Features of Pada Varnam and Tana Varnam in Carnatic Music
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- Type
- blog
- Level
- beginner
- Language
- en
- Cost
- free
- Topics
- forms, varnam
What it is
A teaching article on the two kinds of varnam: the two halves with pallavi, anupallavi, muktayi swaras, charanam and chittaswaras, the swara-focused tana varnam, and the slower pada varnam with words throughout, central to Bharatanatyam.
Why it is useful here
Confirms the structure and the tana versus pada distinction.
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