Maestro ilaiyaraaja news & titbits

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rajaramsgi,

note = sa-ri-ga-ma-pa-dha-ni (C-D-E-F-G-A-B in western), one set of this is called one 'octave' and there could be more than one octave in an instrument, as this gets repeated with frequency going up from one end to another (for e.g. from left to right on keyboards).

That way, even cheap Casio keyboards, that have 5 octaves, can have 5 keys for one note - i.e. 5 sari's, 5 gama's etc or 5 C's 5D's etc, new students first identify the "middle C" that is on the middle of the keyboard (left extreme octave on keyboard has lower frequencies and right extreme has higher frequencies).

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basically each piano key is represented with a 'note letter'

white piano keys are C,D,E,F,G,A,B.....naturals

black piano keys are sharps and flats of the piano. accidentals- There are 5 accidentals inan octave.
sharps are higher pitch
flats are lower pitch

that means ...c sharp is right to the note C which is left to the note D which D flat.
C sharp and D flat are the same black key.

like pitch of the notes, another important aspect is duration of the notes.
duration of the note means how long a note can be played. rests are silences, they have only duration.

We covered rhythm--that is how long you hold the note, how long you rest between the notes etc..

Now throw TEMPO into it too. How slow or fast beat is counted.
You can change tempo of a song with out changing the rhythm.


Basically Raja can choose to compose a 2-notes composition with C and G notes or D & F sharp notes, may travel in all octaves of C&G or D&Fsharp with possible permutation of duration-time, rests

Raja will throw tempo into it too.

Basically Raja can give a same music passage using notes C & G or D & F sharp like that in two different tempos.

Vinatha