PODCAST SERIES: Ilaiyaraaja – a musical movement

 

Part 1 – Introduction 

Personal Connect – Film Music and the Need for a different look at it – Agenda of the Series

http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/ilaiyaraaja-a-musical-movement-1/

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Part 2 – Brief History of Music

Music – God or Man made – Early Man’s music – Music of civilizations – Music of Medieval era – Music of Classical era – Western classical Music – Carnatic Music – Tamil classical music

http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/ilaiyaraaja-a-musical-movement-2/

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Part 3 – History of 20th Century Music & Raaja’s Arrival

Part 4 – Building blocks – Folk and Carnatic Music

Musical Analysis – why is it difficult – Building blocks – Folk Rhythms, Metre – Tamil Rhythm and Rhyme – Carnatic music – What is a raagam – Functioning of a melodic scale – What Raagam provides a composer

http://www.whereistheotherbanana.com/ilaiyaraaja-a-musical-movement-4/

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