Pracheen Kala Kendra - BP-2 (Bhushan Part 2) Exam Syllabus

Bhushan Part – II

Theory

a) Definition of sthai, signs and symbols in music notation. Sapta taalas, the

names and angas

b) Janaka and janya ragas – Oudava, Shadava, Sampoorna ragas, aarohana

and avarohana of ragas learnt.

c) Tradition of music in India

d) Sruthi, Aadhara Sruthi – their definitions

e) Names of swaras – 12 swarasthanas and their technical terms

f) Forms of music in Carnatic music

Geetam, swarajati, kriti, keertana, tillana, padam, javali etc.

g) Introduction of the scheme of 72 melas. Application of katapayadi

sankhya

h) The scheme of 35 taalas. Definition of tala signs… tala dasa pranas

i) Life history of – Swathi Tirunal, Purandara Dasa, Narayana Teertha,

Trinity Tyagaraja, Muttuswamy Dikshitar, Shyama Sastri

j) Gamakas and some of its mostly used forms

k) Notation methods and origin of scales and ragas

l) Absolute forms 175 taalas and 108 taalas

Practical

a) Prescribed ragas to be covered – Kalyani, Shankarabharanam,

Hamsadhwani, Gaula, Sri Ranjani, Kharaharapriya, Riti Gaula, Todi,

Sahana, Saveri

b) Swara gnanam exercises

c) Ability to recognise ragas through particular group of swaras

d) Alankaras in Tisra, Eka, Chaturasra Rupakam, Adi, Triputa in the

prescribed ragas and to be rendered in the first and second kaalas

e) The following to be mastered in two kaalams

• Janta Swaras
• Sapta thaala alankaarams

f) Ata tala varnas

• Todi
• Kanada

g) Varnas in the prescribed ragas to be rendered in Jhampa and other talas

h) One swarajati of Syama sastri

i) Kritis in the following ragas

• Saveri
• Goula
• Sriranjani
• Kalyani
• Hamsadhwani

j) Teaching of kritis – ragas to be covered

• Sankarabharanam
• Kharaharapriya
• Reethigoula

k) Swaragnanam exercises and miscellaneous compositions

l) Swaravalis in the three main sthaayis in

• Shankarabharanam
• Harikambhoji
• Kalyani

m) Jathi swaram in Bilahari ragam

n) Two geetams to be mastered from the following

• Kamalajadala - Kalyani - Triputa
• Suddha Saveri - Tisra Eka
• Varaveena - Mohana - Rupaka
• Yenneyel - Mohana - Adi

Note: Courses prescribed for the previous years included