Music bangra features

Riffs (sometimes played on the tumbi), repetitive melodies.

Simple, diatonic chords.

Verse, chorus, instrumental (similar to western pop music).

Microtonal intervals in vocal lines, lyrics in punjavi. lots of traditional percussion.

Melody and accompaniment but several layers of melody and percussion (homophonic). Interplay between lead vocalist and backing singers.

4/4, fast steady tempo, chaal rhythm played on the doll, electronic dance beats.

drum loops (in contemporary bhangra), synthesisers, drum machines and sampled sounds, sampling.