Carnatic Piece Comparison and Difference with Modern Piece
There several similarities and differences that can be noted when it comes to the traditional Carnatic violin with the modern piece of the same music. Watching T.H Subramaniam and Shirish Korde Carnatic and modern piece respectively offers insight on their similarities and differences.
Similarities
- In Carnatic piece, raga incorporates a set of notes which are in ascending and descending order scale (melodic modes) in playing the violin (Classical 3:40). The same can be heard in the modern pie by Korde, where the melodic mode changes from a low tone to a high tone and back (Venkatesh 2:56), thus creating an ascending and descending pattern.
- The metric cycle is present in both Carnatic piece by Subramaniam and Korde, where the former incorporates rhythmic patterns (Classical 4:28). The same is herd on the Korde’s modern violin piece (Venkatesh 4:34), which offers a rhythmic pattern in the set of notes.
Differences
- The Carnatic piece does contain the premise of melody through the progression of musical notes, which includes a framework that Indian music must abide such as the use of mridangam (drum) (Classical 5:58). The modern piece is more of an inclusion of melody and harmony because it contains many layers(Venkatesh 1:32) experienced during deflections, where the notes roll or slide in one another.
- In Carnatic piece, no reading sheet makes improvisation rampant because there is no prior composition or rehearsing. In the modern piece, the composer is using a reading sheet to play the raga, which placed just in front of her to create a rhythmic pattern that shows pre-composition before performance.
- In Carnatic piece, there are no written forms, and the leading artist has to play independently while in the modern piece, we can see composer Korde using a written form to create a good flow of transmission to the audience.