Appreciating Carnatic Music. Instructor: Prof. Lakshmi Sreeram, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

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1944 years, 3 months

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70

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IIT Madras. 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)

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – The Body of Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Classical Music, Art Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – Music through Melody and Music through Harmony Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Musical Material, A Hard Lock Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Musical Material, Mo2 Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Carnatic Music as Raga Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Understanding Raga Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Understanding Raga: Raga and Swara Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Understanding Raga: A Glimpse into Gamaka (Ornamentation) and Phraseology Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Swara in Sanskrit Textual Tradition Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – Sruti in Sanskrit Textual Tradition Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Tambura Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Gamaka I Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – Gamaka II Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – Gamaka III Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – Gamaka IV Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – Raga and Phraseology Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Raga, Some Basic Expectations Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – A String of Ragas and a Teaser Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Raga in the Textual Tradition Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Classification of Ragas Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Classification of Ragas (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Mela System of Classifying Ragas Unlimited
  • Lecture 25 – Generating the 72 Melas Unlimited
  • Lecture 26 – Application of 72 Mela Unlimited
  • Lecture 27 – Katapayadi Naming the 72 Melas Unlimited
  • Lecture 28 – Vivadi Unlimited
  • Lecture 29 – Vivadi (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 30 – Raga – Circles and Triangles Unlimited
  • Lecture 31 – Laya: Temporal Discipline in Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 32 – Tala: An Introduction to the Concept Unlimited
  • Lecture 33 – More on Tala and Laya Unlimited
  • Lecture 34 – Aspects of Tala I Unlimited
  • Lecture 35 – Aspects of Tala II Unlimited
  • Lecture 36 – Aspects of Tala III Unlimited
  • Lecture 37 – Aspects of Tala IV Unlimited
  • Lecture 38 – Composition in Carnatic Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 39 – Varnam: an Introduction Unlimited
  • Lecture 40 – Varnam and Laya Intricacies Unlimited
  • Lecture 41 – Kriti: the Premier Compositional Form in Carnatic Music Unlimited
  • Lecture 42 – Kriti: Some Basic Features Unlimited
  • Lecture 43 – Precursors to the Kriti Unlimited
  • Lecture 44 – Bhakti and Carnatic Music: Metaphor, World View and Yearning in Carnatic Compositions Unlimited
  • Lecture 45 – Thanjavur and the Carnatic Trinity Unlimited
  • Lecture 46 – Tyagaraja, the Vaggeyakara Unlimited
  • Lecture 47 – Tyagaraja and his Many Moods Unlimited
  • Lecture 48 – Tyagaraja and his Many Moods (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 49 – Muthuswami Dikshitar: an Overview Unlimited
  • Lecture 50 – Muthuswami Dikshitar: the Sanskirt Scholar and Advaitin Unlimited
  • Lecture 51 – Muthuswami Dikshitar: Some Other Aspects of his Work Unlimited
  • Lecture 52 – Syama Sastri Unlimited
  • Lecture 53 – Tamil Composers before the Trinity Unlimited
  • Lecture 54 – Post Trinity Composers Unlimited
  • Lecture 55 – Swathi Thirunal – the Versatile Royal Composer Unlimited
  • Lecture 56 – The Romance of Padam and Javali Unlimited
  • Lecture 57 – Tillana Unlimited
  • Lecture 58 – Improvisation in Carnatic Music – Alapana Unlimited
  • Lecture 59 – Alapana: Style and Aesthetics Unlimited
  • Lecture 60 – Neraval and Swara Prastara Unlimited
  • Lecture 61 – Tanam Unlimited
  • Lecture 62 – An Exposition of Balagopala Unlimited
  • Lecture 63 – Accompaniment in Carnatic Music – the Violin Unlimited
  • Lecture 64 – Percussive Accompaniment – the Mridangam Unlimited
  • Lecture 65 – Subsidiary Accompaniment – Interaction among Accompanists Unlimited
  • Lecture 66 – Percussion Mridangam Unlimited
  • Lecture 67 – Percussion Kanjira Unlimited
  • Lecture 68 – Percussion Ghatam Unlimited
  • Lecture 69 – Percussion Morsing Unlimited
  • Lecture 70 – Percussion Korvai and Thani Avartanam Unlimited
  • Lecture 71 – The Typical Carnatic Concert and Ragam Tanam Pallavi RTP Unlimited