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NPTEL Courses

Appreciating Carnatic Music

Carnatic music is a vibrant musical tradition that has evolved, and is largely practiced, in Southern India and wherever else there is a significant diaspora of South Indians. A highly nuanced and tonally rich melodic music, its rhythmic aspect too is considerably complex. As much as it is rooted in tradition there is immense demand on the improvisational skills of the musicians. The coming together of these two aspects in a concert can give the listener a musical high. (from nptel.ac.in )

Instructor

Prof. Lakshmi Sreeram, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

Arts

2015

Lecture 01 - The Body of Music

Lecture 02 - Music Everywhere, Finding the Classical

Lecture 03 - Classical Music, Art Music

Lecture 04 - Music through Melody and Music through Harmony

Lecture 05 - Musical Material, A Hard Lock

Lecture 06 - Musical Material, Mo2

Lecture 07 - Carnatic Music as Raga Music

Lecture 08 - Understanding Raga

Lecture 09 - Understanding Raga: Raga and Swara

Lecture 10 - Understanding Raga: A Glimpse into Gamaka (Ornamentation) and Phraseology

Lecture 11 - Swara in Sanskrit Textual Tradition

Lecture 12 - Sruti in Sanskrit Textual Tradition

Lecture 13 - Tambura

Lecture 14 - Gamaka I

Lecture 15 - Gamaka II

Lecture 16 - Gamaka III

Lecture 17 - Gamaka IV

Lecture 18 - Raga and Phraseology

Lecture 19 - Raga, Some Basic Expectations

Lecture 20 - A String of Ragas and a Teaser

Lecture 21 - Raga in the Textual Tradition

Lecture 22 - Classification of Ragas

Lecture 23 - Classification of Ragas (cont.)

Lecture 24 - Mela System of Classifying Ragas

Lecture 25 - Generating the 72 Melas

Lecture 26 - Application of 72 Mela

Lecture 27 - Katapayadi Naming the 72 Melas

Lecture 28 - Vivadi

Lecture 29 - Vivadi (cont.)

Lecture 30 - Raga - Circles and Triangles

Lecture 31 - Laya: Temporal Discipline in Music

Lecture 32 - Tala: An Introduction to the Concept

Lecture 33 - More on Tala and Laya

Lecture 34 - Aspects of Tala I

Lecture 35 - Aspects of Tala II

Lecture 36 - Aspects of Tala III

Lecture 37 - Aspects of Tala IV

Lecture 38 - Composition in Carnatic Music

Lecture 39 - Varnam: an Introduction

Lecture 40 - Varnam and Laya Intricacies

Lecture 41 - Kriti: the Premier Compositional Form in Carnatic Music

Lecture 42 - Kriti: Some Basic Features

Lecture 43 - Precursors to the Kriti

Lecture 44 - Bhakti and Carnatic Music: Metaphor, World View and Yearning in Carnatic Compositions

Lecture 45 - Thanjavur and the Carnatic Trinity

Lecture 46 - Tyagaraja, the Vaggeyakara

Lecture 47 - Tyagaraja and his Many Moods

Lecture 48 - Tyagaraja and his Many Moods (cont.)

Lecture 49 - Muthuswami Dikshitar: an Overview

Lecture 50 - Muthuswami Dikshitar: the Sanskirt Scholar and Advaitin

Lecture 51 - Muthuswami Dikshitar: Some Other Aspects of his Work

Lecture 52 - Syama Sastri

Lecture 53 - Tamil Composers before the Trinity

Lecture 54 - Post Trinity Composers

Lecture 55 - Swathi Thirunal - the Versatile Royal Composer

Lecture 56 - The Romance of Padam and Javali

Lecture 57 - Tillana

Lecture 58 - Improvisation in Carnatic Music - Alapana

Lecture 59 - Alapana: Style and Aesthetics

Lecture 60 - Neraval and Swara Prastara

Lecture 61 - Tanam

Lecture 62 - An Exposition of Balagopala

Lecture 63 - Accompaniment in Carnatic Music - the Violin

Lecture 64 - Percussive Accompaniment - the Mridangam

Lecture 65 - Subsidiary Accompaniment - Interaction among Accompanists

Lecture 66 - Percussion Mridangam

Lecture 67 - Percussion Kanjira

Lecture 68 - Percussion Ghatam

Lecture 69 - Percussion Morsing

Lecture 70 - Percussion Korvai and Thani Avartanam

Lecture 71 - The Typical Carnatic Concert and Ragam Tanam Pallavi RTP