Swar
Among
the infinitive varieties of sound, swar literally means a sound used for musical
purposed having the character of stability in term of perfect pitch and
unfluctuating frequency. It can be also define as the sound of having vibrational
quality of pleasing nature and soothe the mind and soul of both creator and
listener without depending on any other factor is called Swar. The definition of
Swar may varies in different perception in Indian Classical Music. The Seven
Major Musical tone are sometimes called Swar followed by five more sharper/flatter
sub notes. Some intellectuals defines that each heard notes can be said as Swar
however the characteristics might have different in implementing in musical
scale.
It
should be remember that the notes in Indian Classical are not fixed perhaps you
fixed the root anywhere called Shadaj. It is not particularly bounded in any
frequency so Shadaj can be of 246 Hz frequency if tuned in western note B. The
exact frequency of C Sharp is tuned in 277.18 Hz. But the question arise that
each Sa can be the 240Hz note? Obviously No. Each Individual notes in
Hindustani Classical Music can be assumed as Sa, so how can a Sa be of 240 Hz.
To form a particular scale in Indian Classical Music it be the establishment of
root note and it is spell as per the comfort of the particular artist.
Generally female used to setup sa a bit lower pitch then male because the
treble of female vocal is sharper then male so it is set in such a way that
they could reach all three octave without any difficulties in singing a song. The
Root note of male pitch usually start near about C Sharp or the First Black
(Middle Octave) female pitch is from the Fourth Black (Lower Octave) notes of
Harmonium. In pas centuries the Tanpura
was tuned as per the comfort zone of the singer. There were no perfect
technique to fix the notes so singers usually established Sa and then they used
to construct a scale as per the Raga and its notes combination.
The universal acceptance of the Swar
or notes means the musical notes farmed in a musical scale to create a melody
or harmony of music. The Swar in Indian Classical Music have two categories –
Suddh Swar and Vikrit swar. The Sangeet Shastra denotes seven Sudda Swar –
Shadaj, Rishav, Gandhar, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaivat and Nishad. Apart from these
seven swar, there are semi micro tones in between these ascend and descend of
Suddha swar are called Komal swar or Tivra swar according to the nature of
notes. Rishav, Gandhar , Dhaivat and Nishad are always Komal which means
flatter then the Suddha/ Natural Swar and Madhyam is always Sharper in nature
so it is called Tivra Madhyam. In bettwen then Sudda- Komal- Tivra notes are
also few more audible intervals which is called Shruti and they are used in particular
frame as per the nature of Raga so Indian Classical Music usually called as a
tradition of Shruti Gayan Parampara.
The
Swar in Indian Classical Music resonate and vibes with Major Fourth and Major
Fifth Notes what we generally called as Shadaj Madhyam- Shadaj Pancham Bhav
Samvad. That is why the existence of seven suddha swar, 12 semi tones and
twenty-two micro tones are highly regarded as the musical frequencies in
classical music. With reference to the origin of Swar, it is also supposed that
these seven swar have certain association with animals and birds. Shadaj comes
from the sound of peacock, Rishav comes from Skylark, Gandhar from the Goat,
Madhyam from Heron, Pancham from Nightingale, Dhaivat from Horse and Nishad
from the Elephant. Here, one thing should be noted that these swar are note of
these animals but the pitch might represent the intonation of the sound what
exactly they are so these birds and animals are only the symbolic form to
represent the state of Swar.
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