A musical debate on Carnatic vs Hindustani

CHENNAI: At a recent concert - a Jugal Bandhi of Carnatic and Hindustani, both the genre of music considered the ‘Bharat Munis’ Natya Sastra as the basic text. Surprisingly, it also refers to the common text - ‘Sangeetha Ratnakara’, which is the origin of their system of music Usually, the Hindustani music is informal and free wheeling, as there is no grammar and no logical classification of ragas. However, the strength of the Hindustani music is the stress on voice culture and melody and the total alignment with sruthi. The main differences between these two genres of music is that in Carnatic music, there is a tendency for strict adherence to rigid mathematical structure. It follows a correct sequence of notes, according to 72 melakartha ragas, whereas, in Hindustani, there is free expressions of the total vision of the raga. More....>>> Courtesy :IBN Live