How Indian classical music got divided into Hindustani and Carnatic
The HinduDay 5 of the Academic Sessions at The Music Academy featured an interesting panel discussion with Pantula Rama, Subhashini Parthasarathy, and vidwan M.A. The session opened with Pantula Rama exploring the evolution of Indian classical music and the eventual division into Carnatic and Hindustani traditions. Ramanathan’s research also highlighted differences in oscillatory techniques, with Carnatic music carrying a lot of swaras in an oscillation of one note. He argued that this reflects how listeners are conditioned and suggested that while Carnatic music can draw inspiration from Hindustani traditions, its distinctiveness must remain intact. He also pointed out an interesting fact that Carnatic music has not reduced Hindustani ragas to mere scales but has preserved their essence through phrase-based adaptations.
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