Visualization of Melakarthas, Janya ragas, krithis and lyrics in a compact manner

[vasanthakokilam]

A friend of mine referred me to the following site. Not sure if anyone else posted about this in our forum before.

http://www.sruti.org/4s/

The visualization of melakarthas, ragas, songs and lyrcis is done quite well using modern techniques. Poke around and it is quite delightful. Quite minimalistic in design but conveys a whole lot of information in a compact fashion. The size of boxes convey useful info. For example, look at the landing page http://www.sruti.org/4s/ , the sizes of the various boxes are proportional to the popularity/number of krithis

Just as a hint, make sure you visit each of the four tabs at the top and the breadcrumbs that get created as you navigate. Mouse over the area to see what is underneath in the breadcrumb above, click on it to go to that item etc. If you click on the krithi name it will take you to the lyrics of that song.

I heard they have plans to add multi media features so you can listen and watch performances of those songs. They may also add raga lakshana information ( characteristic phrases,nyasa swaras,gamakas etc. )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xSu98QCSLA for a demo of its features.

Done by Sruti, the India Dance and Music Society, Philadelphia