Golden Spoon & Silver Fork.

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The characters, thoughts, opinions, places, events, utensils depicted & implicitly expressed in this articulate creation are purely based on non fictional ideas & incidences. Any factual resemblance & relation, if found, to any of such characters, thoughts, opinions, places, events, utensils has to be purely coincidental. Also due care has been taken while conceptualizing the politically influenced connotations, nomenclatures & terminologies dealt while critically burning the spoon & fork; over from one form to another.

The pictorial representation, several content or otherwise depicted throughout the theme based in this articulate creation are for exemplary purpose & do not resemble any intentional connection nor any attempt of some ‘issued in public interest’ kindda stuff.

 “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life & freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, & when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.”

Unlike any other midnight hour; at the very midnight stroke of 16^th May 2014, these words of Independent India’s ‘First’ PM’s ‘Tryst with destiny’ hovered & seemed to be filled with unusually different vibes. Early Friday morning; while the mercury in thermometer boils with scortchy summer heat, there are heated discussions going round the corner, be it the paper stall vendor, or even a tea stall. With around couple of months back, having struggled with the last articulate creation of ‘switchover’, I wasn’t simply drained outta words, yet, they were just choked up since couple of dozen days time in the name of ‘work in progress’. :-/

Sipping coffee while dipping dark chocolate cookie; & scrolling by newspaper apps; coz, turning by the pages of fresh newspaper still ought to be in the mainstream. With the chirpings & barkings all over; without sailing along or diving into the  so called ‘wave’ or simply blindly swaying by the waves. Words were just sprouting out, yet, maybe I was just waiting for this apt moment!!.. With less than just thousand minutes left by with the countdown to unveil & drop down the curtains over “What Arnab da’s patented ‘Nation’ wants to know?!!!.... Just bit struggling into the world of words yet again. The title in itself invoked to attempt yet another wacky theme, just to spark a thought upon

This past dozen full of weeks witnessed extra innings of politics in cricket & cricket in politics too!!... Without going into the number games of current affairs of finances, budget, economic & political turbulences & even nothing to do with the bubbling of gold & oil prices in the international markets instigated by the worldwide pressure.

Yet, while everyone is busy in eyeing on to the news updates; as much as the excitement of “‘God’ of Cricket’s” 100^th Century; as the political balloon is about to burst; & unlock the curious open secret, whether this Friday the 16^th turns out to be black or stupendously fab!!.

 Some feel, opine & say that ‘brat’ is born with the golden spoon!. Although destiny may have been chosen for the baby; whether to opt for spoon or fork, it is indeed unaware about the distinctive characteristics, be it spoon or fork or even gold or silver. By perception, some chose or some are made to choose willingly or unwillingly intentionally or unintentionally, some just gradually mould & sharpen their spoon into fork & the other way round too!!

Sprouting & serving glittering gold coated words on the silver platter. With the horrifying haunted ‘Exit poll statistics’; while ‘madam’ & her core team are chalking out the strategy at 15 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, the Congress War Room. With the flooding ‘Live debates & discussions’; the heating discussions over petty issues, simply added to its resultant fodder feeds tweets.

Just as photographer knowingly or unknowingly clicks his snap in the mind; so does a writer scribbles his thoughts in the same mind too. At times, I may not have legible handwriting…yet I feel my writing is my usp to a great extent, just love to breath & bleed my words!. The inversely direct relation between ‘this & that’; ‘old & new’; ‘black & white’; ‘synonyms & antonyms’; ‘oil & water’; just as ‘gold & silver’, & so is ’spoon & fork’!!...  The spoon & fork seems to be apt instruments

While the share market indices boomed & even international politics agreed to adjust with the ‘expected new government’; yet even when the opposition rules out & sweeps by; some preferred to send their lions for wild card entry to Delhi, while, some cats & tigers, just simply struggled & battled to, pounce into their own constituencies. Wondering whether 10, Janpath & even 7, Race course road; will have to be haunted with dicey achievements. :-/

In an attempt to wash & wipe out the political sins in holy Ganga; it wasn’t a violently vicious & ferocious fight between golden spoon & silver fork, instead just grabbing the vibes that flows got carried on with the spoon & fork. Beyond just comparing the characteristics of spoon & fork, or simply cleansing & brushing the words. While Varanasi being the prime ‘Kurukshetra Warfield’; Rae Bareli & Amethi, were none less than any combat field!!..

