I am from Bengal and I have never liked Indian classical music (or any kind of Indian classical art form, for that matter). However, subjective tastes and preferences aside, I have two questions to ask you as you are referring to a philosophical component of Indian classical music. 1) Which Indian school of philosophy are you referring to when you say that Indian classical music is heavily influenced by and dependent on Indian philosophy? As anyone with a fundamental and elementary understanding of Indian philosophy would know, there are various schools of Indian philosophy. At the basic level, Indian philosophies can be classified as either astika and nastika, determined by whether a particular school of Indian philosophy believes in the Vedas as a valid source of knowledge. Since you are referring to a spiritual aspect of Indian classical music, one can say that you are clearly drawing from an astika form of Indian philosophy for explaining the philosophical component of Indian classical music. Now seeing that there are six astika schools of Indian philosophy (samkhya, yoga, nyaya, vaisheshika, purva-mimansa and vedanta), which of the six schools of Indian philosophy are you basing your explanation of Indian classical music on? 2) Since it has been established that you are definitively relying on the use of one of the six schools of Indian philosophy that falls within the astika classification, which relies on the Vedas as the source of valid knowledge and which makes use of Sanskrit terminologies, do you acknowledge that your use of one of the six astika schools of Indian philosophy is inherently casteist and Bramhinical? That's because both the Vedas and the Sanskrit language, which are the basis for expressing any of the six astika schools of Indian philosophy, have been the ideological weapons at the hands of oppressor castes to dominate and oppress Dalit and Adivasi peoples for centuries?

@AnujaK20

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this comment! When I made this video in 2014, I wasn’t aware of the nuance & socio-politics associated with the Indian philosophies. Today, I realise how what we call Indian Classical music, is nothing but an appropriation of the art of Bahujan people by the elite Brahmin/ upper castes. After independence, raag sangeet was structured & propagated in a way that sticks to the philosophy of the Vedanta school of thought, which today is the face of ‘Indian philosophy’. Vedanta is highly body dismissive as a philosophy and thus associates everything with metaphysics/ spirituality. That is exactly why Raag sangeet went from being erotic to devotional in nature. Raag sangeet, according to me, is a very body positive art form which unfortunately today has become a tool for vedantic spirituality. The appropriation is real & yes, modern day raag sangeet or what is called ‘classical music ‘ thus remains casteist & exclusionary to the core.

@anushghosh4606

Жыл бұрын

@@AnujaK20 And I would like to thank you for your quite honest and candid acknowledgement of the issues that are being encountered in the case of Indian classical music. I didn't think that you'd be willing to reply to my comment, much less give it a love reaction and then pin it in the comments section. So thank you again for that! Have you made any video on your channel about the socio-political nuances associated with the Indian schools of philosophy that influence how Indian classical music is conceptualised and taught? If so, I'd love to see it and if not, I'd love to see you make a video and talk about it because it is such a significant thing to talk about. A lot of people erroneously believe that art has got nothing to do with politics, economics or society but we definitely need people like you to tell others that art can't just be for art's sake, especially when art itself is contextualised and mediated by structural inequalities in our political and economic life as a country. A big thank you for acknowledging the fact that a lot of what we understand as Indian classical music in particular - and so-called "Indian culture" in general - is nothing more than the appropriation of the art of Dalit and Adivasi peoples and such manifestations of art and culture has been built on the backs of oppressing Dalit and Adivasi peoples for untold centuries. Therefore, the theory and practice of Indian classical music has been always Bramhinical. I think the philosophical orientation of Indian classical music has been towards vedanta even before independence, but it's absolutely true that after independence, Indian classical music doubled down on its orientation and focus on the vedanta school of Indian philosophy. I think the reason why vedanta is dismissive of the body and solely focussed on metaphysics and spirituality has got to do with the fact that vedanta is heavily influenced by the philosophical concept of advaita (usually translated as non-dualism but it would be more appropriate to call it absolute monism). Advaita holds that the objective world and material reality that we dwell in is all maya (illusion), while the state of spirituality within us is the only real thing to exist and it's the only real thing worth achieving. That is why anything and everything associated towards vedanta isn't just body negative and spiritual, it is also inherently exclusionary. And it's the same philosophical framework of advaita within vedanta that also informs Bramhinism and the caste system. I would be very much obliged and grateful if we can continue this discussion because I think your perspective as a practitioner of Indian classical music with the realisation that Indian classical music can be and has been casteist is pretty significant if people have to understand casteism and how it tends to manifest in our artistic pursuits.

