Table
Carnatic Music
| Types | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi | Eleborate rhythmic and melodic variation in unmeasured sense. |
| Kritti-Kirtnai | Most popular. It refers to devotional music laced with poetic beauty. |
| Varnam | Performed at the beginning of a concert. IT is a completely composed piece, designed to show the charateristic phrases. |
| Padam | Slower tempoed love songs referring to the human yearning for the adored God head. |
| Javalis | Faster tempoed love songs with direct description of human love. |
| Tillana | Meaningful phrases are interspersed with a variety of meaningless syllables. |
