MUSC 019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Saregama, Avarohana, Samavadi
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Musc 019 - lecture 1- sargam and bhupali. Swara = note ; there"s a 7 note scale. Only one good 1st and 5th degree keep everyone in tune. Rag uses subset of swaras from thaat. Bhupali uses sa-re-ga-pa-dha-sa and not ma and ni. Going up the scale is the aroha and going down the scale is the avaroha . Mainnote called vadi and secondary note is samvadi . Pakad = catch phrase that helps a listener identify a raga. Rasas = colors associated with moods, times. Rhythms on the drum were created by individual wrist and finger movements. Tones and pitches were created to match the higher pitched instruments.
