Charanam
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Charanam in Carnatic music
(South Indian classical music) is usually the end section of a composition which is sung after the anupallavi
.
There may be multiple charanams in a composition which make up different stanzas, but in compositions that do not have an anupallavi
, there often exists a samraashti charanam that combines both the anupallavi and charanam of the composition which directly
follows the pallavi
.
The charana swara
s are grouped in four different ways:
Carnatic music
Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...
(South Indian classical music) is usually the end section of a composition which is sung after the anupallavi
Anupallavi
In Carnatic music, the anupallavi comes after the pallavi and is usually the second section of any composition. It is then followed by one or more charanams. The anupallavi is optional. In such compositions pallavi is followed by one or more charanams....
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There may be multiple charanams in a composition which make up different stanzas, but in compositions that do not have an anupallavi
Anupallavi
In Carnatic music, the anupallavi comes after the pallavi and is usually the second section of any composition. It is then followed by one or more charanams. The anupallavi is optional. In such compositions pallavi is followed by one or more charanams....
, there often exists a samraashti charanam that combines both the anupallavi and charanam of the composition which directly
follows the pallavi
Pallavi
In Carnatic music pallavi is the thematic line of a song. It is usually one cycle long and repeated twice in order to give the percussionist the idea of the chosen taalam...
.
The charana swara
Swara
The seven notes of the scale , in Indian music are named shadja, rishabh, gandhar, madhyam, pancham, dhaivat and nishad, and are shortened to Sa, Ri or Re , Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni and written S, R, G, M, P, D, N. Collectively these notes are known as the sargam...
s are grouped in four different ways:
- 1st - one talaTala (music)Tāla, Taal or Tal is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to metre in Western music, though closer conceptual equivalents are to be found in other Asian classical systems such as the notion...
cycle. - 2nd - one tala cycle.
- 3rd - two long tala cycles
- 4th - four long tala cycles