Fourth edition of the editorial series World Music Listening Guides. Intercultural Music Education Courses, the guide A North Indian Khyal Performance, created by Laura Leante, is dedicated to Hindustani khyal singing and to the music that accompanies its performance. The audiovisual materials presented here were recorded during the event Indian Music with Manjiri Asanare Kelkar: Khyal Singing, organised by the IISMC in 2023. The event featured the internationally renowned khyal singer Manjiri Asanare Kelkar, accompanied by two highly experienced musicians: Nitin Ware on tabla and Dnyaneshwar Sonawane on harmonium. The performance was documented by Simone Tarsitani using a multi-camera setup, synchronised audio recordings, and photographic footage. These materials were later reworked into multimedia animations, forming the core of this guide. Trained by her father, the distinguished tabla player Anand Asanare, by the refined Jaipur gharana exponent Madhusudan Kanetkar, and finally by the celebrated vocalist Kishori Amonkar, Manjiri combines a profound knowledge of the khyal repertoire with rare musical sensitivity and remarkable technical precision. Her melodious voice and creative originality make her one of today’s foremost interpreters of khyal. In order to illustrate the complexity of a khyal performance, the materials are organised to present, step by step, the main features of Hindustani khyal music and singing, starting from its theoretical foundations. After an overview of the historical development of this courtly genre and an introduction to the instruments that make up the ensemble, a series of graphic animations introduces some of the key elements of Hindustani musical theory: scale degrees (svara), melodic structures (raga), and rhythmic cycles (tala). Understanding these concepts is essential to grasp the choices made by musicians as they organise and shape the musical material during performance. Using the rendition of a particular raga as reference, the video animations show how the different members of the ensemble contribute collectively to the unfolding of the piece, highlighting the interdependence between the voice, melodic instruments, and rhythmic parts. Particular attention is devoted to the essential dimension of khyal – the vocal one. Through a series of animations, the melodic development is illustrated, along with the crucial role played by the relationship between text and music in shaping the interpretative decisions that give form to the performance.