Sunday 17 December 2017

Carnatic Music

Carnatic Music

Music is like the painting that is designed on a canvas with a brush that plays a role of colorful symbolic tone which shows a perception of colors developed from the painter who plays with it in a musical way. Cricket on waving its wings creates a sweet soulful sound found to be one of the natures sweeteners. Music is the illicit activities that can be performed without fear. It is originated from Samveda("Sam" means music). It is the instrumental mixture of tones which makes ones' life beautiful.
                         

History 

Carnatic music is the form of South Indian style of classical music which flourished in the 16th century during the Vijayanagara Kingdom.It is the form of music which is mostly sung with instruments such as veena, Rudra Veena, mridangam, violin, ghatam, nagaswaram, swarabhat. Purandara Dasa who is called as the father (Pitamaha) of Carnatic music formulated the system that is commonly used for the teaching of Carnatic music.

Nature 

The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal voice; the most composition which is written is to be sung and also played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in the singing style (also called as "gayaki"). Likewise Hindustani Music, Carnatic music also dependant on two main elements raga or the modes or melodic formulae and tala, the rhythmic cycles. Nowadays Carnatic music is performed in the form of music concerts or recordings.

Important Elements 

Sruti commonly refers to a musical pitch which is like an approximate equivalent of a tonic in a western music. Swara refers to a musical sound that is the single note. Raga system in Carnatic music describes a set of rules for building a melody. Tala refers to the fixed cycle or meter.

Composition 

There are mainly two types of compositions Varnams and Kriti. Varnams are short metric pieces which intercept the main feature and requirements of a raga. Kritis are varied in structured and styles generally int three units Pallavi(1 line), anupallavi(1 or 2 lines) and charan.

Wednesday 13 December 2017

Hindustani Music

Hindustani Music

Music is the art of writing, instrumental and vocal sound which makes someone feel like heavenly wind marching on the tide of oceans. It is the mysterious harmonical sound makes everyone close to the heart. It hatches someone who is far and makes them embodied with the sound of the leaf when blown away by a wind. Its a sound which dwell from Godesss Sharada (Mother Goddess of art, education, and music) and apsaras dance on plucking of sweet sound from Veena. 

History

Hindustani classical music is the North Indian Subcontinental music that was developed during 12th century CE. That is also called as North Indian Classical Music or Shastriya Sangeet. The opinions were taken into deliberation by Natyashastra a treatise written by Bharata. It is strongly inspired by Indonesian music and dondagut music. Its main instruments are tabla, sitar, sarod, sarangi and modern guitars. Types of Hindustani music are melody, rhythm, and harmony. 

Characteristics

Indian classical music has seven essential notes and five interpreted words. Likewise, 12 note scale of western music the center frequency of scale is not fixed, quality gaps may also vary according to the tone. The performance set that is set is of the melodic pattern called as raga. Ragas are typical ascending and descending notes. Ragas are of three classes ourab-five-note, sharab - six note, sampurna - seven note.

Types of Compositions

The major vocal structure or styles connected with Hindustani music are dhamar, bhajan, thumri, khyal, Tarana, ghazal, tappa, etc

Saturday 9 December 2017

Difference Between Indian Classical Music and Modern Music

Difference Between Indian Classical Music and Modern Music 

Combination of several sounds or gathering it in a gentle way is music. Music plays a vital role in everyone's life as it plays a role in curing one's heart to heel from sadness, anxiety, motivation. It also enhances to grow one's rhythm in a peculiar way to achieve specific goals in life. It heels our heart from a stubborn approach to happy. It is the sound which developed from Narada's veena who sings devotional songs for Lord Narayana (Lord Vishnu). Music is the best way to make us free from any unsuccessful attempts in life. A musical subsidiary plays a vital role in bringing ones' life from zero attempts to a successful attempt. Music is the never-ending source it stays until one's lifespan over.

Indian Classical Music


A form of music that had been played ere 19th century with the cooperation of instruments such as drums, dishes, mridangam, veena, etc. It is the South Asian genre and also divided into North taste as Hindustani Music and South taste as  Carnatic Music. Indian classical music roots originated from Natyashastra written by Bharatmuni. Indian classical music has two foundational elements raga and tala. A raga forms the artist's soft approach and tala models time cycle of an auspicious raga. Hindustani music form of music having heavy instruments and long rhythm. It had begun in Emperor Akbar's regime in 13th century A.D, Tansen, when used to sing Malhar raga rainfall used to occur, is the spirit of classical Indian music.


Modern Music 


Modern Music is the sort of music which combines music such as pop, remix, jazz that is played using digital instruments like violin, guitar, etc. It began in the 20th century. It is an illustration of musical evolution that built a different attitude of music that is a fusion of Hindustani and Carnatic music. We are diversified in music by the state having several styles of modernized music such as Bihu from Assam, Lavani from Maharashtra, Gangasangeet, etc. Indian pop music is a  modernized style of music that is a source of different style. In a diversified nation like India, we are fond of the different form of modernized music every state, every city is diversified in music that is modernized music which is a mixture of all kinds of music.