Veena notes for tamil devotional songs pdf#

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Veena notes for tamil devotional songs pdf#

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Like Alapana trace from low to high in graduated steps and back down again.Carnatic Music Song Notation on Palem Gopalakrishna's Web site Carnatic Music Notation.

No tala cycles but strong sense of beat.

Highly-rhythmic exposition of the raga.

Free-flowing exposition and exploration of the raga of the kriti.

Based on hundreds of memorized rhythm patterns and drum strokes.

Mridangam: principal percussion instrument.

Tambura: four-stringed plucked instrument tuned to tonal center and fifth.

Holds one or two notes throughout a piece.

Melodic Accompanist who aids the soloist.

Principal melodic soloist that dominates the ensemble.

Differ from Western time signatures: accents occur in uneven groupings.

Most tala can be performed at a fast, medium or slow tempo.

Theoretically there are hundreds of tala.

Tala: regularly recurring metric cycle.

Raga are heart and soul of India’s music.

Some are very old some are recent inventions.

Five of the seven notes change to form 72 possible scales!.

All ragas relate to a melakarta – a basic parent scale.

Can be associated with deities, seasons, time of day.

Causing rain, auspiciousness, charm snakes.

Can be very powerful- magical properties.

Love, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, wonder, heroism, laughter, religious devotion (peacefulness).

It has particular musical characteristics and phrases that give it a distinct recognizable identity.

A collection of notes, a scale, intonation, ornaments, resting tones.

Nattavangam – chanted rhythmic syllables (with dance).

Very similar to classical music is music for South India’s dance traditions.

Particular day, particular hour, spontaneity of improvisation.

Cannot be frozen in time by transcription.

Vivid imagery from sculpture, murals and miniature paintings.

A number of dynastic kingdoms ruled over parts of South India.

Most speak one of five Dravidian Languages –.

Two mountain ranges – Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

Bounded by Arabian Sea (West), Indian Ocean (South) and Bay of Bengal (East).

Encompasses states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

“Golden Age” – Late-18th and early-19th century.

violin, harmonium (portable reed organ) clarinet

Adapted European instruments into Carnatic music – i.e.Flourished under British Rule (1700-1900).Railways, communications infrastructure, universities (English).Economic Exploitation and inherent racism.Great cultural mixing – ragas, hybrid instruments.

General Babur – 1527 Created powerful Moghul Dynasty which dominated until 1700s.Muslim traders and warlords from Central Asia and Afghanistan.Believed to be source of Indian classical music.Major mountain ranges – highest in the world.Cut off from neighboring lands by ocean.Carnatic Music Classical Music of South India