EASIA224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alapana, Carnatic Music, Swara
8 Dec 2017
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Indian music system has terms such as svara, raga, tala, carnatic, hindustani, veena, sitar, mridangam, tambura, sutri-box and kriti. Svara is a music characteristic of making one note". A note in indian music has wavy (~) or zigzag form which is different than the note on the piano. Therefore, the melodic movement in indian music looks different than the melodic movement in piano. (03 india-south india reading on page 17 has the diagram) A raga is an expressive entity with a musical personality all its own. There are two main classical indian music traditions, north indian (hindustani) and. South indian (carnatic), and the concept of raga is shared by both. It can change which means it is improvised. Carnatic music (karnataka sangeeta) is the classical music of south india". Carnatic music is built around an immense repertoire of pre-composed hindu devotional songs". The melody is played by veena" (multi-stringed instrument). Mridangam (drum) is a south indian (carnatic music) percussion instrument.
