Why All Musicians Should Learn Carnatic Music

[@mannacharya4088]

Thank you Niel. Always good to hear from you as an Indian👍. Your proficiency and love for Music is very uplifting to see.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey, thank you for your kind comment. Music is such a joy to discover and create and I'm happy to share my knowledge with you!

[@phanhuyduc2395]

You are one of the most unique and interesting music content creator on KZbin. I can not yet apply most of your idea yet because I am not that level yet, but I am sure your lessons will help me someday. Keep sharing your talent, thank you!

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey thank you very much for your kind comments! I’m happy to share my knowledge with you, and in fact I have a few introductory videos to Indian classical rhythms on my channel that can get you started as a beginner 🙂 I hope to continue guiding you on your music journey in the years to come

[@muralivalavil8246]

Wonderfully explained. I adore you 🙏

[@neilchanmusic]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@inavarsa]

we are lucky to have u teaching via comparision...like translators who know both languages are a blessing

[@neilchanmusic]

Happy to be of service!

[@violetmarkey1057]

I hope this is not bad stereotyping but it's either the indians' being good at math that influenced their music or the other way around. Either ways, I am glad to hear about this. We have a lot of good non-western music styles that truly deserve recognition. Kudos!

[@neilchanmusic]

Yes! I’m not sure which came first but definitely music and math in Indian classical music have tremendous synergy. The world of music is so vast, diverse and beautiful. I hope to encourage others to explore musical cultures beyond what they are familiar with!

[@jpivarski]

There's a connection here, and it isn't stereotyping. India has a long, deep tradition of mathematics and it's different (in quite a few ways more advanced) than the mathematics of the Greeks. Whereas much of the Greek math was geometrical (thanks to Euclid), much of the Indian math was linguistic (thanks to Panini). Panini was interested in formalizing the rules of Sanskrit and invented meta-languages and algorithms, but also codified phonetics and the uses of long and short vowel sounds (called shruti, like musical notes) in poetry. Later, Pangala took this further and developed combinatorics for counting all the possible ways of organizing rhythm in a poem, starting with the short and long syllables as binary numbers. He named all of the binary combinations in groups of 3 bits (what we would call octal), and solved combinatorial problems in the context of enumerating possible poetic forms. The diagrams are even recognizable as Pascal's triangle, hundreds of years before Pascal. So, there is a connection. Beyond the basic fact that mathematics and music often go hand in hand, Indian mathematics in particular made poetry-and therefore also music-the subject of their mathematical thought.

[@sethduclayan2770]

Thnx siiirrrrr, i rlly need this

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Seth, it’s my pleasure! Indian classical music is such a joy and I hope to share this beautiful art form with others.

[@herohunter-oi9fy]

Thanks man

[@neilchanmusic]

You're welcome!

[@gouravnishad6829]

Isn't it beautiful a North Indian living in South India learning Indian music from a foreigner that to over youtube... Haha love from india btw

[@neilchanmusic]

That's one of the great things about technology and globalisation ;) There are many bad things too though, but these are some of the great things!

[@rainamukund]

hi the first example is Kunnakol, which is part of the carnatic subculture, but not taught as part of carnatic vocal training.. a small detail though. thanks for the wonderful video 🙏🙏🙏

[@neilchanmusic]

You're welcome! Konnakol is very much taught in Carnatic rhythm training. Not for vocalists, but for percussionists.

[@michaelduran5841]

Greetings Neil, I have subscribed to your channel precisely to improve my understanding of rhythm on the guitar and apply it to jazz improvisation. I would like that if you read my comment you would recommend me some point or book where to start. Greetings from the Dom Rep.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hi Michael, thanks for your support and comment. Glad to hear you’re working on jazz improv and rhythm. Jazz rhythm and swing go hand-in-hand. You need to understand what a swing feel is and apply it to your playing! You should do some research on that topic if you haven’t already, then start playing scale exercises ‘swung’ and ‘straight’ to feel the difference

[@printz0071]

Mr.Neil Chan , you should try to learn Tamil Pann music also...

[@ashikrasoolmusic]

Hi there! I’ve been doing Carnartic singing lessons for 2 months and just wanted to ask you once I become a master at Carnatic will I be able to sing any Indian song of my choice?

[@gouravnishad6829]

Ragas aren't analogous to Modes... Thaat is analogous to mode.. I don't think there is anything analogous to a raga in western music... because raga is a melodic framework..a set of rules

[@neilchanmusic]

Yes there isn't any western concept that fully captures the concept of a raga. (That's why I love Indian music!) But thinking of a mode as in an approach to performing a certain number of melodic entities is an idea that I've found the most accessible to western musicians. Also, 'mode' in western music also tends to mean different things to different people in various contexts :D

[@classanglo1505]

First viewer

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you for watching!