains in the west that are also home to most of Taiwan's population.

Most buildings are in the Romanesque style, although some dormitories, engineering buildings, and physical sciences labs are of various Modernist styles ( especially two large Brutalist dormitories at the campus ' northern edge ) that sharply contrast with the predominantly red-brick campus.

This is in contrast to northern pike which have dark bodies with light markings.

In contrast, the northern part of the county is predominately small hills and valleys.

It has often been equated with antipodean identity, the contrast to the white swan of the northern hemisphere indicating ' Australianness '.

In contrast to females, some male northern bottlenose whales have been repeatedly recorded together over several years, and possibly form long-term associations.

Many of these immigrants were from northern Italy, in contrast to the majority of Italian immigrants to America during this same time period that hailed from southern Italy.

In the center of Almaty, like any large city, there is a " heat island " – average daily temperature contrast between the northern and southern suburbs of the city is 3. 8 % and 0. 8 ° C ( 1. 4 ° F ) in the coldest and 2. 2 % and 2. 6 ° C ( 4. 7 ° F ) in the hottest five days.

This was in sharp contrast with some of the northern Indian Rajas.

By contrast the northern end proved not to be as successful initially ; being exposed to the commercial activity of the lower street, it lost its fashionability as a quiet enclave of grand townhouses, whilst also being too far away from the commercial core of the city to stand as a strong retail location.

In contrast to most of Montenegro, Podgorica lies in a mainly flat area at the northern end of the Zeta plain.

The northern area, the so-called Göhrde and the Drawehn, are by contrast mostly wooded like the southern ridge of end moraine.

Greece ( as well as Cyprus ), also polled as, ostensibly, one of the most religious countries in Europe, according to Eurostat ; however, while the church has wide respect as a moral and cultural institution, a contrast in religious belief with Protestant northern Europe is more obvious than one with Catholic Mediterranean Europe.

By contrast, the Dörbets who moved to the northern part of the Stavropol province were called Ike ( Greater ) Dörbet even though their population was smaller.

In contrast, the northern Italian theatre was very active.

Also in contrast, Danish traditional music has a more prominent guitar than the northern neighbors.

In contrast, the northern coastal stretch is mostly unspoiled and set to become an elite tourism destination as a number of beach resorts are being built since 2009.

In contrast, attestations of the Welsh word for pine marten ( bele ), date back at least to the 10th century Welsh Laws and possibly much earlier in northern England.