An overview of aesthetics in Music
The word ‘rasa’ has three primary associations of meaning:
[1] Of being the object of perception by the sense of taste
[2] Of being the essence of any thing or being
[3] Of being something dynamic and not static
Continue reading “Rasa Theory and its application to Indian Music”
“Hindustani vocalist Padmini Rao talks on the relevance of classical music today.“
Imagine you’re watching a sunset. You are probably on a bridge or on the edge of a cliff watching the sun glisten on the water and slowly melt away into the horizon. Wherever you are, it is imperative that you’re in the right mood to appreciate the beauty of nature. “Learning classical music is similar to this. There is a mystique about it which people work too hard to understand. That’s not how it should be. You won’t be able to understand everything in 140 characters. We have to tune ourselves to understand it,” says Padmini Rao, a Hindustani vocalist. She led a Hindustani classical music workshop at Bhairavi | The Music Room in Mattancherry on Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading “Anna Binoy, New Indian Express”
What images does the mind conjure up when it hears the word ‘Beauty’? We think of rolling meadows, colourful flowers, waterfalls, and lush forests. Of course, Beauty is not always about Nature, there is a world of beauty in the innocence that we see in a child’s smile, its tender touch or even its gurgles and giggles.
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