Carnatic grade 1

• Geetham


  Vocal Music
• Music has three components: Geetham,vaadyam,nrithyam
• sruthi


  sound
• Layam 


  time-beat
• vaadyam 


  instrumental music
• nrithyam


  dance
• Sruthi is seen as the mother of music and layam as the father of music
• Nadam means sound in Sanskrit and is the base of everything
• Nadam can be split into ahatha nadam and anahatha nadam
• ahatha nadam


  understandable music, man made
• anahatha nadam


  natural sound and only understood by sages and immortals
• Shadjam - sa - mother

  Rishabham - Ri

  Gandharam - Ga

  Madhyamam - ma

  Panchamam -pa- father

  Dhaivatham -Dha

  Nishadham - Ni
• Saptha Talas

  • Chatusra jaathi Druva Talam
  • Chatusra jaathi Matya Talam
  • Chatusra jaathi Roopaka Talam
  • Misra jaathi Jampa Talam
  • Tisra jaathi Triputa Talam
  • Kanda jaathi Ada Talam
  • Chatusra jaathi Eka Talam
• Tala Angas

  • Lagu - Drutham - Lagu - Lagu
  • Lagu - Drutham - Lagu
  • Drutham - Lagu
  • Lagu - Anudrutham - Drutham
  • Lagu - Drutham - Drutham
  • Lagu - Lagu - Drutham - Drutham
  • Lagu
• Chatusra Jaathi Druva talam


  Lagu - Drutham - Lagu - Lagu = 14 aksharams
• Chatusra Jaathi Matya Talam 


  Lagu - Drutham - Lagu = 10 aksharams
• Chatusra Jaathi Roopaka Talam


  Drutham - Lagu = 6 aksharams
• Misra Jaathi Jampa talam


  Lagu - Anudrutham - Drutham = 10 aksharams
• Tisra Jaathi Triputa Talam


  Lagu - Drutham - Drutham = 7 aksharams
• Kanda Jaathi Ada Talam


  Lagu -Lagu - Drutham - Drutham = 14 aksharams
• Chatusra Jaathi Eka talam


  Lagu = 4 aksharams