Rhythmic anomaly in music of the bharatha dance concerts

Abstract

The Carnatic Music is the Classical Music form, which is used for the Bharatha Dance concerts. Pitch central and Rhythm are considered as Mother and Father of the Carnatic Music. The both are the fundamentals for not only the Carnatic music; those are essential measures for all the music forms of the world. Even though, the significant importance is not given to the rhythmic structure of the music in the Bharatha Dance Concerts. It shall affect the appreciation level of the audience of the concert. This research is to prove the hypothesis “The significant importance is not given to the rhythmic structure of the music in the Bharatha Dance Concerts”. The Varnam, which is the Main composition of the Bharatha Dance concert, is collected as the research sample. The convenient sampling technique is used. The different five Varnam compositions, performed for the different recognized dance concerts of the top most eminent artists of India are collected as the audio recordings. The recordings are analyzed and the rhythmic structure is measured with the Metronome Software applications. The results support the hypothesis. The recommendation is given to the society as follows. A proper mechanism shall be adapted to Bharatha Dance Music, in order to maintain the rhythmic structure of the concert. The modern rhythmic measures like Metronome or Thala Meter shall be used for the Dance Music training.