A Brief History of Karnatic Music – Part 2

A Brief History of Karnatic Music – Part 2

The Early Period [2000BC – 1100AD] Drawing from the roots of the music in the vedas, the interest in arts expanded into other aspects of artistic expressions which included dance and drama. ‘Natya Shastra’ was the earliest known text in Sanskrit to systematically...

A Brief History of Karnatik Music – Part 1

The Vedic Roots The earliest roots of Indian Classical music can be traced back to Rig Vedic times where a scale of three notes was used in reciting the slokas. These three notes are referred by sage Panini in his Vyakarana (Grammar) sutra as ‘Udatta’, ‘Anudaata’ and...