composition: "rAma nannu brovarA" approx. 6 minutes and 6 mb. in size.
free online listening/download for offline listening, click:
http://azrowear.net/download/535/hariramayb.mp3.html
A little philosophical discussion
will not be out of context here. Hinduism is often accused of polytheism (a number of Gods). The problem with Hinduism is that it is not born out of preachings of one man with his limited horizon. It is a composite cultural compromise which has evolved over Centuries owing to cascading of Gods and Goddesses of invader races and invaded races. Consequently, Hinduism developed into a pluralistic religion which accommodated every pigment of imagination. In spite of this accommodative spirit, there is a recognition among enlightened philosophers that the same God resides in an 'ant' and in the trinity of Gods (Brahma-creator, VishNu-protector, Siva-destroyer and reunifier). This recognition is nothing but monotheism while allowing a leeway for calling the same "dweller in different creatures" with using names.
If tyAgarAja didn't use Yehova or Allah in his compositions, it was not because he didn't consider them as manifestations of God, but because he might not have been aware of such variety of names. In technological terms, it is like this: The early users of computer text editors knew only 16 colors like red, blue, green, gray. But the 256 Cube brought in 16,777,316 colors. Only some 200 or 300 may have names like azure, cornsilk, khaki. A knowledgeable color chooser may prefer to use hexadecimal codes for prescribing numbers in his web pages.
River brahmaputra is called 'Yarlung Zangbo or Tsangpo' in China. It has another name 'Maquan' in Tibet-China. The same brahmaputra is also called 'lOhit' in India. It becomes 'jamuna' in BanglA dEsh. This 'jamuna' is physically different from the tributary river 'jamuna' of Ganges in uttara pradEsh, India. While rivers have physical existence, Gods do not have physical existence. Gods have only emotional existence.
Some segments of Islam seem to castigate music on the ground that it makes people to disobedient to God and,-- issue fatwas denouncing music. But, the fact is the other-way round. Devotional Music has served the cause of religion in a marvellous manner to such an extent that religious congregations would have become dull and dreary without sweet melodies of great composers. Slow soothing melodious music helped in weaning away people from vices like alcohol, debauchery, gambling, hunting, abusing others, and recklessness. Such music can often rescue persons from suicidal tendencies and depressions.
The problem seems to be an inability to distinguish between loud-lewd music accompanied by binges of alcohol and shouts, -- and soothing music. Shouts and rhythm-less beats generate noises and not music.
While it is good that devotional music has helped religion by divesting it of 'dullness and melancholy', there is no compulsion that every piece of music should be devotional and addressed to God or sing the glories of God. There is space even for secular music. True music, is more concerned about melody and as long as this need is satisfied, even humming will be sufficient.
The problem with 'literature-less' music is, listeners cannot comprehend it easily. People have a tendency to search for meaning in everything they hear. There seems to be a tendency to get bored with long hums and instrumental compositions, unless they become recognisable by their link to some well-known song which they heard repeatedly in the past. It is how people appreciate film music, and well-known compositions, while brushing aside not so-well-known compositions despite their being very melodious. In other words: obscurity is a curse. Celebrity is a rage.
DISTINCTION BETWEEN HEARING AND LISTENING
I do not have the discerning wherewithal skills to distinguish between 'listening' and 'hearing'. Islamic fatwas seem to disallow listening and allow hearing. Without any comment on my part, I furnish below a link for information purpose only. It will for the readers to use their intellect.
http://islamqa.info/en/ref/5000 .
Church choirs may use some words like 'Oh Lord' whereas tyAgarAja may address Him 'sitA rAma'. It is, therefore, really not important whether the word rAma is used or Allah is used or yehOva is used. The sincerity with which the words are uttered is really important, than the name itself.
gist: Music alleviates. It does not aggravate. To the believers, it helps in directing the mind to God. To the non-believers, music whether devotional or otherwise, will give joy which is not inhibited by boundaries of religion.
Poet and composer
Name of this composition: "rAma nannu brovarA".
Poet and Composer: tyAgarAja, considered as one of the greatest doyens of the CarnATic Music.
This composition is a simple, straight musical work, and yet it is very sweet.
I have given the notation and the mp3 in three tempos:
tempo 150, tempo 225, and tempo 300. I have also started with a low C (called AdhAra shadjamam in Indian Music) of 48, raised it to 60 and then 72 along with the tempo.
About adherence to tradition: Indian Classical Musical compositions, unlike the film songs, start with a very slow tempo and gradually pick up momentum and reach the top gear when the composition reaches its climax. Though the singer/player does not change the basic pitch of hisher C (called AdhAra shadjamam), heshe tends to move into higher octaves (called tAra sthAyi) as the composition progresses. Most Indian natural musical instruments and the human voice does not and cannot normally repeat NORMALLY go beyond g' (called tAr pancamam) at top and E/F (called mandra gandhAram or madhyamam) at the bottom. The advantage we get with our computer-digital instruments is, we can go to lower octaves and higher octaves very comfortably, with out disturbing the melody and rhythm.
Hence, I have tried the different tempos and octaves.
I adore the poet-composer tyAgaraja for his great work. I own all errors which you may find in this transcription of mine.
