These episodes aim at introducing the viewer to the aesthetics of Indian Classical Music so as to make the genre more approachable to the common public.
This episode concentrates on the aspects of Carnatic music and also gives a comparison of Carnatic music (South Indian) to that of Hindustani Music (North Indian). The following is covered in this episode:
1. Concept of raag in Carnatic and Hindustani music.
2. Forms of Carnatic music to explore a raag- (Krithi, Varnam, Padam, Javali, Tillana)
3. How to identify whether you are sitting in a Carnatic or Hindustani concert?
4. Trend of a Carnatic concert.
5. Elaboration of a Krithi: anibadh alap, neraval, kalpana swaram (with demo)
6. Demo of same scale in Hindustani music.