Music can be defined as Mind’s
Ultimate Silence In Contemplation. Thoughts regarding past
happenings and future plans are merged and surrendered in the present to the
strains of music (vocal or instrumental). Sonic waves ranging from 20Hz to
20,000 Hz vibrate the ear drums of human beings and animals. Noise is also
composed of sonic waves but arranged in erratic combinations creating nuisance
to the hearer.
Music is composed of 22 notes of standard vibrations. These
notes are separated by silence. A judicial combination of notes and silence
result in soothing music to the ears. A mixture of sustained note, passage from
one note to another and silence is called composition of a tune. The lyricist
writes phrases with meanings matching a sequence and also fall in the rules of
metering. This comprises the song.
Indian music is made up of a term called “RAAGA”. Raaga is
nothing but a set of musical notes in the ascending or descending order of
frequencies. Classical Indian music adheres to strict set of musical notes in
systematic rhythm. A day of 24 hours is divided into 12 equal parts of 2 hours
each and it is customary to sing or play stipulated raagas during those
specified timings.
Music in films or sung during semi-classical concerts allow
additions of rare grace notes. Indian music in films should catalyze
communication between the film director and the audience so as to serve the
purpose of conveying the full meaning of the video by the audio. For example, a
scene comprising of a dark place purports a temple with the background sound of
bells and instruments like sitar and flute. The same dark scene kindles the
imagination of the audience to think of a graveyard or a haunted house, if the
background score is composed of stormy winds.
