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Carnatic music theory book
Carnatic music theory book












carnatic music theory book

4) Having a pivotal sound in each tetra chord: the vadi and the samvadi.

carnatic music theory book

2) Presented in a ascent and descent order ( aroham, avaroham ) 3) Consisting of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 different "sounds". ( abhyasa gana and Sabha gana ) The 'SOUNDS' of a raga 1) Aesthetically chosen pre-designed sequence of sounds. Music is available in two different structures: Music for educational use and music meant for the concert platform. Then, these compositions are also used for various instruments adapting the songs into their musical and technical possibilities. The musical forms in South-India are in origin, for vocal use. Musical instruments: Karnatic violin, veena, nadaswaram, ghatam, mridangam, tavil. Some famous "Dakhini" musicians are: T.N.Krishnan (violin), E.Gayathry (veena), Balmurali Krishnan (vocal, violin), Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam). A major difference between Hindusthani and Carnatic states is, that Hindusthani states use the Devnagari script, while the Carnatic states use a Dravidian (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam) script! Although being a "Indian" entity, multiple differences in society, culture, food and traditions are prevailing. If one knows that India is as big as Europe, without former Russia, its obvious that different languages, cultures will occur all along this territory and put its mark on the arts and culture. Indeed, it seems that this style got its origin in the southern state of Karnataka. An attentive reader will observe the resemblance of the latter with our subject: Carnatic music. INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHAT IS CARNATIC MUSIC? 1.2 TYPES OF COMPOSITION 1.2.1 ABHYASA GANA 1.2.2.1 GITA 1.2.2.2 SWARAJATI 1.2.2.3 JATISWARAM 1.2.2.4 VARNAM 1.2.2 SABHA GANA 1.2.2.1 KRITI 1.2.2.2 RAGAM TANAM PALLAVI 2 TALAM ANALYSIS 2.1 APPRECIATING LAYA 2.2 RYTHMIC ASPECTS 2.3 TALA AND LAYA 2.4 THE TALA SYSTEM 3 SAHITYA ANALYSIS 3.1 SAHITYANUBHAVA 4 RAGA ANALYSIS 4.1 JANYA RAGAS 4.2 THE MELAKARTA SCHEME 4.3 THE MELAKARTA RAGAS 5 TRY THIS ON YOUR KEYBOARD 6 THE CONCERT TRADITION 7 VEENA VADANA – A YOGA FOR SALVATION 8 DICTIONARY OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN MUSICAL TERMS 9 SIGNIFICANCE OF SWARAS 10 MUSIC THERAPY 11 CONCERT FAQ 12 WHY CARNATIC MUSIC 13 SMALL NOT ON GAMAKAS 14 APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT RAGAS IN KARNATAKA AND HENDHUSTHANE MUSIC 15 DIFFERENT NOTATIONS APPENDIX1 APPENDIX2ġ.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHAT IS CARNATIC MUSIC? Carnatic music reigns over the Southern-States of India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh and Karnataka. Do send in your comments about this article to -V.Smrithi Rekha Lecturer, Dept of CSE Amrita School of Engg. Hope you will have a nice learning experience as you go through each section of the article. Its a compilation of material taken from various sources(websites and books). KNOW CARNATIC MUSIC This document gives you the various aspects of carnatic music.














Carnatic music theory book