Musical notations have served Carnatic Music well. Whilst the popular method of dissemination of this musical form has been from person to person, periodic documentation has helped in ensuring there is an authentic historical record of the music of the times.
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Today with extensive use of audio and video, musical notations have become almost redundant. However, people like me were part of a generation that has had the best of both worlds. We grew up at a time when our teachers insisted on learning by rote.
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They also taught us to write and refer musical notations. By the time I reached my teens, audio recording was very common and a large portion of my musical learning used these materials.
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Today it is so easy to video record anything and the challenge is more in actually wading through all these TBs of data to get what we want.
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This series is a look into Musical Notations and how they shaped my own development as a musician over the years. It also briefly delves into the way Notations have helped the system overall. Every episode’s story is built around a ragam.
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A small swaram pattern was composed and sung in one of the 7 basic talams in the same ragam. So the 7 episodes cover the 7 basic talams of the Carnatic Music system. The episode also ends with a clip from a composition I have sung in that ragam.
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Notations Episode 01 - Yadukulakambhoji
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youtu.be/0JEbubWjCts
Notations Episode 02 - Hemavati
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youtu.be/xuDaqOrZ5Qs
Notations Episode 03 - Sankarabharanam
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youtu.be/MwkBsgOYtOc
Notations Episode 04 - Gopikatilakam
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youtu.be/EGSMAUmH2YY
Notations Episode 05 - Kanada
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youtu.be/h_ykYPREKo4
Notations Episode 06 - Khamas
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youtu.be/9OrqFLP4ZhA
Notations Episode 07 - Bhavapriya
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youtu.be/uDiWCQjTsEU
Notations - Complete YouTube Playlist (All episodes)
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youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeXsO90AOGby9cANaXOvS3MypGAFtpHFw
Strings & Notes - A series of videos showing the full versions of the songs from the above episodes to the accompaniment of just the Tambura - A Patrons only special for Channel members
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youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeXsO90AOGbwqrPOnowEhJXocUqy-8yZT
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