Jor (music)

Jor
Jor
Etymology	Indian in Hindi: जोर
Other names	Jod or Jhor
Cultural origins	Around the 12th Century, India northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, namely India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Typical instruments	Santur; Sardom; Sitar; Bansuri; Esraj; Rudra Vina;
Subgenres
	Raga; Tala; Alap; Dhrupad; Jhala;

In Hindustani classical music, the jor (Hindi: जोर, [dʒoːr]; also spelt jod and jhor) is a formal section of composition in the long elaboration (alap) of a raga that forms the beginning of a performance. It comes after alap and precedes jhala, the climax.^[1] Jor is the instrumental equivalent of nomtom in the dhrupad vocal style of Indian music. Both have a simple pulse but no well-defined rhythmic cycle.^[2]

^ Sorrell, Neil (1980). Indian music in performance : a practical introduction. Ram Narayan. New York: New York University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-8147-7815-1. OCLC 6086559.
^ Kamien, Roger, and Anita Kamien. Music: an Appreciation. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.

[SorrellNarayan1980-1] Sorrell, Neil (1980). Indian music in performance : a practical introduction. Ram Narayan. New York: New York University Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-8147-7815-1. OCLC 6086559.

[2] Kamien, Roger, and Anita Kamien. Music: an Appreciation. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.

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