‘Voice of a generation’ (Part 3)

Chapter 1 (contd) Luminaries of Rudrapatna Ranjani Govind  Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth Rudrapatna, the small village on the banks of the river Kaveri (Hassan district) in Karnataka is known for its rich musical heritage. It was known to be an abode of Veda,...

‘Voice of a generation’ (Part 2)

Chapter 1 (contd) Rudrapatna - Karnataka’s green and music belt Ranjani Govind  Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The scene now... Well, what remains now? Do these practitioners continue with their assigned tasks or have they forayed into greener professions that...

Srutis and Srutibheda (Part 10)

Chapter 4 (Contd) APPLICATION OF SRUTIBHEDA TO JANAKA RAGAS                 - Dr. K Varadarangan Where samyukthaksharas or conjunet consonants figure in this katapayadi prefixes, the rule is that the second or last component letter of the conjunct consonant (i.e....

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...

‘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...