Hindu Books > Arts > A Carnatic Music Primer

Author - Dr. Parthasarathy Sriram Dr. Parthasarathy Sriram, is an aerospace engineer, with a bachelors degree from IIT, Madras (1982). [ More... ] Preface This booklet is aimed at music lovers everywhere who wish to learn a little bit about the basic theory of Carnatic music. [ More... ] Introduction "Nature has endowed this universe with many beautiful life forms, of so many different shapes, sizes and abilities." [ More... ] Swaras And Swarasthanas There are seven swaras in Carnatic music, namely, Shadjam (Sa), Rishabam (Ri), Gandharam (Ga), Madhyamam (Ma), Panchamam (Pa), Dhaivatham (Da) and Nishadam (Ni). [ More... ] Ragas Ragas are sometimes defined as melody types. The raga system is a method of organizing tunes based on certain natural principles. [ More... ] The Melakarta Scheme Contemporary Carnatic music is based on a system of 72 melakarta ragas. These 'creator' ragas are also called janaka ragas and thai (mother) ragas. [ More... ] Janya Ragas Janya ragas, as we have seen before, are derived from the melakarta ragas. [ More... ] Taalam We have seen that the term raga refers to the tune or melody characteristics. [ More... ] Grahabedam and Symmetries The topics of this section are of fairly advanced nature and somewhat abstract and mathematical. [ More... ]

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