@girijo4554

Жыл бұрын

@@AnujaK20 Initially, Musicians would live outside the village with Shoodras. Also prostitution was closely related to the profession. Even today many, many of the top performers are not Brahmins. IN any case, Music has no religion or cast. Please don't ever bring it into this. If others are doing it, let them do it, its none of your business. You focus on music as that's what you are doing. Just because some obscure guy writes some stupid and racist comment, doesn't mean you have to bend down and reply to it.

@swarnadipmitra1095

Жыл бұрын

Which asylum did you run out of?

@anushghosh4606

Жыл бұрын

@@girijo4554 any and all forms of art aren't created in a vaccum, and music isn't an exception in this regard. While it's true that in the subcontinent, the professional practice of music was closely associated with the oppressed castes and with prostitutes (especially after the emergence of British East India Company as s colonial power due to which a lot of musicians that were women lost their patronage from local rulers due to the annexation of their territory by the East India Company), the theoretical foundations of both Hindustani and Carnatic classical music were laid down by individuals from oppressor caste backgrounds that also belonged to the class of feudal aristocrats and landed nobility. Given that the caste system has existed in this country for thousands of years and that it was maintained through the hegemonic ideology of Bramhinism, it's indeed foolish and quite utopian to say that music has no religion and caste, especially when an entire religion (Hinduism) has sustained its position and relevance through the preservation of Bramhinism that's responsible for the continued existence of the caste system and the semi-feudal relations of production and social organisation in our country. I mean, if you can't distinguish between the abscriptive categories of caste and race that are fundamentally different from one another, then that tells me and other people that you're still in denial of the existence of the caste system and that you erroneously believe that any form of art that emerges in a given society will not be affected by the political, economic and social contexts of the society that it has emerged in. Lastly, Shudras - while being oppressed themselves at the hands of the other three higher oppressor castes (Bramhins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas) - they're still one of the four varnas (hence, they're savarna) in the conceptualization and practice of the caste system in India. You've obviously and deliberately neglected to talk about Dalit and Adivasi peoples and how their exclusion from the caste system as avarnas subjected them to the worst possible forms of social and economic oppression, to the extent that things like apartheid in South Afrika and racial segregation in Amerikkka would pale in comparison.

Thank you very much didi, I am Shankha from Jalpaiguri, west Bengal,and I am suffering from cerebral palsy; your videos is reducing my pains, and It is helping me to understand what Is Indian classical music. thanks god bless you.

@musicworld5874

3 жыл бұрын

I am music therapist

@run_addict

3 жыл бұрын

How's your health now?

@shankhagoswami305

3 жыл бұрын

Not well enough I am on suprapubic catheter now, and IN depression

@run_addict

3 жыл бұрын

What is your age?

@shankhagoswami305

3 жыл бұрын

29

I didn't liked Indian classical music for many years (almost till I reached 65 years of my age). I was taken to Sawai Gandhrv Festival in Pune and there I heard Ms. Koushiki Chakraborty and then I understood why some people call themselves as "kansen" I liked it and I liked some, felled in love with some AND didn't like some. Tried to get more knowledge about this part of music but none were very good at describing to my (perhaps) silly questions. Somehow, I hit upon your episodes and they are so good for a novice like me. You have done a fantastic job Anuja. I have just gone through some of the early episodes but will go through all one by one. Keep it up and god bless you.

Didn't expected physics at all when I thought I'll watch this playlist

I just lost myself in your explanation! Just wow, wow and wow! Love from Bangladesh, Didi! :D

This is the most delightful KZread channel I’ve ever seen.

I think of you as my guru too! What I am learning from your videos, I haven't learned while learning music since a few years! I am an Bangladeshi (Indian) classical music enthusiast and your videos have helped me a lot! I Really appreciate your attempt to acquaint us with these detailed interesting aspects of Indian Classical Music! Thank you! ❤ Peace be with you too!