Overlooking into mere spoon &/or fork, may obviously seem to be unusual & indigestible & undoubtedly a child’s kiddo play stuff. It isn’t any attempt to explore how to or damn what not to do while using spoon & fork or any such accessories for countless tasks. Pouring spoonful of fortune & luck in the bowl overflowing with persistent sincere efforts & sheer patience & likewise picking out with a sharp fork, the obstacles of indigestible pebbles

Also without going much into the conventionally social table manners, dinning etiquettes, table tantrums, chewing 32 times trivia, sophisticated fooding habits, styles, gulping & slurping stuffs & intervals. That forky thought of just exploring & experimenting those unusual ways & means; the way life ‘pokes’ like a fork.

With imitation, habit, practice, some manage with both spoon & fork, like balancing the bonding & tuning both the hands simultaneously. Firstly had thought the title like ‘golden garbage & silver scrap’; later just trashed & replaced to ‘Spoon’ & ‘Fork’!!.. Without going much into the technicalities, forky intentions, deeds ambitions conspiracies. With the generation gap; when either of spoon or fork gets jealous of each other.

While digging out the gold bars & silver coins; having left the royal golden spoon for some gold plated platter. Everyone’s trying their every bit to get associated with the political & social cause & grab the spotlight & news bite too!!. As well, ‘perfectionist’ becoming the face of ‘Voting Campaign’ in the pretext of ‘Satyamev Jayate’; perplexed to be an incredible decision. The way we perceive the life to be tasty & delicious at all times, do the spoon n even fork, get to know the taste of it, whether it’s hot or chilled or simply sweet or sour. :-/

With ‘Chiddu’ & several eminent personas sidelined & outta picture voluntarily or even involuntarily; the backdrop of senior citizens; conspicuously mattered a lot. That moment, when, one kicks back its 'own' 'destiny'; sooner or later; the 'destined fortune', will ensure to kick back; stronger & harder. Nothing changes until one starts doing something to change... Spoonful results efforts expectations aspirations consequences

With ‘Accidental PM’s’ admirable silence; when the silence screams at its peak, even the voice of 11 decibles could have deafened. Smashing & stirring the evil thoughts indigestible events& incidences in the container of confessions & pricking the dough with the realization of committing blunders mistakes errors & faults. Holding delicately with spoon & fork; that piece of deliciously yummiest cake baked in with preheated yeast full of efforts & pouring milk of destiny, iced with luck & topping with finely cut fresh cherry called ‘success’!!..

Neither the 5 petals of the ‘lotus’ & even the 5 fingers of ‘hand’ are not the same; while scratching the brain over, I suppose, it’s the only common thing. When the finely chopped 'present' is just grilled sandviched between the disturbed ‘past’ & the shattered ‘future’. Exceptionally, the ‘Accidental PM’; was merely & pitifully sandviched in ‘Mom & Son Duo’. The tussle of the old faces with new characters & new faces with old characters; is only healed with the passing time. :-/

Stirring more of some words, just enough, not to dilute more, in the quest of exploring oneself; by mixing & blending, finely chop & cut into pieces with some spife, spork or a knork. The ones who are presumed to ‘uplift’ issues of society’s betterment in the ‘House of the People’ in the Parliament of India; & not merely ‘lifting up’ & damaging chairs & tables. Particularly in the political parlance; Kingmaker in politics, ought to sort out the politically instigated ramifications; while managing & balancing the ‘image management’.

