cip Hindustani.pdf

citCarnatic.pdf

Diploma in Performance .pdf

PRSSV Level 5 Diploma in Teaching  Sept24.pdf

PRSSV Exam Syllabuses-Carnatic Subjects.pdf

The Carnatic dance tradition represents three main forms of dance
 which are Bharatanatyam (from Tamil Nadu), Kuchipudi (from Andha
 Pradhesh) and Kathakali (from Kerala). All these performing styles
 were fully developed by the 16th to 17th century and their origins can
 be traced to the ancient Sanskrit text, Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni.
 
 
 PRSSV World Music and Dance Examinations offers accredited exams in
 all the Carnatic subjects. The Carnatic syllabuses focus on the
 elements used to train students of music and dance. Thus, in the
 earlier grades there is a great emphasis on Shruti, Tala and Laya
 providing a strong foundation in basics and in higher grades emphasis
 is given on compositions in different languages, performance,
 improvisation and the varieties of intricate Gamakas.

The Indian system of music encompasses many classical, folk,
 contemporary and popular traditions of music and dance that reflect
 the diversity found across the many countries that make up the Indian
 sub-continent. These countries, also referred to as South Asia, are
 India, Pakistan Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Their
 rich collection of classical, folk, contemporary and popular styles of
 singing, the playing of instruments and dancing are subsumed under the
 term Sangeet.
 
 
 The Sangeet traditions most commonly associated with the Southern part
 of India are referred to as Carnatic (Karnatak), and those associated
 with the Northern part of India are referred to as Hindustani.

Carnatic Music as a form of art evolved organically from a variety of devotionally rich musical sources. It is rich in repertoire supported by musicological literature in many languages including Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Carnatic Music has an exponentially large number of rhythmic and scalar combinations and the varieties of Gamakas (ornaments) are intricate and important in distinguishing one raga (melodic scale) from another. Aside from vocal the string/wind instruments used are Saraswati Veena, Violin, Chitraveena, Flute, Nagaswaram and the percussion instruments used are Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Thavil, Mohrsing etc.

CARNATIC

Music & Dance

Subjects

Ganam
(Carnatic Vocal)

Violin
(Carnatic)

Mridangam

Venu

Vina

Bharatanatyam

Syllabuses