raga alapanai

Question 1

first part of

Answer 1

Manodharma Isai

Question 2

what type of music is it

Answer 2

unmeasured without a strict rhythm

Question 3

sung as

Answer 3

a prelude to krithis

Question 4

what should the duration be

Answer 4

shouldnt exeed the length of the composition its accompanying

Question 5

what syllables are used to add beauty

Answer 5

ta, da, ri, nam, tom

Question 6

what is the most resonant vowel

Answer 6

“a”, used to fill the alapanai

Question 7

what does this allow musicians todo

Answer 7

develop their musical imagination and show their talent of the improvised beauty of the raga to flow within the raga lakshana frame work

Question 8

what are the three parts it consists of

Answer 8

akshiptika (intro), raga vardhani (body), and sthayi (conclusion)

Question 9

whats the ashiptika

Answer 9

intro of the alapanai

Question 10

whats does the akshiptika start on

Answer 10

madhya sthayi sadjam, uses suitable sancharams according to its raga in mandra and madhya sthayi

Question 11

what sthayi does the akshiptika occasionally go to

Answer 11

tara sthayi

Question 12

what does the akshiptika end on

Answer 12

madhya sthayi sadjam

Question 13

what note may it also maybe begin on

Answer 13

tara sthayi sadjam or other notes according to the raga used

Question 14

what does the raga vardhani start on

Answer 14

madhya sthayi sadjam and goes to mandra sthayi

Question 15

what swarams are used now and then in raga vardhani

Answer 15

madhya sthayi swarams

Question 16

what speed is the raga vardhani mostly in

Answer 16

vilamba kalam (slow), but occasionally gets faster

Question 17

what sancharams are rendered in raga vardhani

Answer 17

few madhyama kala sancharams using tara sthayi

Question 18

what note does the raga vardhani make a quick descent to

Answer 18

madhya sthayi sadjam

Question 19

when should sancharams showing characteristics of the ragam be brought out

Answer 19

during raga vardhani

Question 20

where should the alapanai be rendered after the raga vardhani

Answer 20

mainly in the tara sthayi

Question 21

what are the two different types of sthayi

Answer 21

arohana and avarohana

Question 22

where are sthayi sancharams usually rendered in

Answer 22

madhyama kalam

Question 23

where do arohana sthayi sancharams begin

Answer 23

madhya sthayi sadjam

Question 24

how low can notes go in arohana sthayi

Answer 24

as low as mandra sthayi sadjam, then back to madhya sthayi sadjam

Question 25

after going to mandra sthayi sadjam, what happens next (arohana sthayi)

Answer 25

the alapanai begins on madhya sthayi rishibam, and then goes down to mandra sthayi rishibam. this is done twice before pausing on the sthayi swaram (rishabam). This is then done for all the swarams in turn, changing the stayi swaram in order of the next highest note in ascending order

Question 26

where does avarohana sthayi begin on

Answer 26

tara sthayi sadjam

Question 27

how does the avarohana sthayi go

Answer 27

makes 2 sancharams in the aritara sthayi ending on the Tara sthayi sadjam without touching any notes lower than it. Then it does the same pattern with N, and then other notes in descending order

Question 28

how is the sthayi section concluded

Answer 28

sancharas are sung in all sthayis in fast tempo, finally ending on the madhya sthayi sadjam