Incorporating all the political shades of local, national, international political fiasco; just glueing ‘forky’ to any & every selective word, in itself & likewise, isn’t the wacky thought!!. The genuine concerns of autocratic alliance & political charisma; seems to field onto strike out the magic number of 272 through vote share count & surpass the number game too!!..

With ‘Shehzaada’ left with determined energy; the one who is given the job of minding his own business, can neither do job nor the business too. Without diluting, losing the taste of theme & just simply tossing the words in a large bowl; rolling & swirling the fork around twisty tangy Italian noodles, even words are getting entangled into those spicy flavored Italian noodles. With the political fever; in every single nook; no wonder, if some ‘well settled’ beggar demands saying; “‘Sarkaar’ k naam pe de de baba”…. :-/

Looking back for a while, instinctive instances that provoke to bleed & breath with what one is in the mirror!. The hammering ‘political ideology’ of ‘common man’ holding ‘lotus’ in a hand & ‘broom’ in another; ensured to burn out the oppositions in the same political flames. Peeping into reader’s mind, for a change, for some, it may seem to be a mere fork & spoon tussle; for some others, simply a set of instruments to play with food stuffs; while for rest others, plainly abstract articulate article!!... The overdose of political trolls; literally got onto the nerves; beyond the humorous essence. Several keywords got extra ordinary weight & importance & resultantly ‘modi’fied too

More than mere suspense; it’s more of ray of hope to strategize about who will bang the number game with clean cheat, to be in government….while who is gonna run the country with good governance sake. It is not so ambiguous to relate & compare characteristics with those like some lifeless objects having emotions & lively expressions. It’s merely not more about the way or style of how one holds, handles the weapons to point over others.

The political wave became ferocious with the checkmate of one man government & one woman government tussle. The critics & naysayers were firing the shotgun from ‘Coalgate to Snoogate’. With the historic political family background; the allegations of ‘agriculture of poison’ & ‘power equations’; the forkyy manifesto; glimpsed with the ‘development buttered spoon’. Aggressive ‘Didi’s spoonful dose; is undoubtedly a spoon feeder to scramble the agenda & start with the scratch!. With restrictions over the victory rally & processions; the ones who gonna ignite the political fireworks for every seat won; will end up celebrating, all the Indian Festivals of the year in a day itself!. :-/

With counting countdown, interestingly, excited to find; whether ‘lotus’ will bloom all over, or just splash the mud; will the ‘broom’ wipe out that mud, or will it trash out the ‘common man’ itself?!!.. Anger gulps down frustration; ideas cut slits thoughts; hunger stabs starvation; expectation squeezes aspirations; feelings thrashes down emotions; creativity kill emotions; inventions murders discovery; person is reborn into a human. Even if one is born with golden fork; one can die with silver spoon as well. With ‘Madam’s state of governing proceedings; feels like that injured bird; which is ruthlessly tortured & breathlessly suffocating & stoned to death.

Having sprouted the words & thoughts too; it seems to just clutter with spoon & fork on empty plate. Everyone is just gonna bake their political breads; some with buttered buns; some simply stale one. Many just sail along the cruise called ‘life’; some enjoy the waves, some just stare the sea, some get anchored, some just drown, some get oxygen masks, some manage with floating jackets.

With this political treat of Indo – Italian Cuisine in the mild International ambience; signing off on this note, to gulp & slurp the tempting political desserts, to be served ahead of the day.

PS:

Just as the bluntless fork & the upside down spoon is least useful; so is the rusted spoon & even a bent fork. Chamcha?.. sounds forkkyy??.... Choose your own spoon & fork too!!.. Let thy democratic republic India fly high with independence to breath ‘bharat’ & bleed ‘India’ with joys & triumph!!... The next time you hold a spoon &/or fork, do give a wacky thought, for sure!!..

Thank You!!.. 

Switch Over

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The characters, places, events depicted in this articulate creation are purely fictional which are based on non fictional ideas & incidences. Any factual resemblance & relation, if found, to any of such characters, places, events has to be purely coincidental. Also due care has been taken while conceptualizing the connotations, nomenclatures & terminologies dealt while critically dissecting the insect of switching over from one form to another.

