Insight on Musical Terms - Page 4

hey megha,

Originally posted by: MiniRulz

hey megha,

just happened to come across this thread.great topic i must say.let me also take the opportunity to let you know how lucky I feel to have you as our bandish gharana mentor.You have immense knowledge about music.BTW I want to know what 'MURKIYAN' means.sonu nigam used this term lot of times in SRGMP-never really understood what it meant.😕

Mini please check your pms for my eval. of your rec 😊.

This is turning into a mutual admiration thread but I must say Mini is the most dedicated contestant ever in the history of IF. She is always willing to record for me as many times as I ask 👏 and the fruits of her labor are sweet in the end.

Murkiyan I'm not so sure, I think it's related to harkats or pitch fluctuations. But I can give you an example if you've listened to ghazals you probably noticed that the same line is repeated numerous times, but it is never sung the same way. Harkats or pauses may be taken in different parts of the line, I think these variations that are brought in are referred to as "murkiyan".

A murki is cluster of notes that sounds like a short, subtle taan. A murki can also comprise a series of such short clusters. A murki is less forceful than a khatka (good example is Khatka taken by Kavita Krishna murti in antara of tumhari adaon pe mai wari wari)or a zamzama. A combination like R R S S could be a murki or a khatka or the starting point of a zamzama, depending on the force of delivery.

Originally posted by: Indradhanush

A murki is cluster of notes that sounds like a short, subtle taan. A murki can also comprise a series of such short clusters. A murki is less forceful than a khatka (good example is Khatka taken by Kavita Krishna murti in antara of tumhari adaon pe mai wari wari)or a zamzama. A combination like R R S S could be a murki or a khatka or the starting point of a zamzama, depending on the force of delivery.

All these terms must be understood in terms of elaborating raags other wise it is difficult to understand them.

Originally posted by: Indradhanush

A murki is cluster of notes that sounds like a short, subtle taan. A murki can also comprise a series of such short clusters. A murki is less forceful than a khatka (good example is Khatka taken by Kavita Krishna murti in antara of tumhari adaon pe mai wari wari)or a zamzama. A combination like R R S S could be a murki or a khatka or the starting point of a zamzama, depending on the force of delivery.

All these terms must be understood in terms of elaborating raags other wise it is difficult to understand them.

I thought of giving the most clear definition I could think of but thanks for your detailed one.

sab terms me bahut mamuli rati bhar ka farq hai jaise meend vs gamak, allap, bol and zamzama, khatka, as long as we enjoy music it is fine.

Indian and Western Classical music/singing are poles apart.

Originally posted by: Indradhanush

All Hindi songs must revolve around a sa (Shadaj), unless the scale changes (in lots of RD Burman songs) then sa changes automatically.