I only recently became interested in Indian Music through Theory through Bengali music and suddenly I am exposed to a new universe. I wish I was introduced to Indian music long ago. Thank you so much for your beautiful illustrations and explanations. 😍😍

Dear Anuja Kamat! This is my second round of listening to your Indian Classical Music Introduction and I'm taking this opportunity to thank you for your effort and generosity in sharing your knowledge. This thank is for all episodes that I've learned from so much many years now. Of course, as to pay my debt to you, this time round I'll endeavour to thank you more. Love from a 77 year-old Cambodian who's listened more than 40 years to Classical Indian music.

You're amazing. What a depth into music knowledge at such an young age .

I love this, I haven't seen any western music theorist begin a conversation about music with talking about the physical properties of sound! What is more interesting however, is that it is more commonly studied and discussed by mixing and mastering engineers and seen as very separate to the instrumental side. I prefer your approach by including it here.

i am an agricultural Scientist by profrssion and theologist by choice. Just saw your episode one and it was superb... decided to watch all your episodes. You are right the classical music dee connects the body and the soul...the aahat is a preparation to anahat..please.continue the excellent work

You are doing all of us a fantastic favor ! Can't thank you enough for simplifying it so much .

The fire in your eyes.. It can light anyone's inner interest

Hey anuja... you are just amazing... i like the way you explain everything.. it helps not only to learn music but the reason too...

Finally I struck the gold...I was searching for such channel for very long...Thanks for so informative and still interesting videos.

Found something close to my heart.Great clarity, with simplicity.

Can't emphasize the importance of your work. Keep going

This is one of the best series on youtube - thank you

Thanks Anuja! I always wanted to learn Indian Classical Music but never found such short and rigorous videos on KZread. Now I can learn this too along with my Physics. Really appreciate your work.

I am learning western classical on piano and Indian classical on keyboard (only playing no singing) your videos are helping me a lot in understding terms of music. Many Thanks for your good job. Keep it up....

I don't know what is more beautiful, your explanation of music theory, your eyes, or your voice. Thank you for your sharing.

Thank You very much for explaining the "Anahat- anahad" meaning. I heard, sang along then read it but never truly understood unstuck sound. It is so simple, it's spiritual. Thanks for all your videos.

Very detailed and helpful videos! I'm a first gen Indian-American, and I've always wanted to learn but found it overwhelming and intimidating. Very good breakdown of the cultural, physical, and spiritual parts and very easy to follow even for someone not grown up in India

Your video was posted in a music Theory group on Facebook and that's how I discovered this Great Channel - thanks for these videos, I love Indian Classical Music and have been listening to it for years but I'm not that familiar with the theory behind it so these videos are Great.

I always enjoy watching her episodes .she is very much talented . Well trained in Indian classical music . I want Ms Anuja Kamat to come back to YT and post many more videos for us .

This is the greatest KZread channel ever!

I am a white music nerd who’s been trying to learn about music from a bunch of different cultures for a project I’m working on. This already is making so much more sense then the Wikipedia articles were. Can’t wait to watch the rest of this!!

@tuluppampam

8 ай бұрын

Why did you feel the need to specify white (whatever that means)? I am genuinely curious

Thanks for breaking the theory up into bite-sizeable chunks. It finally makes sense 👍👍

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 बहुत खूब, अनुजा! कितनी सहजता से तंत्र/सिद््धांत समझा दिया, सीखना कितना अासान बना दिया!

You are one of the best teachers. Thanks for your service to Indian classical music and your help to many like me to understand this music.

Its almost 1 Am in night n m still watching your videos...so much information with clear n crisp way of telling..should have found your channel long ago..

Thank you so much for these videos.You're teaching me things I have never learned in my 66 years, in ways I can understand.

Anuja Kamat, You have brought divinity down to this earth by making music transparent.. Long live Anuja and don't remain as 'Anuja', i.e. taking birth below, but rise and rise above, i.e. be an" Urddhvaja". Urddhaja should be an appropriate blessing to you, my dear.