The pictorial representation, several content or otherwise depicted throughout the theme based in this articulate creation are for exemplary purpose & do not resemble any intentional connection to express switching over haphazardly nor any attempt of some ‘issued in public interest’ kindda stuff.

It’s been indeed, around couple of months or so; for having scribbled down some strikingly theme based articulate creation. Without giving unscrupulous reasons & excuses of being bit busy playing with numbers & hardly left with any words to play with; & jumbling up into words, even further. Indeed diving in the world of words back, quite after a long time, seemed to be bit literally like scratching heads for puzzling out with words into bunch full of letters, sentences, paragraphs & so on….

Let’s get back into the world of words & conveniently dive over with that insect of ‘switching over’ the theme of this articulate creation. When the king of loneliness struggles, to accidentally miss / & intentionally skip that U turn from dead end…. Reading from eyes is like hearing from lips & speaking through ears.

Just as the volcano of discussion, debate & all kindda productively unproductive platform for expressing opinion & suggestion; erupts from a single spark of flame, be it the word of arguments or even the ravenous curiosity to dig underneath. There’s just one such thought of ‘switchover’; & yet each such thought has repelling & refluxing energy.

With every thought of ‘switchover’, crops countless thoughts; which weighs beyond the pros & cons, beyond ethics & practicalities; beyond good & evil, just as the sperm fights back to do miracles.… Not necessarily, all of these thoughts are to be considered, accepted or declined; in the name of giving a second thought.

Switchover is merely not about hunting feasible options, filtering & refining alternatives, scrapping out the odd ones; in the given circumstances & incidences. Going by the googled terminology of switch over; it’s all about change over, change by reversal, change around, as to a new order or sequence switch. Forms of transformation, makeover, trending, change, swapping are all the wings of switching over & moving on….

Enlisting all such trending instances & incidences from gadgets, apparels etc; from Chawl to High Rise Towers; shuffling & reshuffling job profiles; Jelly Bean to Sandvich; Kiraana Store to Malls & Multiplexes; Retro to Remix; 2G to 3G upgrades; Mobiz to Smartphone & Tabs; Specs to Lens….

Such endless & countless reasons behind the curtain, simply to switch over from Old to Newest Trend; with the quest to make the best outta it. The bargaining is undoubtedly & by all means on both sides. If not equally & rationally, yet, balancing & just playing with ownership, authority, responsibility indebtedness, gratitude & all sort of so-called professional termos.

 

Some say, believe & oblige that opportunity knocks the door once, but the destined fact behind the haunted curtains; lies that, there are countless lakhs of such opportunities knocking outta thousands of doors & ringing hundreds of bells. Yet just one & only key to the only locked door of destined fortune; is hidden under the doormat carved with determined efforts of gritty productive intentions.

At times, aspiring for something more, with bit of extra stuff (beyond DreamBig&FlyHigh); ought to get on to the nerves under the calcium powered bones. Creating ruckus & tantrums, within the brain cells, within nerves, veins, blood vessels, just anywhere & everywhere. Either it’s the classy multi colored butterflies called ‘commitment & determination’, which hovers around all over in the stomach, brain & mind, consciously & even sub consciously. Until the dark black clouds of hurdles & obstacles tends to supersede & gulp down the butterflies into stormy winds & whirl around on the ground of futility.

Stepping even the wrong foot, at the right place, at the very right fraction of second; seems to be aptly convincing; while rising back with thunderous bolt from the hell down under. It’s just merely something like rolling bare feet over scattered broken pebbles; while hunting an untraced & unknown path to walk over the finest of the marbles. Without much switching over the meaning & implications, striving & quest for that pinch full extra, even with handful of dwindling choco frappe in one hand & chocolate fudge in the other hand.

