SrI:
Dear Sriman Padmanabhan :
PaNN is the precursor to the Raagaa system
of Karnatic Music . It evolved from a Pentatonic
scale
and the folk songs of the 5 Kinds of Land classfied
in
Sangam Literature : Kurunji ( Hills ) ,
Marutham ( arable land) ,
Mullai ( Pastoral) , Neythal ( coastal land ) and
Paalai
( water land) .
PaNN from its pentatonic scale evolved over
time
into Seven note ( heptatonic) Carnatic music
rich
in mictrotones as well .
PaaNars played PaNNs with their Yaazh to the
accompnimnet of
unique TaaLams ; The seven notes of
of " Tamil Music "
at the time of Sangam literature are :Kural ,
Tuttham , KaikkiLai ,
Uzhai , iLi , ViLari and Taram . There are
night PaNNs and
Day PaNNs just as in Carnatic Music ( BhUpALam
, Revagupthi
for early Morning , DhanyAs and SaavEri before
Mid Morning etc ).
PaNN Peyartthal ( slight shift in svarAs of a Raaga
to create
new RaagAs or to shift and return from one Raaga to
the other ( Svara bhEdham) are common to both
Tamil and Carnatic Music .
ThiruppANAzhwaar among AzhwArs was a great exponent
of
Yaazzh Music . Swamy Naathamuni set the dhivya
Prabhandham
to Music and TaaLam for singing at temples . During
the Uthsavams,
( Bali SamarpaNam , Nava Sandhi Nruthyam as
UpachAram ) ,
specific TaaLams like Megha Nandanam were used .
Panchamukha
Vaadhyam was sounded in Saivite Temples . The
TevAram tradition
maintained by OthuvArs is a rich tradition
maintained even today
thanks to the Aadheenams like Dharmapuram near
Maayavaram
( MayilAdithuRai) .
A few more observations on the links between OaNNs
and
CarnAtic Music RaagAs :
Mullai PaNN is Raagam Mohanam ; Padhumalai Paalai
is
the Mela Raagam of Nada Bhairavi ; IndhaLam
is
Naadha Naamakriya; Kurunji is Malahari ; TakkEdu
is
KaambhOji ; Kousikam is Bhairavi ; Natta Paadai is
Gambheera
Naattai ; ArumpAlai or Pazham Panjaram is Dheera
SankarAbharaNam ;
Panchamam is the
Raagam Ahiri known for its pathos ; mERcchempAlai is
the 65th Mela Raagam of ( Mesa) KalyANi .
Thirujn~Ana Sambhandhar and Thirumangai AzhwAr were
contemproaries and hail from KaazhiccheerAma
ViNNagaram
( SeerkAzhi ) .
There are thus a lot of links between the Tamil (
PaNN based )
Music and today's Carnatic Music put to use in
worship of
the Dhivya Dampathis directly or indirectly
.
NamO SrI VenkatEsAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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