A very popular (in my opinion, at least) style of
music in
India.
The basis of jugalbandi is what you would call "
call and answer." Consider it a contest between two artists, to see who can create the most complex melody, then watch it get copied, then try to top it. If you have ever heard the
dueling banjos song from "
Deliverance," it is a striking example of a (
redneck) jugalbandi.
Although jugalbandis can be performed with any
instruments, in my opinion, the best are those performed by two
percussionists. The growing complexity and subtelty of
rhythms that build up over the course of a jugalbandi is an
auditory treat. It is quite possibly the
pinnacle of
percussive achievement.