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