MUSI 431 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ghatam, Kanjira, Tabla
1 Sep 2016
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Hindustani: tabla (more bright sounding drums) Looks like a small tambourine with only a couple jingles. Mughal dynasty separation of northern and southern india: north = hindustani, more improv, south = karnatak/carnatic, kriti. Produces moods, which is from the spiritual background of: Devotion (religious/spiritual: karnatak, bhajan bhakti = devotional love, in hindu tradition, sound makes it sacred (not just words) In other traditions, the text makes a song sacred: syllables themselves are considered sacred, even when rearranged, sruti = knowledge passed orally. Value placed on passing knowledge through oral tradition. Because most sacred texts dictated orally by the gods: smriti = written knowledge. Song: south indian classical music, originally just song, instruments approximate voice, gayaki (singing style) highly valued in instrumentalists. Classicism: centered on works by major composers, ****trinity of karnatak composers*** Muttuswami dikshitar: rasika = informed/engaged listener, monophonic, improvised, no central score. Every performance falls along devotional-classicism continuum: devotional.