Particular utility of harikAmbhOji: For learners of flute, hari kAmBhOji is the easiest tune to learn, because it does not have any notes which require half closing or half opening of holes. Teachers of vocal music in South India, start their lessons with 'mAyA mALava gouLa' whereas the teachers of wind instruments often start their lessons with 'hari kAmbhOji'.
Information for Euro American Music
tune "(SOUTH INDIAN - CARNATIC) hari kAmbhOji"'s note COMPARISON WITH C-MAJOR :
Sequence: cdef ga^ac'. c'^aag fedc.
Observe the changes: strong 'b' becomes softer '^a'.
Whether all the notes are used: yes. septatonic, i.e. all the seven notes are used.
Whether any special zig-zag movement is necessary to make the tune: No, except some permutations and combinations of the notes, as is common for building any tune.
rhythm : 6 or 12 or 24 note length units per bar. I am, for convenience, using 2 bars per line.
Information for North Indian Music - HindusthAni Music
ThATh : khamAj.
Frequencies of notes: ri is strong hence 'suddh'. ga is strong, hence 'suddh'. ma is soft, hence 'suddh'. (In HindusthAni music, strong 'ma' is considered as 'tIvr' and the soft 'ma' 'suddh'). strong 'dha' is suddh. soft 'ni' is 'kOmal'. Note: HindusthAni Music normally treats strong notes as suddh (pure).
ArOhi: sarigama padanisa'
avrOhi: sa'nidhapa magarisa.
tAl: Ek tAl or chau tAl. 3 beats per cycle. 3x4 = 12 notes have been given per bar.
Information for the South Indian Music
hari kAmbhOji's itself is a mother tune. No. is 28 (called mELakarta 28).
ArOhaNa: sa,strong ri, strong ga, soft ma, pa, strong da, strong ni, sa'.
avarOhaNa: sa', ni, da, pa, ma, ga, ri, sa, frequencies, as above.
In carnATic music, softer notes are considered as 'suddh' (pure).
tALam: rUpaka tALam. 6 or 12 or 24 notes per bar. I have used 2 bars per line, for convenience.
You may not be satisfied with the following notation.
If you wish to compose and compile independently, copy and paste the following notation into a note pad or gedit or any other text editor, edit as you like, and save it as a txt file.
While editing, we should not forget the basic rules of abc2midi language.
Thereafter, give the command abc2midi filename. We get filename1.mid.
Further conversion to wav: command: timidity -Ow filename1.mid . We get filename1.wav.
Conversion of wav into mp3: command: lame filename1.wav choicename.mp3 .
We get choicename.mp3 file.
X:1
T:"(SOUTH INDIAN - CARNATIC) hari kAmbhOji" 3 BEAT -"rAma nannu brovarA" - tyAgarAja.
M:12/4
L:1/8
Q:150
K:C
%note sequence of "(SOUTH INDIAN - CARNATIC) hari kAmbhOji"
[V:1]%%MIDI C 48 %%MIDI program 110 %fiddle
c4d4e4 f4g4a4 | ^a4c'4d'4 e'4f'4g'4 |
g'4f'4e'4 d'4 c'4^a4 | a4g4f4 e4d4c4 |
[V:2]%%MIDI C 48 %%MIDI program 112 %tinkle bells
c4d4e4 f4g4a4 | ^a4c'4d'4 e'4f'4g'4 |
g'4f'4e'4 d'4 c'4^a4 | a4g4f4 e4d4c4 ||
%stanza 1
[V:1]
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
%stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
%stanza 3
[V:1]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
[V:2]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
%stanza 4 has different literature, but repeats same notes of stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
%--same composition in double tempo with shamisen and steel drums
[V:1]%%MIDI C 60 %%MIDI program 106 %shamisen
Q:225
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]%%MIDI C60 %%MIDI program 114 %steel drums
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
%stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
%stanza 3
[V:1]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
[V:2]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
%stanza 4 has different literature, but repeats same notes of stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
%--same composition with C72, tempo 300, baritone sax and shakuhachi
[V:1]%%MIDI C 72 %%MIDI program 67 %baritone sax
Q:300
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]%%MIDI C72 %%MIDI program 77 %shakuhaci
g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 | g4f2e4d2 c4d2e6 |
|:efga aggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 :|
|: def2 f2de f2f2 ga^ag aggg fefd | efga ^ac'c'^a agfe edc2 d2e6 :|
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
%stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
%stanza 3
[V:1]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
[V:2]
|: z2g2 g2g2 g2a^a c'2^a2 a2g4a2 | f4 g2fe d2c2 cde2 fdef g2g2 :|
%stanza 4 has different literature, but repeats same notes of stanza 2
[V:1]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
[V:2]
z2a^a c'2c'^a ^aaa2 ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2a2 ^a2d'c' ^agc'^a aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
z2g2 g2a^a d'c'^aa ^aga^a c'2^a2 c'4 |
c'2 c'2 c'd' e'f' e'd' c'2 c'^a d'c' ^a2a2 g4 |
z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 ^a4 c'4 | z2ef g4 a^aga a^ac'2 c'^ac'2 d'4 |
e'd'c'^a d'c'^aa c'^aga ^aagf agfe gfed | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 |
dfed c2Bc ^aag2 e'f'e'd' c'2c'^a agfe | efga2ggf f2e2 edc2 d2e6 ||
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