science and art
in the entire world, out of so many music cultures, only carnatic music has the special usage of gamakas. that i will explain later. in that way hindustani is comparable to western or any other music system which play the notes in plain fashion.
of course, it is there in all music systems with other names, like 'grace notes' in western and in hindustani also, certain gharanas have this gamaka system. it is used occasionally.
but there is no carnatic music without this gamakam. it is the relation between 2 adjacent notes or swaras and the 27 microtones used in carnatic music is the most advanced system of music.
so let's come to carnatic music.
there have been certain raagas like mohanam, kambodhi , bhairavi et al which were there since time immemorial. devaram and thiruvasagam shud be sung in these ragas only in the temples. they are called pann. this was when music was sheer art. then when intellect overtook the mind, then the system of 72 melakarta ragas emerged.
it is just like the periodic table of elements. gold, silver and iron were long known. but lesser known halogens and other elements were all first listed in the table and then found out.
how? because the table is based on atomic structure. increasing the proton count, elements were listed long before they were discovered.
similarly, when music was extended as a science from art, the intellect listed the so far missing ragas.
sri venkatamakhin was the one who propounded the melakarta system of raga classification.
of course, it is there in all music systems with other names, like 'grace notes' in western and in hindustani also, certain gharanas have this gamaka system. it is used occasionally.
but there is no carnatic music without this gamakam. it is the relation between 2 adjacent notes or swaras and the 27 microtones used in carnatic music is the most advanced system of music.
so let's come to carnatic music.
there have been certain raagas like mohanam, kambodhi , bhairavi et al which were there since time immemorial. devaram and thiruvasagam shud be sung in these ragas only in the temples. they are called pann. this was when music was sheer art. then when intellect overtook the mind, then the system of 72 melakarta ragas emerged.
it is just like the periodic table of elements. gold, silver and iron were long known. but lesser known halogens and other elements were all first listed in the table and then found out.
how? because the table is based on atomic structure. increasing the proton count, elements were listed long before they were discovered.
similarly, when music was extended as a science from art, the intellect listed the so far missing ragas.
sri venkatamakhin was the one who propounded the melakarta system of raga classification.
