Kaalapramana

[aatma]

Hi,

I am very new to this site.So happy to see such a wonderfull & knowledgful site which gives immense

treasure of knowledge in Music, Dance & Varied Varities. am thankful towards one & all for their

involment to make this attempt a success.

The doubt which am having is about "KALAPRAMANA"

A Varnam in Music/Dance will be starting in slow speed & it will be moving forward in the same speed

till charanam. The doubt arise hereafter that i have seen so many starts the charanam with the same

speed what they continued from the beginning / speed which suits them.(their own)

ie; a little bit fast

Actually how the KALAPRAMANA for CHARANAM should be ? Is that should be double the speed of

what we starts from the beginning or .............................?????

[rshankar]

aatma,

I assume you are refering to the kAlapramANam of the sAhitya passages in a padavarNam, and not the jatis, right?

[aatma]

Hi
Yes, of course. But whatever it is, in a Varnam (pada varnam or thana varnam)

How the charana should begin??? Regarding Jathis also we are having the same pattern from 1st kala -

- the 4th kala Any way I'm doubtful about all the above mentioned. Kindly help for the clarifications.

[mohan]

Ideally when the tempo is changed for the charanam, it should be double speed of the pallavi/anupallavi. In practice, especially in dance varnams, this does not happen and the faster tempo is arbitrarily set by the musicians.

[msakella]

Unless the singer is much acquainted with singing or playing music along with ‘Metronome (the Tala-machine)’ it is very difficult to be precise with the rhythm (Kaalapramaanam).
Any composition or its constituent parts can also be practised in singing different speeds to get reasonable control over rhythm. Some of the musicians are also used to sing the constituent parts of some of the compositions in different speeds to create good effect in their concert. However, just like any person having the same length of two hands or legs or the same shape of either eyes, ears or nose it is desirable to sing the entire compostion in the same speed and it is a healthy discipline to maintain. But, while singing the Uttaranga of any Varnam in different speeds or in different Gatis, there is every possibility of commiting a mistake unless the singer is acquainted with all the needed rhythmical implications of it. amsharma