First and the foremost fact about music is, it is not something to be learned from the books. Music has to be learned from a tutor with all sincerity and devotion. The knowledge gained out of consistent hearing of music and constant practice is what that tunes an individual’s talent. In recent times, people are more concerned about the time it takes to learn a particular lesson in music. People also think they can learn a raga by just getting to know the swaras. But that is not the way of learning and gaining expertise in a particular raga. It is said that one has to learn and practice atleast a dozen of songs in a particular raga in order to know the raga perfectly. Since very few people dedicate themselves to the art of music, it is highly difficult to develop the level of expertise the musicians in the earlier days had. Still there are tutors who teach music as an art rather than a way of earning. It is this kind of devotion and sincerity that is making this ancient art form to still live and modify itself according to the modern world.
Christmas Carols
Posted by : Anand
on 5:07 AM
Christmas is the most celebrated festival in almost all nations. This is the birth date of jesus Christ. The day is celebrated by exchanging gifts, cutting cakes and by distributing sweets. Christmas carols is the music or song describes about the Christmas or in general about the season of Christmas. It celebrates the birthday of jesus Christ with the best melody. Carols in general referred to the songs sung during parties and celebrations. It was later refined to Christmas and started singing in church. carols once lost it popularity during 19th century and later reformed to gain prominence. The lyrics of the carols describe about the traditions related to Christmas like Christmas tree, twelve day of Christmas, Christmas bells, santa claus, reindeer, elves, father Christmas, etc. It also portrays about the nativity of Christianity and jesus Christ, holiday and Christmas seasons. The playing of Christmas carols begins when the Christmas decorations in homes and shops begin. This increases the festive feel to a great extent. Chrsitmas carols are well established in us, uk, france, Greece and Poland. Carols generally means circular dancing which is later used for celebration music. Few Christmas carols are “Jingle Bells”, “Must be Santa”, “Joy to the world”, “Silent Night”, etc.
Piano
Posted by : Anand
on 5:06 AM
Piano is one of the most famous musical instruments prevailing from the olden days. It is a form of keyboard instruments mainly used to produce western music though other forms of music can also be composed. Most of the musicians mainly make use of this instrument for their compostions. Its so huge and is not portable hence expensive, still the usage of piano is high. The key press in a piano make the steel strings to vibrate which in turn vibrates at the resonant frequency producing the musical sound. The outer cover of the piano is made of wood, the strings in steel and it also makes use of iron frames. There are totally 88 keys in a piano of which 36 are black and 52 white. The two basic types of modern piano are grand piano and upright piano. The main difference between grand piano and upright piano is that in grand piano the string and frames are horizontal whereas in upright piano they are vertical. But both these pianos are commonly used based on the needs. Piano appears to be difficult to learn but once familiarised this is the easiest instrument one can use with. Piano needs a regular maintenance to retain the pitch level.
Guitar
Posted by : Anand
on 5:06 AM
Guitar is the most famous musical instrument used to produce different types of music including classical, western, pop, jazz, rock, etc. There are two types of guitar namely acoustic guitar and electrical guitar. The sound is produced by the vibration of the strings which is then modulated by the hollow body or amplified in terms of electrical guitar. In electrical guitar the sound produced without amplification is very low whereas in acoustic guitars the amplification is not necessary. There are basically six strings in guitar but it is subject to variations. Guitar is named after the Spanish word “guitarra morisca” and a latin word “guitarra latina”. Guitars can be designed for both left and right handed players. The components of guitar are headstock, nut, frets, machine heads, truss rod, inlays, neck, heel or neckjoint, body, pickups, electronics, bridge, pickguard, back, soundboard, ribs, soundhole, strings, saddle and fretboard. Learning guitar now becomes a passion for all sort of people ranging from children, adults to elderly. At the same time learning guitar is getting easier nowadays. Playing guitar or listening to guitar play increases our concentration, refreshes our mind, helps us to stay fit by heart which in turn improves our physical well being.
Structure of a musical note
Posted by : Anand
on 5:05 AM
The arrangement of letters is unidirectional in all languages. It may be left to right in English, right to left in Urdu, top to bottom in Japanese and so on. But the structure of music has a forward and backward reading i.e. the notes in a raga is arranged forwards and backwards. The forward or upward movement is called arohanam. The backward or downward movement is called avarohanam. It is very important to remember that every raga has a distinct and defined upward movement and distinct and defined downward movement. Some ragas may descend with the same notes as seen in the upward movement. But this is not necessary in all cases. Hence, it is very important to remember that the definition of a particular raga consists of the way the notes are arranged in both upward and downward direction The six angas in talas namely laghu, dhrtam anudhrtam, guru, plutam and kakapadam. The anga laghu has 5 jatis namely tisra, chturasra, khanda, misra and sankirna. The finger count changes according to the jatis. The seven principal talas give rise to the 35 varieties on account of the pancha bhaedas of laghu. There are 5 sthayis namely anumandra sthayi, mandra sthayi, Madhya sthayi, tara sthayi and ati tara sthayi.
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