whats the difference between western and carnatic music?

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The difference starts with the tuning , Carnatic music uses a static harmony called shruthi and western music uses a twelve note tuning where you can change keys .
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western music u wil have notations r symbols. The tune which wil come out of it wil be different compared to carnatic example metal heavy metal rock... carnatic means u eil have measures n thalas like triputa thala aadi thala etc.. example: sindhu bhairavi..shivaranjini raagam etc
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It is like two different slang of a same language. Basics are common
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It is like two different slangs of the same language. The basics of both are common.
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Hi, Music is Universal,it's an ocean in itself.But to be precise there are 7 solfa syllables which is also called as spataswara in carnatic music.Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti similar to Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Syllables to voice notes in succession so that they are easier to identify and pronounced,instead of...
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Hi, Music is Universal,it's an ocean in itself.But to be precise there are 7 solfa syllables which is also called as spataswara in carnatic music.Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti similar to Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Syllables to voice notes in succession so that they are easier to identify and pronounced,instead of a simple "aaaaa" sound.Each style of music has it's own versatile technicalities.Hope this helps. Regards, Lakshmi read less
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scale and mode changes
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