Srutis and Srutibheda (Part 9)

APPLICATION OF SRUTIBHEDA TO JANAKA RAGAS 4.1 Introduction  This chapter deals with the application of modal shift of tonic to janaka ragas.  The srutibheda possibilities for each janaka raga are determined using a computer program and tabulated.  The results agree...

ಕಲಾವಿದರಿಗೆ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಭದ್ರತೆ ದೊರಕಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಗಳ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲವೇ?

' ಕಲೆ ' ಎಂಬ ಬಹು ಸುಂದರ ಪುಷ್ಪದ ವಿವಿಧ  ಎಸಳುಗಳಂತೆ ಇಂದು ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಕಲಾವಿದರು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸದಾ ಸುಗಂಧವನ್ನು ಬೀರುತ್ತಾ, ಕಲಾ ರಸಿಕರಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವ ಮನೋರಂಜನೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಕಲಾ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಕಲಾವಿದರು ಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿಲ್ಲ. ಸಂಗೀತಗಾರರೇ ಇರಲಿ, ನೃತ್ಯ- ನಾಟಕ ಕಲಾವಿದರೇ ಇರಲಿ...

SONG AND STORY #4: MEERA – Confrontations

SONG AND STORY is a series of articles that stitches pieces of fiction writing with songs that have popularly been a part of dance repertoires. Born out of an exploration under the UNBOXED series, these articles aim at providing parallel, contra-indicative or...

‘Voice of a generation’ – (Part 1)

Chapter 1 Rudrapatna - Karnataka’s green and music belt Ranjani Govind  Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth This is the land of Cauvery, the river flowing in a copious stream, melodious in its rhythm, the waves gently sluicing on to the lush green shores, the...

Srutis and Srutibheda (Part 8)

Chapter 3 (Contd.) SRUTIS AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES  3.5 Experimental observations. As experiment was conducted to observe how these 22 srutis actually sound.  All of them may be generated and heard on a normal computer using the QBASIC (Quick Basic) program...

Srutis and Srutibedhas (Part 4)

Chapter 3 SRUTIS AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES 3.4.1 The cycle of fifths and the cycle of fourths One way of deriving the 22 srutis of our music is to use the well-known cycle of fourths and the cycle of fifths. The ‘fifth’ note referred to above is nothing but...