Question

Please give me brief general history of classical Shastri Sangeet in Vedic Period.

Answer 1

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The precursor for the Indian raga system originated in the VEDIC PERIOD [RIG VEDIC PERIOD] which is believed to precede the pre-historic Indus valleycivilization. The vedic hymns of the vedic period were meant for Yajnas and were called „YajurVedas‟ and the hymns that were meant for singing were called „Sama Veda‟.

Answer 2

the Vedic Age which covered upto around 2000 B.C. Vedic literature says that during those times the sages used to sing and their wives used to play instruments like Veena. Amongst the four Vedic scriptures, “Samved” was primarily music based. The ‘matras‘ in Samved were recited in vocal form and were known as “Samgan“. In Samgan three types of swar i.e tone used were, Anudatta(low pitch), Udatya (high pitch) and Swarit ( between low and high pitches).

The age of Ramayana and Mahabharata is considered to be the golden age of Gandarbha music. Possibly during this era, the seven swars known as Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni came into being. The seven swars, their root words.

SA

Swaraj

God Agni

RE

Rishav

God Brahma

GA

Gandhar

Goddess Saraswati

MA

Madhyam

God Shiva

PA

Panchama

God Vishnu

DHA

Dhaibat

God Ganesha

NI

Nishad

God Surya                                                                                                                              In the post Vedic era, music was practiced during the Buddhist period. Even during the Maurya period, music was popular as evident from references in Mautilya’s famous treatise , Arthashastra.

Vatsayan during 200 B.C asserted Indian music to be a total and unique assimilation of three aspects:

Geetam : vocal music i.e an expression of emotions through tune(vocal)

Vadyam : Percussion instrument music for the rythmic values of music

Nrityam : Dance- visualization with different physical or organic movements