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Carnatic and Hindustani Music

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

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Carnatic and Hindustani Music

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  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

  8. The End

  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

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