for students and lovers of Carnatic music
A map created for students keen on understanding the history, customs and performance practices Carnatic music: the places where composers, musicians and scholars lived; the place references woven into some of their song lyrics as well as major institutions and music festivals. Learn more >>
Aller indischen Musik liegt die menschliche Stimme zugrunde, denn sie diente schon immer der Vermittlung von Melodie, Melismatik, Rhythmus und Ausdruck (Bhava). Ob mit oder ohne Liedtext, die Grenzen zwischen gesanglichem und instrumentalem Musizieren sind dort bis heute weitgehend fließend geblieben. Text: Ludwig Pesch Die traditionelle indische Auffassung von Kunst lässt sich auf Bharatas Handbuch … Read more
The Goddess Mariyamman in Music and in Sociology of Religion by Pia Srinivasan Buonomo & S. A. Srinivasan >> Listen to the four recordings here; and download the audio and text files onhttps://archive.org/details/mariyamman-in-music >>
Akshara Samskriti is the daughter of Carnatic musician Kiranavali and scientist-philosopher, Vidyasankar Sundaresan. This video was recorded on Nov 1, 2013, when Akshara was 4 years old. It was originally in multiple parts for educational video compilation, and has been put together as a single video here. The 72 Melakartas are regarded as the parent … Read more
JA Jayant performs for Indian Arts Connection’s Breath of Life fundraising concert to buy oxygen concentrators to help with Indias 2nd wave of COVID.He is accompanied by B Ananthakrishnan on the Violin, NC Bharadwaj on Mridangam and S Karthick on Ghatam.Donations acceptedhttps://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/breath-… Related post
by Ludwig Pesch “An easy to use reference book for concert, music class and and home” [about the first edition] – Indian Express, Chennai, 29 August 1986 “A neat compilation … ragas mainly used on concert platforms … highly useful as a reference book for listeners in concerts and to students for use in the … Read more
Amidst lively debates within and beyond India these perspectives on our shared legacy make interesting reading:
By Arun VC More information | Preview | Press coverage Ekagrata Publications, Amsterdam 2006ISBN-10: 90-75785-04-6ISBN-13: 978-90-75785-04-3
a = middle octave (madhya sthayi)‘sa = higher octave (tara sthayi) The above svara pattern may be sung, hummed or practiced silently with any svara variants: those you are already familiar with (e.g. raga Mayamalavagaula, mela 15, raga Dhirasankarabharanam, mela 29, raga Mecakalyani, mela 65) or any other you want to practice. Enjoy practicing by … Read more
Gouri Dange, The Hindu, 11 May 2019 | Read the full article here >> Every kind of music has a protocol for ‘beginners’ or ‘learners’. Students must practise paltay, alankaras, scales, études, tonalisation exercises, depending on the kind of music they pursue. […] However, here’s the rub: for many learners, these ‘early’ ragas get translated … Read more