Carnatic music: Svara, Gamaka, Motif and Raga identity

Comunicació presentada al 2nd CompMusic Workshop, celebrat els dies 12 i 13 de juliol de 2012 a Istanbul (Turquia), organitzat per CompMusic.Over the last century in Karnatik music, the method of/nunderstanding raga has been to break it down into its various/ncomponents, svara, scale, gamaka, and phrases. In this paper, an attempt is made to define the abstract concept of raga in its entirety within the aesthetics of Karnatik music considering the various components and their symbiotic relationship. This paper also attempts to prove that the/nidentity of a raga exists as a whole. Section 2 explains the/nconcept of a fundamental musical note or svara. Section 3 illustrates the concept of gamaka or inflections. Section 4 delves into the concept of raga in detail and then flows into Section 5 which enunciates the identity of a raga in terms of svara, gamaka, and phraseology. The paper concludes in Section 6, and Section 7 gives the references