Pannisai

Question 1

Pannisai has influenced today’s….

Answer 1

Carnatic Music

Question 2

How many sruthis were used by Ancient Tamils?

Answer 2

22

Question 3

What was sruthi called before? (2)

Answer 3

Alagu and Nathinai

Question 4

What was a sampoorna raga called in the pannisai period?

Answer 4

Pans

Question 5

What was a shadava raga called in the pannisai period?

Answer 5

Panniyal

Question 6

What was an audava raga called in the pannisai period?

Answer 6

Pannin Tiram

Question 7

What was a swaranthara raga called in the pannisai period?

Answer 7

Pannin Tiratiram

Question 8

What was S R G M P D N called before

Answer 8

Kural, Thuttham, Kaikilai, Ulai, Ili, Varali, Tharam

Question 9

What were the 3 main sthayis called before?

Answer 9

Mandra - Melivu
Matya - Samam
Tara - Valivu

Question 10

What is the Vadyatrayam today?

Answer 10

Veena
Venu
Miruthangam

Question 11

What was the Vadyatrayam in the Pannisai period?

Answer 11

Yaal
Kulal
Maddalam

Question 12

What instruments are associated with what gods?

Answer 12

Veena - Saraswathi
Flute - Krishna
Udukku - Sivan

Question 13

Which 2 books talk about the musical culture of ancient Tamils and South Indians?

Answer 13

Sillapathiharam and Natya Sastra ( By Bharatha)

Question 14

What are the 4 musical note classifications?

Answer 14

Vadi
Samvadi
Anuvadi
Vivadi

Question 15

What were the 4 note classifications called before?

Answer 15

Vadi - Inai
Samvadi - Kilai
Anuvadi - Natpu
Vivadi - Pagai

Question 16

Apart from the vedic hymns what was also another evidence of Ancient Tamil music?

Answer 16

Thevarams

Question 17

Who were the 3 saints who wrote Thevarams

Answer 17

Tirunavukarasar
Tirunanasambandar
Sundaramurthi Nayanar

Question 18

Since when have the 2 divisions of Hindustani and Carnatic Music been around?

Answer 18

Around the 13th century.

Question 19

What divisions did Thevarams belong to? Why?

Answer 19

None. This is because Thevarams existed before the time when music was split into Hindustani and Carnatic.

Question 20

What were the three classifications of Pans(songs)called?

Answer 20

Pagal Pans- sung during the day
Iravu Pans - sung in the evenings
Pothu Pans- sung at any time

Question 21

Where did we first come across a Bashanga Ragam?

Answer 21

The Pans (ragas) of the Thevaram

Question 22

What were Musicologists called?

Answer 22

Lakshanakaras

Question 23

What Panns are examples of Bashanga ragas? What are their current names?

Answer 23

Kausikam - Bhairavi
Takkesi - Kamboji
Megaragakuranji - Nilambari

Question 24

Which 2 ragas were used in folk music?

Answer 24

Nishanthaniya and Daivathanthiya

Question 25

What is an example of a Nishanthanthiya raga?

Answer 25

Nathanaamakiriya

Question 26

What is an example of a Daivanthanthiya raga?

Answer 26

Navaroj

Question 27

For most of the thevarams, the janya ragas of which 3 mela ragas were used?

Answer 27

Harikamboji
Sanakarabaranam
Karaharapriya

Question 28

What is the Pan for Ahiri?

Answer 28

Panchamam

Question 29

Pan of Nadanamakriya?

Answer 29

Sikamaram

Question 30

Pan of Bhupalam?

Answer 30

Puranirmai

Question 31

Pan of Saurashtram?

Answer 31

Viyazhakurinji

Question 32

Pan of Bhairavi?

Answer 32

Kausikam

Question 33

Pan of Madhyamavati?

Answer 33

Senthuruthi

Question 34

Pan of Kedaragaula?

Answer 34

Gandhara Panchamam

Question 35

Pan of Sama?

Answer 35

Andalikurinji

Question 36

Pan of Kamboji?

Answer 36

Takkesi

Question 37

Pan of Yadukulakamboji?

Answer 37

Sevvazhi

Question 38

Pan of Sankarabaranam?

Answer 38

Palampanjuram

Question 39

Pan of Navaroji?

Answer 39

Kolli

Question 40

Pan of Nilambari?

Answer 40

Megaragakurinji

Question 41

Pan of Gambira Natai?

Answer 41

Nattapadai

Question 42

Pan of Panthuvarali?

Answer 42

Sadari