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How do composers compose their songs?
Some composers prefer to improvise their compositions, writing freely and letting ideas flow. Other composers prefer to write down specific themes, and then let their subconscious come back to them later. In fact, they are really just ways of generating ideas.
Who is the best music composer in Bollywood?
Top 8 all time music composers of Bollywood
- P.Nayyar. One of the most prominent music composers of Indian cinema is Omkar Prasad Nayyar more popularly known as O.P.Nayyar.
- Kalyanji Anandji.
- Bappi Lahiri.
- Jatin Lalit.
- A. R. Rahman.
How are music notations made?
The symbols used include ancient symbols and modern symbols made upon any media such as symbols cut into stone, made in clay tablets, made using a pen on papyrus or parchment or manuscript paper; printed using a printing press (c. 1400s), a computer printer (c. 1980s) or other printing or modern copying technology.
How do you write staff notation?
The Staff. The staff consists of five lines and four spaces. Each of those lines and each of those spaces represents a different letter, which in turn represents a note. Those lines and spaces represent notes named A-G, and the note sequence moves alphabetically up the staff.
Who invented staff notation?
Guido d’Arezzo
The invention of the staff is traditionally ascribed to Guido d’Arezzo in about the year 1000, although there are earlier manuscripts in which neumes (signs from which musical notes evolved) are arranged around one or two lines in order to orient the singer. Guido used three or four lines of different colours.
Why is staff notation not ideal for Indian classical music?
Staff notation is not ideal for Indian classical music as there are many differences between Indian and Western classical music in the way some of the most fundamental concepts related to the notes, the scales, rhythm cycles, as well as ornamentation are approached.
Why do Indian composers use key signatures when notating?
Because Indian classical music is based on ragas, most compositions have internal consistency in terms of which notes in the scale are sharp, flat, or natural. For this reason, I use key signatures when notating.
Who are the Indian composers in alphabetical order?
List of Indian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: 1 Abhimann Roy 2 Aby Tom Cyriac 3 Ajay-Atul 4 Alphons Joseph 5 Amaal Mallik 6 Amit Trivedi 7 Anand-Milind 8 Anil Biswas 9 Anirudh Ravichander 10 Ankit Tiwari
How is melody notated in Indian classical music?
In Indian classical music, melody is notated around the rhythm. I use tables with columns equal to the number of beats in the rhythm cycle (spreadsheets are great for this).