Carnatic and Hindustani Music

1. Carnatic and Hindustani Music Odin Tito

2. Indian Music • There are two main sub genres of Indian music, Hindustani and Carnatic. • These are the two classical music of India • Hindustani music is predominately in North India and Carnatic is mainly in South India.

3. Hindustani Music • Music that originated from Vedic ritual chants(Indian traditions). • Hindustani music focuses on the vocal performance and less on the instrumental, but there is still some instrumental Hindustani music.

4. There are six different types of Hindustani music: • Dhrupad – old man style of singing, performed with a tambura and a pakhawaj. • Khyal – based on vocally improvising and expressing emotions • Tarana – fast paced songs, convey a mood of elation • Tappa - rolling pace based on fast, subtle, knotty construction • Thumri- lyrics are typically in a proto-Hindi language, romantic • Ghazal- Persian form of poetry, used in pop and folk songs

5. Carnatic Music • Evolved from ancient Hindu traditions, it is one of the two sub genres on Indian music. • Carnatic music is performed in an ensemble, where Hindustani music is performed solo vocal and drums.

6. There are different elements in Carnatic music such as: • Sruti - refers to musical pitch • Swara - type of musical sound that is a single note • Raga system - set of rules for building a melody • Tala Systems - a fixed time cycle or metre

7. Indian Instruments

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9. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_classical_music#Types_of_compositions • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_music • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_India