Karnatic:
1. Ragam
2. Thalam
3. Shruthi
Western:
1.Scale(ragam(not exactly)/Shruthi)
2.Tempo(kinda thalam)
3.Chords(Kinda Shruthi)
Karnatic and Western:
1.Ragam/Scale is the notes of the song
2.Thalam/tempo is the beat on which any song is sung
3.Shruthi/chords is the background
Notes/Swaram:
Western Notes:
The above pic shows the notes for western music! They are "C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C......."and it continues and it is common for all the western instruments.Its also the same for indian classical instruments like veena but the only difference is that it is represented in a different way. The space between a note and the same note in the next position is called an 'Octave' . Eg., C-C or D-D.
The above keyboard starts with "F". There are totally four F's in the pics on the white keys. The fourth F is not shown.Its till E. Therefore, this is a 3 octave keyboard.
There are totally 12 keys in an octave. 12 keys(white and black). The black to the right of a white key is half note higher to the key and the black key left is half note lesser except for BC and EF. Notice ,there is no black key between. F is a note higher than E and C is a note higher than B.
The successive key on the right for a base key(A or B or ..) is represented as SHARP # of the key and the key on the left is represented as FLAT . I will be using 'b' for flat henceforth.
Eg., The black key very next to A will be A#. The black key before A is Ab. There are no sharps for B and E. Similarly, no flats for F and C.
Karnatic Swaram:
Similarly in Karnatic music, there are seven basic notes called swaras. they are "Sa,Ri,Ga,Ma,Pa,Da,Ni" . Again like octaves, they keep continuing even after 'Ni'. The same swaras will get repeated in the higher octave. the only difference is the pitch!
Like sharps and flats, they have different forms of the base swaras here. Except for 'Sa' and 'Pa',
all the other swaras are two. Totally again, there are 12 swaras but 7 basic. 12 swaras are as follows,
"Sa,R1,R2,G1,G2,M1,M2,P,D1,D2,N1,N2". the same set keeps continuing in the higher pitch like,
"Sa,R1,R2,G1,G2,M1,M2,P,D1,D2,N1,N2,Sa,R1,R2,G1,G2,M1,M2,P,D1,D2,N1,N2..". and it goes on and on..
Will write about Ragas ,Scales and Chords in the following post.
