In the end music is that incredible science, that indelible art, that is solely aimed at moving the heart.
Same notes repeating themselves again and again in a given period of time to create an effect that just cannot be ignored. Well, all that is for people on one side of the line.įor the rest who see no difference between a note and a notation, swaram and a raagam, swarajati or a raaga prasthaaram, music is just a repition of sound music is just a pattern music is all about pattern repeating itself over and over. Like everything it starts off having an accepted and a standardized syllabus – 7 notes of interleaving frequencies, with each note in some sort of geometric progressional factor with the one before and after it some notes can only go upto a certain level and some are forbidden to come any lower certain notes can only appear after certain others thre should a quorum of notes to make up a swaram (even this rule is toyed with nowadays). It is an abstract art form that defies the norms of tradionality and structure. Most of these art forms move in well-defined paths, clearly demarcating their boundaries of good taste (like, what is good penmanship and what is not, what extra ingredient does a great paint possess that an ordinary one lacks, why are sculptures carved on the walls of the caves of Ajanta and Ellora still considered the seminal pieces of the erstwhile civilization and the like) and engage their audience on a more cerebral level. Same goes with a great painting or an enthralling sculpture, an invigorating dance recital. A good piece of writing leaves a lasting impressions long after he had read the piece. Move a few inches down and try coming up with a system to satisfy the heart in the same way. Now that is as far matters of the mind are concerned. Though this notational system is totally relative, it makes quite an appreciable effort in dealing with the “why”s and the “how”s in a logical way.
Mathematics is usually defined as the language of the universe helping understand the vagaries and wonders of the world by means of a number based system.