Tamil Carnatic Songs MP3 Music

Carnatic music reflects on the Indian musical heritage being rich in its melody and lyrics. Many rare old Carnatic mp3’s are available for free download. These sites also provide with the lyrics of Carnatic songs for free download. One can listen to the songs online as well.

The name Carnatic music refers to the traditional music of a region called Carnatic. Books on recent Indian history say that before British invasion, the kingdoms in South India were: Travancore which is most of today’s Kerala, Mysore which is the southern part of today’s Karnataka excluding the west coast, and Carnatic which is most of the remaining South India (almost the same as Madras State of the 1950s which is all of today’s Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra and some neighboring areas). When the Carnatic kingdom came under British, they rechristened it Madras Presidency and the town of Chennaipatnam as Madras City. Carnatic classical music is in relation to speakers of the Dravidian group.

Carnatic music is the classical music of Southern India. In its most basic form it is a monophonic song with improvised variations. There are 72 basic scales on the octave, and a rich variety of melodic motion. Both melodic and rhythmic structures are varied and compelling. It is one of the world’s oldest and richest musical traditions.

Many concerts are now being held to keep the tradition of Carnatic music alive. These concerts are not only well received in India but abroad as well.The modern concert format (kaccheri paddhati) is largely dominated by kritis which (were either composed by "the trinity" that is Syama Sastry, Tyagaraja, and Muthuswami Dikshitar) or vaggeyakaras following their styles.

The traditional musical instruments of Carnatic music are Veena, Thavil, Nagaswara, Tambura, Mirudangam and Ghatam.

Outstanding musicians who have nurtured, fostered and kept alive the musical traditions of Carnatic music and have become household names and include Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Saint Thyagaraja.
Leading female singers include the Bombay Sisters, Nithyasree Mahadevan, D.K. Pattammal, M.S. Subbulakshmi, Sudha Ragunathan, Sulamangalam Sisters, K.B. Sundarambal, N.C. Vasanthakokilam, and M. L.Vasanthakumari.

The leading male singers are M.Balamuralikrishna, G. N. Balasubramanian, Chembai Vaidyanatha Iyer, Sirkali Govindarajan, D. K. Jayaraman, S.G.Kittapa, Hariharan, Madurai Mani Iyer, Madurai Somasundaram, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Musiri Subramania Iyer, Rajkumar Bharathi, Semmengudi Srinivasa Iyer, Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, , P.Unnikrishnan, and K.J.Yesudas.

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The acclaimed instrumentalists are S. Balachander(veena), Sheikh Chinna Moulana (nagaswaram), Mysore T.Chowdiah (violin), E. Gayathri(veena) Karaikudi R.Mani (mirudangam), Lalgudi Jayaraman(violin), Namagiripettai Krishnan(nagaswaram), Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer(mirudangam), N.Ramani(flute), L. Shankar (violin), Kumbakonam Rajamanikkam Pillai (violin), Mandolin U.Shrinivas, V. Suresh(ghatam) and Kunnakudi Vaidyanatha Iyer(violin).

A few of my favorite carnatic songs are :
1. Jagado Dharana by Bombay Jayshree
2. Hey Govinda by M.S. Subbulakshmi
3. Devi Brova by M.S. Subbulakshmi
4. Pibhare Ramarasam by Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan.

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Tamil Carnatic Songs MP3 Music

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