Where have you been all my life? I have have been looking for a basic introduction to Indian music for a long time and your videos are wonderful. Thank you!

Thank God, I came across your channel in this time of distress caused by the pandemic. I am following these episodes assiduously right now. I have always wanted to understand the basics of Indian classical music in particular and the music in general. And I really feel and grateful that your endeavor has fulfilled the purpose. You really are an ambassador to the music. To a lay person like me it's an education in itself as well as an eye opener to a new and amazing world of music. Thanks. God bless you.

I'm glad I found this channel. Thank you!

Indian music is divine Thanks for explanation of Anahat Naad - unstruck sound (spiritual sound)

tanuja urs is the only channel that provides everything. i am learning flute and u r providing heaps...thanks

One of the best posts I've come across on utube

Hi anuja, today when I was listening FM gold I heard you saying you are coming there to explain something about music My daughter is a physics lecturer and loves music too.... She's learning it Your these videos definitely going to help her thank you so much

I’m so lucky to find this channel, thank you and Namaste guru Ji Kamat.

I have to give my very warmest possible thanks for exquisitely produce this presentation on exqusite subject of music and is a full of delight.

Blessed to have found yr video...always longed to see something like this n finally here it is.....I always found Music very spiritual n best reflection of divinity... N the reason was Anahad naad.. ... Yr aura is divine too... God bless

अनुजा खुपच सुंदर, आपण शास्त्रीय संगीतातील जे बारकावे शिकविता, व सखोल ज्ञान देता त्याबद्दल मनापासुन आभार. चॅनलकरीता शुभेच्छा💐

I never imagined it had so deepful meaning!! woow

So pleased to see someone as talented as you and so good at simplifying things help the world discover and appreciate the beauty, sophistication and spiritual depth of Indian classical music. Proud of you. More power to you Anuja.

I accidentally bumped into this series. You are brilliant with a great great voice. I have sent this link to my friends. Great job truly!

Very well explained including sclence and philosophy. I am posting thesse videos in my status so that my friends and reatives also enjoy and get benefitted. Iam very very sure all of them like and get benefitted by these videos. In fact i have gone back to my boyhood when my grand father who was a pbysics and maths teacher explained in the same way that you have explaind while doing sound giving examples of roarig of lion, soud produced by a flying mosquito which i not understood properly. Now after seeing your explanation it is very clear for me. Thank you very much for wonderful video series Dhanyadaah👌👌👍🙏🙏🙏

Kyaa baat hai! 👌👌👌.Thank you so much for doing this 👏👏👏

Whenever Indian classical music name comes and played I feel left out.. I want to understand it and enjoy it.. I got your video just today..while Searching about Raag Bhimpalasi.. Now I think I am at right place.. Your video are very good.. you explain very beautifully.. Hope I will understand something of Indian Classical Music and develop interest in it.. Thanks a lot..

Youngsters need to be brought into Music World. They are having plenty of time at their disposal. Happy you are totally involved in spreading classical music - both styles. My son is a violinist giving free tuition to serious students. My blessings and best wishes for taking this great initiative forward.

thank you so much miss Anuja Kamat for giving me an opportunity to learn about our Indian music...

Thank you jist solved my dilemma of why Indian classical can't be used to entertain .... It is made for some other purpose which is self enlightenment

It's amazing the way you have explained the concepts. And you have lovely and clear voice also. I usually don't comment on any video but this is something where I explicitly wanted to give feedback. Good work (y)

Thank you so much. I have always wanted to learn this topic but never got the opportunity. Your video inspired me to take up classical vocal training as a hobby, mainly hindustani. I do listen to hindustani classical a lot since childhood and always wanted to sing but academic pressure/commitments posed a hurdle. I will take this up for my lonely weekends near the Arctic circle.

i am an engineer who has interest in classical music ! you combined science + music in explanation awesome :)

@AnujaK20

9 жыл бұрын

Rahul Kumar Thanks for the comment! Do stay tuned :)

@sameermoorya7803

5 жыл бұрын

pls hindi ka istmal kijeye

@safayetislam2792

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, bro!

