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LESSON 42

THE MUSIC I

Types of Music

· Folk Music

The music in the traditional style of a country or community is called Folk Music. It is deep rooted in the

soil it belongs to and travels from generation to generation. It consists of typical tunes and melodies given

to folk songs. E.g., maaahia, tappa, gidda, etc.

· Classical Music

It is a kind of music that involves high skill of the singer who possesses a command on musical notes. (raga,

raagni, Thaath, ). Classical Music is purely based on Ragas.

Light Music

Ghazals, geet, thhumri etc.

· Pop Music

Popular music fast beat music rock n roll, jazz etc.

Note (sur)

A single sound of a particular length and pitch, made by a voice or musical instrument is called note. Every

note represents a frequency of voice.

Frequency number of sound waves per second is called frequency.

Minimum cycles/second -----------------160

Maximum cycles/second -----------------1800

Seven Notes

There are seven notes in music which are:

SAA, RE`, GAA, MAA, PAA, DHAA, NEE

SUR

FREQUENCY

Saa (kharaj)

9/8

Re` (rikham)

10/9

Gaa (gandhaar)

16/15

Maa (mudham)

9/8

Paa (puncham)

9/8

Dhaa (dhevat)

10/9

Nee (nikhaad)

16/15

Teevar Sur

The sharp notes of a raga are called Teevar Notes.

Komal Sur.

The soft notes of a raga are called Komal Notes.

Chord

When two or more notes are sounded together they are said to form a Chord

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Concord

When two or more notes sounded together produce a pleasant effect on the ear, the combination is called a

Concord or Consonance.

Discord

When two or more notes sounded together produce an unpleasant effect on the ears, the combination of

the notes is called Discord.

Harmony

When notes producing concord are sounded simultaneously, the effect is called Harmony.

Melody

When notes producing concord sound one after the other, the effect is called Melody.

Unison

When two notes have the same frequency, they are said to be in Unison.

Rhythm

A strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements is called rhythm. Equal Distribution of beats is

called rhythm.

Thaath

It is a scale of seven notes which ragas are derived from. Thaath is the origin of ragas. Traditionally there

are 72 thaaths. Pandat Bhaaskar Raao declared 32 thaaths. Currently there are 32 valid thaaths.

Raga

The arrangement of notes that sounds pleasant to the ears is called Raga.

Every raga depicts a time.

The minimum notes in a raga are 5.

The maximum notes in a raga are 7.

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