Carnatic music is a system of classical music that originated in South India. It is one of the two major traditions of Indian classical music, the other being Hindustani music from North India. Carnatic music has a rich heritage and is deeply spiritual in nature, often used as a medium for expressing devotion (bhakti).
Talam in Carnatic Music
In Carnatic music, talam is used to keep the beat. Each talam has a fixed number of beats and is repeated. This is known as talam cycle or avartanam. The parts of a
talam are known as angams
Ragas in Carnatic Music
Hindustani or North Indian classicalmusic. The swaras in each style have been explained to you in the
earlier pages. Carnatic music uses instruments like the veena, violin,flute, nadaswaram, mridangam,
ghatam, kanjira and morsing. The compositions are usually in Sanskrit,Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil language. Hindustani music
uses instruments like tanpura,sitar, sarod,sarangi, santoor, tabla,and pakhawaj. Songs are composed usually in Hindi, Sanskrit.
Sthayis in Carnatic music
Sthayi A series of swaras, beginning with Sa and ending with Ni, is called Sthayi.There are Five Sthayis.
1.Anumandra Sthayi
2.Mandra Sthayi
3.Madhya Sthayi
4.Tara Sthayi
5.Ati-Tara Sthayi