Khayal is a _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Form of Hindustani Music
Khayal is the most widely performed form of Hindustani classical vocal music, the classical music of North India. The word comes from Arabic and means ‘imagination’ or ‘thought’: the singer takes a short composition in a raga and develops it freely with slow expansion, taans and other ornaments.
The form grew in the 18th-century Mughal court, where the court musicians Niyamat Khan ‘Sadarang’ and Firoz Khan ‘Adarang’ composed many of the songs still sung today. It is sung, so it is neither a dance nor a musical instrument.