Alankar(Decor) -272 Poem by Indira Renganathan

You Know My Heart (Kriti-Romantic)
Raga-Bilahari
Tala-Adi

Kriti is a format of musical composition typical to Carnatic music.
Kritis form the mental backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and
is the longer format of Carnatic song. 'Kriti' also means Creation.

Structure:
Conventional Kritis typically contain three parts
Pallavi, the equivalent of a refrain in Western music
Anupallavi, the second verse, which is sometimes optional
Charanam, the final (and longest) verse that wraps up the song
The charanam usually borrows patterns from the anupallavi.
The charanam's last line usually contains the composer's signature, or mudra,
with which the composer leaves their mark.

Variations
Some Kritis have a verse between the anupallavi and the charanam,
called the chittaswara. This verse consists only of notes, and has no words.
Some other kritis, are intentionally composed
without an annupallavi, where the verse after the pallavi is called
the samashti charanam. Still others have some more sahitya at
the end of the charanam, set in madhyamakala
(few lines within a song that are sung faster than the rest of it) .

There are kritis that have no annupallavi but many short charanams.
Many composers have composed kritis. The form offers performers
the scope for raga alapana, niraval, and swaram.

Adi Tala (or Adi Talam) is one of the most popular talas or rhythms used
in Carnatic (South Indian Classical) music. In Sanskrit it literally means
'primary rhythm'.
It is an 8 beat pattern, where this pattern repeats over and over for the duration of the
composition.
Akshara - Fundamental units that make up a tala. A tala can be expressed in terms of the
number of Aksharas. Normally Adi tala would be considered to have 8 Aksharas.

In Carnatic music Svara or Swara is a Sanskrit word that connotes a note in the successive
steps of the octave. More comprehensively, it is the ancient Indian concept about the
complete dimension of musical pitch.A Swara is the selected pitches from which the
musician constructs the scales, melodies, and ragas.
The other important and unique feature is the prosody (lyrics) ,
known as Sahitya.The greatness of Carnatic music is further heightened through
masterly compositions by great composers covering a whole range of subjects from
philosophy to romance in various languages.


Alternate notation for Bilahari Raga
Western: C D E G A C
C B A G F E D C
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Note: Below is the translated and transliterated Tamil version of the above English song
The Tamil song is also composed by me.

You Know My Heart
Raga--Bilahari
Tala Adi

Pallavi
You know my heart, I know your heart
Why then you're silent testing my patience(You know)

Samashti Charanam
Moon's watching, stars are watching
The breath of earth, wind's watching
Tell me yes right now oh my sweet heart
For us to wed and live a good life(You know)


Yen Manam Nee Arivaai
Raga--Bilahari
Tala Adi

Pallavi

Yen manam nee arivaai, un manam naan ariven
Pollaa maunam porumaiyai sodhikkudhe(Yen)

SamashtiCharanam
Vaan madhi saakshi, vinmeengalum saakshi
Vaiyam ellaam kaakkum kaatrum sakshi
Sattendru solvaai sariyendren kaadhaliye
Sukamaana manavaazhkkai serndhu naam vaazhndhidave(Yen)