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Appreciating Carnatic Music

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

Lecture 62 - An Exposition of Balagopala


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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