Geetam
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Geetam, (sāhityaṃ (lyrics).
Gītaṃ literally means "song" in Sanskrit.
Structure
A gītaṃ is a simple devotional melody song with same tempo throughout the song. There is no "anga" change, repetition and Sangati in gītaṃ. Gītaṃs usually have 10/12 avarthanams.
Though gītaṃs have no absolutely defined divisions of
swara
taking one syllable of the sahitya. The gītaṃ is sung without repetition from the beginning to end. However most gītaṃs are concluded by repeating a portion of the opening part. Gītaṃs are set in medium tempo and contain no saṃgatis or variations and the flow of the music is natural. The theme of the sāhityaṃ (lyrics) is to praise God. Students learn these gītaṃs after attaining a course in the preliminary saraḷī svarās and alaṃkārās.
Types of gītaṃs
There are three types of gītaṃs in Carnatic music tradition:
- Sāmānya gītaṃ: the simple song and it is also called sādhāraṇa gītaṃ or sancāri gītaṃ.
- Lakshaṇa gītaṃ: the sāhityaṃ (lyrics), instead of praising God, enumerates in so many words, the lakshana of the raga, in which it is composed-giving among other details, its vakra svarā, graha, nysa, aṃśa svarā and its parent raga (mēḷakarta rāga). Most lakshaṇa gītaṃs have been composed by Purandara Dasa.[1]
- Suladi gītaṃ:
Some well known gītaṃs
- Vara Vīṇā Mr̥dupāṇi (Sanskrit) in Mohanam Raga (Janya of 28th Mela Harikambhoji) - Rupaka Tala
- Śrī Gaṇanātha (Laṃbōdara) (Sanskrit) in Malahari Rāga (Janya of 15th Mela Mayamalavagowla) - Chathushruti Jati Rupaka Tala
- Analekara in Sankarabharanam) - Tisra Jati Triputa Tala
- Kamala Jaḍala (Telugu) in Kalyani Rāga 65th MēḷakartaRāga)- Tisra Jati Triputa Tala
References
External links
- Sivakumar Carnatic Music Archive Geetam collection Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- The Pulijalas