Anuja you are doing a great service to all of us,the generation has got a great resource to learn & enjoy

Great work Anuja! Your simplicity in explaining the basics made so many things clearer that were just boring definitions in theory books we read while taking music exams. Thanks again!

I never understood the theory of music even as I enjoy it. Thank you for making it simple.

Fantastic explanation!!! Much awaited channel is on KZread now! Good luck.

Great information from an adorable, fascinating source. Thank you Anuja for these videos.

This series is exactly wht I was looking for!!Thank u 4 such an effort.

The presentation is very good, especially the illustrations and the voice of Ms Anuja Kamat. She has a passion for music. .I wish her good health and all prosperity in life .

Music is my favourite this is compulsory to life

I'm wondering 🎶 a million thanks for your service...

Thank u so much Ashwini!u r doing great job! It's a great help to learn music for those who can not attend any class in spite of having great desire to do so! Please keep posting! Thank u once again!

music/ sangeet : 1 . poem / voice 2 . sound / musical 3 . natya / drama

I am a western taught musician… attempting to understand your insanely complex music… thanks for these videos… when i come to Hindustan i would love it if you can teach me directly! 😊

I am physics guys...my god...how beautifully you interconnected the whole concept....hatts off to you

Music and Physics are so inter-related...thanks for explaining beautifully.

the moment I heard you, could not stop myself from subscribing to your channel... Your channel is the best thing I came across on you-tube today :-)

Great and highly commendable effort

The outro bgm is really soothing... Idk the word for it

🙏U make all understand everything🎶🎶🎵🎵 minutely with such Ease...👏👏👏👏

Like music was not sufficiently beautiful by itself. Now we have a beautiful teacher too. Very simple yet helpful effort. 🙂 Being a science student, i loved it even more. 🎶

Thank you for these beautiful videos! 🙏🏼 This would have been great to see when I was writing my independent study of sound and visual arts in college. I learned about the physical properties of sound then, but now I am excited to learn more about anahat naad. Thank you!

Anuja, you are a very good teacher. Thank you so much. This should be taught in every school.

Amazing concepts.. you are Guru to many of us .. who want to learn the depths n bounds of music..

lovely breakdown of the elements...thank you

Really illuminating ...interesting at the same time !!

Anuja you are absolutely marvelous -- I send many Aashirvaad to you - excel and be happy! We belong to a culture that is unequaled in this World!

As matter of fact i have fallen love with ur explanation.,it is really soooo good! !!!!!

Excellent excellent explanation. God bless you

Well, Anuja, I just only subscribed with this second vid, because your lectures from the introduction onwards are so very interesting and clarifying to listen to, that I almost forgot to subscribe. Hope you take this as a compliment. I came here due to your cooperation on the vid by Adam Neely about "Music theory and white suprematism". It made me absolutely clear that what I already love about the bits of West-African and Indian classical music, can be understood better if I follow your course on the underlying music theory. I must say, it also helps me to understand the music I compose lately in which I try to use sitar-like sounds.

u are my first music teacher

It reminded me of my physics class in college days. Great job, keep it up !!!!!

Really amazing work, god bless you.

One point about timbre is that it is actually also quantitative, as it is determined by the arrangement and amplitude of various overtones in the harmonic series in proportion to each other and to the fundamental frequency. But I guess it would be too complex to explain in a short video like this without getting completely sidetracked. Love your work :)

@matthewlong9369

Жыл бұрын

That, and it can be measured with a spectrum analyzer

wow.. enlightening and explained pretty simple and with neat pratice :)

I have been looking for something like this for very long! You have a new subscriber Anuja!

wow - your explanation of music is phenomenal - you sound more like a physics teacher and explained the music with such an ease.

Thanks Anuja for your video , I was looking long for such explicit simple explanation of Music !! your are my Guru !!!

Beautiful my dear... God bless

Anuja, you are doing a great job explaining Indian Classical music, keep up the great work.

At last i am at right place and know you are my teacher Thank you so much.....

Very first channel I ve subscribed. I feel lucky that I came to know about your channel.

You already won engineer musicians..... Awesome videos...

Love to listen and understand the aspect of music, you make it easy and interesting

this is awesome, thanks you so much