There is much common ground in Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh devotional songs. Bauls travel in search of an internal ideal, called Maner Manush (Man of the Heart). They have also been influenced by Hindu tantric sect of the Kartabhajas and also by Sufi sects. They are wandering singer-poets whose earthiness reflects on matters such as work and love. They are a group of mystic minstrels influenced by Sufism and Buddhism. The word Baul comes from Sanskrit batul meaning divinely inspired insanity. The Bauls of Bengal are an order of musicians dating back to the 17th century, who play a form of Vaishnava music (Vaishnavism being a branch of Hinduism focused on the veneration of Vishnu) using a khamak, ektara and dotara (resonating stringed instruments). It is a popular practice in Vaisnava devotionalism, Sikhism, the Sant traditions, as well as some forms of Buddhism. Kirtans are historically linked with Vedic tradition, and involve chanting hymns or mantras to instrumental accompaniment. The Kirtan is the communal, call-and-response chanting of mantras, often with dancing. Instruments common to Carnatic music include the venu (flute), gottuvadyam (a 21-stringed, fretless lute), harmonium, veena percussive instruments like the mridangam, kanjira, ghatam and the violin. He introduced the usage of popular folk language and helped bring folk ragas into the mainstream. Purandara Dasa was the first composer who started commenting on the daily life of the people as well as worship in compositions. Another important contribution of his was the fusion of bhava with raga and laya in composing.
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He systematized its teaching methodology by devising a series of graded lessons such as swaravalis, janta swaras, and kritis, that are followed by teachers and students of Carnatic music to this day. He introduced the Mayamalavagowla as the basic scale for music tuition. The 15 th Century composer Purandara Dasa is credited with having founded today’s Carnatic Music. There are also notated lyrical poems that are performed possibly with embellishments and interpretations according to the performer’s ideology. The meaning of the original Sanskrit word Carnatic is “Soothing to the ears”. Carnatic ragas are generally much faster in tempo and shorter than their equivalents in Hindustani music, and accompanists have a much larger role to play. It tends to be more rhythmically intensive and structured than Hindustani music and has more in common with the Western classical genre. Instruments typically used in Hindustani music include stringed instruments like sitar, surbahar, veena, tanpura, santoor woodwind instruments such as the bansuri, shehnai bowed instruments like sarangi, violin and drums like the pakhavaj and tabla.Ĭarnatic music appears to have emerged in the 15 th and 16 th centuries. Hymns (or Samaveda) are traditionally sung by Udgatar priests in a chanting style. Both traditions claim Vedic roots, and history indicates that they diverged from a common musical stem around the time of the 13th century. Also, as is the case with Carnatic music (more common in southern India), Hindustani music has assimilated folk tunes ragas such as poetic Kafi and Jaijaiwanti are based on folk tunes. The Persian influence is perhaps most obvious in the instruments, style of presentation, and ragas. It is divided into two main forms, Khyal and Dhrupad, along with several other classical and semi-classical forms. Hindustani music predominates in Northern India and seems to have its origins around 1000BC, and further developed between the 13th and 14th centuries AD with Persian influences and from existing religious and folk music. There are 72 seven-toned scales in Indian music, hundreds of fewer-toned scales, thousands of melodic ‘moulds’ and 35 time signatures. ( This link describes the relationship between Hinduism and Sikhism.) The Sikh Scripture, for example, contains 31 ragas and 17 talas which form the basis for kirtan music compositions. In general, it is based on ragas and tala (rhythmic beat patterns) played on the Veena (or Been), Sarangi Venu (flute), Mridanga(or Tabla) (traditional Indian instruments). The genre is also closely associated with and influenced by Indian folk music and Persian traditions. The origins of Indian classical music can be traced to the Vedas, the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition.
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