IN CERTAIN PLACES, I HAVE QUOTED PROFESSOR SHRI. P.SAMBAMURTHI IN HIS OWN WORDS. HIS EXPLANATION WAS SO SIMPLE AND PERFECT THAT I COULD NOT CHANGE EVEN A SINGLE WORD.
I ALSO GIVE THE CONVERSATIONS WHICH MADE THE SERIES INTERESTING. I HAVE MADE SOME CORRECTIONS FOR GOOD.
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carnatic basics for ir fans
hi, in this thread i will provide some basic inputs about carnatic music.
introduction
i would try to be as simple as possible. please post ur responses.
carnatic music actually means south indian music. 'carnatic' came from karnataka as it is the first southern region from north. also people say it was named after purandaradasa who came from karnataka. it has a reason. purandaradasa only gave the now existing format of music lessons namely sarali varisai, janta varisai, dhaatu varisai, alankaram, swarajathi, geetham, varnam, keertanai etc. he lived from 1494-1564 ad.
he personally chose the mayamalava gowla raagam in which all the initial lessons upto alankaram were composed. there is a reason for that also which i will tell later.
(there is also another theory, which does not have much takers in carnatic arena. கரை மண்டலம் became coramandal in english. similarly கரைநாடு was the name for coastal belt of cuddalore, nagai, thanjavur etc. the music from this area, கரைநாட்டுச் சங்கீதம் later became carnatic music. even other than carnatic arena, this theory is not that popular.)
carnatic music actually means south indian music. 'carnatic' came from karnataka as it is the first southern region from north. also people say it was named after purandaradasa who came from karnataka. it has a reason. purandaradasa only gave the now existing format of music lessons namely sarali varisai, janta varisai, dhaatu varisai, alankaram, swarajathi, geetham, varnam, keertanai etc. he lived from 1494-1564 ad.
he personally chose the mayamalava gowla raagam in which all the initial lessons upto alankaram were composed. there is a reason for that also which i will tell later.
(there is also another theory, which does not have much takers in carnatic arena. கரை மண்டலம் became coramandal in english. similarly கரைநாடு was the name for coastal belt of cuddalore, nagai, thanjavur etc. the music from this area, கரைநாட்டுச் சங்கீதம் later became carnatic music. even other than carnatic arena, this theory is not that popular.)
