MUSIC
DICTIONARY OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN MUSICAL TERMS
A collection of terms in South Indian Music ( with a few terms from North Indian Music ) with their meaning
or description has been provided.
VAADYA
: any musical instrument.
VAADI
: literally means to speak. In a raga, a vadi swara is a note that produces
the feeling of the raga.
VAGGEYAKAARA
: a composer of music.
VAKRA
: twisted or non-regular.
VRINDA GAANA
: is choral singing.
VISTAAR
: to elaborate.
VIVADI SWARA
: it is a swara which is dissonant to the scale of a raaga.
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