Hindu music
Hindu music is
The most common Hindu bhajan in North India is "Om Jai Jagdish Hare." The names of
Vaishnodevi
).
A very common scale in Hindu music is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, which can be harmonized into a chord progression.
Bhajan
A bhajan is a
songs in lyrical language expressing emotions of love for the Divine, whether for a single God and Goddess, or any number of divinities.[2] Many bhajans feature several names and aspects of the chosen deity, especially in the case of Hindu sahasranamas, which list a divinity's 1008 names. Great importance is attributed to the singing of bhajans with Bhakti, i.e. loving devotion. "Rasanam Lakshanam Bhajanam" means the act by which we feel more closer to our inner self or God, is a bhajan. Acts which are done for the God is called bhajan.[3]
Traditionally, the music has been
Mridanga(or Tabla) (traditional Indian instruments). The Sikh Scripture contains 31 ragas and 17 talas
which form the basis for kirtan music compositions.
Hindus are even said to have achieved
Gargi, the wife of Yajnavalkya
, through her excellence in veena playing, an incident that caused Sage Yagnavalkya to write the famous verse:
- "Veena Vadama Tatvagnaha
- Sruthi Jathi Visharada
- Talagnanacha Aprayasena
- Mokshamargam Gachachathi"
("Yagnavalkya Siksha")
There have also been several music-saints (e.g. Sant Tyagaraja) and poet-saints (e.g. Sant Ravidas).
Kirtan
This is the communal, call-and-response chanting of mantras, often with instruments and dance.[4] Kirtans are deeply rooted in Vedic tradition.
Indian classical music
The origins of Indian classical music can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the
See also
References
- ^ Tagore (1874). Hindu Music.
- ^ Shivakumar, K. N. (2021-01-14). Shlokas and Bhajans: with general knowledge and subhashitams. Sangeet Bharati.
- ^ samaj, Gayan (1887). Hindu Music and the Gayan Samaj: Published in Aid of the Funds of the Madras Jubilee Gayan Samaj, 1887. Bombay gazette steam Press.
- ISBN 978-0-936663-43-2.
- ^ Shivakumar, K. N. (2021-01-14). Shlokas and Bhajans: with general knowledge and subhashitams. Sangeet Bharati.
- ISBN 978-81-208-1261-1.