What is Layam in Carnatic music?
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its somewhat like this: the layam is attained when a musician able to perform a perfect note or tune with synching the srutirhythm,perfect emotion of the song reproduced by musucian as exactly imagined by the lyricist, clear rendering lyrics, musician able to express the exact bhava of the song and when...
read more its somewhat like this: the layam is attained when a musician able to perform a perfect note or tune with synching the srutirhythm,perfect emotion of the song reproduced by musucian as exactly imagined by the lyricist, clear rendering lyrics, musician able to express the exact bhava of the song and when the song touches the heart of listener & the listener enjoys the each bit of music/song. read less
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Layam already exists even before tala manifested
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Layam already exists even before tala manifested
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Latam already exist before thalam manifested. This is the definition of layam
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Vinod Kumar
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Hi Mainak,Layam' refers to the tempo of the song in Carnatic Music. In general, any Carnatic composition will have the following three sections,- Ragam - tune/melody- Talam - time cycle/rhythm- Layam - tempo.
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Hi Mainak,Layam' refers to the tempo of the song in Carnatic Music. In general, any Carnatic composition will have the following three sections,- Ragam - tune/melody- Talam - time cycle/rhythm- Layam - tempo.
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