Crossing by with the thin line of conspicuously coated & filled with hell lot of tricks, tactics; & disturbing the flow & line of action, to grab that blinking bright star right above the head of the moon; with the blend of efforts & destined fortune; with pinch of destiny & luck by chance. By & large, walking against the odds, pays a price, just as to walk with the crowd & think & act like a odd, has its own compensatory inversely direct relation of rewards & reverts too.

 Even when one bucks up & gets prepared from ins & outs; to face & tear out the full volume loudspeaker; even a silent tune playing in the tucked headsets soothes gives the signals & vibes, just to tune into the fine piece of strings & let the scrambled pieces fall in their places gradually. Having kicked back the fortune & destiny; there may be 100 reasons to stay back & stick onto the quivering & shuddering pebbles; at times with struggle, mind games or just like a lame automaton. But, at the same point of other side of the same coin, lies just 1 single reason to lure, mislead, tempt to shake everything 360 degree upside down.

The moment one accepts the blunder, of either sides of the tossed coin; one is just tempted & addicted to experiment more, so as to digest more excuses & reasons & broadening the extent of adjustment. That so-called adjustment of accepting & accommodating just anything & everything, with a flexible approach & attitude. For some, switching over & moving on is all about the ripened fruits of independence & freedom; for some it’s mixed vibes & feelings & while for rest others, it’s just blank emotions.

 

 To lose something, & to grab better & best things, moments; lies a timeless, yet time bound puzzle of known & unknown facets of life, destiny, & beyond unthinkable. Leaving behind that ‘something’ with a scratch, scathe or simply a mark.… which may not be barely visible to thyself….but becomes seemingly visible in the mirror.

Without simply regretting, rejoicing, celebrating or even mourning; the spirit of moving on, deepens the intensity of purpose & intention of having switched over. Letting the unstable mind outta freaky options, choice, alternatives, substitutes, & complementary stuffs & so on. Stretching rubber band to such an extent & even beyond by exerting limitless pressure of expectations; to tear out into pieces of shattered opportunities, splintered hope, wrecked dreams, smashed emotions & lots more irreparable stuffs.

Knowing nothing & yet, the vibes of having a golden crown over & above some diamond studded crown…. Just as the sand particles filled with intense perseverance, pours down that tiny hole of targeted goals & streamlining the best of the possibilities, the countless waves flowing somewhere close or maybe far away; are unaware about even the boundless time swiping by naively….Leaving the royal golden spoon for some gold plated platter.

Without going much into intricacies & digging much more into the words. Coz, just even the thoughts & words are bouncing & wandering to sprout into new, fresh themes for countless articulate creations & explore the best into the world of words, in the near future & always!!....

PS: Having switched over, shuffled & reshuffled words & letters into sentences & paragraphs. Leaving on this note for now…. The journey to the world of numbers & words continues in the articulate creations to be born in the near future….

~Thank You~

Recipe of a Song

Discretionary Disclaimer:

The strings, notations, beats, tracks, rhythms, lyrics depicted in this articulate creation are purely fictional which is based on non fictional ideas & incidences. Any factual resemblance & relation, if found, to any of such strings, notations, beats, tracks, rhythms, lyrics has to be purely coincidental. Also due care has been taken while conceptualizing the connotations, nomenclatures & terminologies dealt while critically dissecting the addiction of ‘Music’

The pictorial representation, several content or otherwise depicted throughout the theme based of this articulate creation are for exemplary purpose & just an attempt of spreading the word creating awareness or some ‘issued in public interest’ kindda stuff of healing the world around through ‘Music’.

Having gone through more than couple of dozen informative sources & having further scrolled down several countless links, googled & wikied innumerous terms in context of the theme, this article, has been far from mere writing some abstract stuff. Instead it was just an impulsive attempt to explore more into the world of Music, while rewinding , repeating, shuffling, fast forwarding the music!!...

So one might be thinking, what does the title of this article sound like??...or simply wondering, why is volume of the words so high??.. Or, what if the chords of the fonts seem to be unusually coded??.. For some, food is life & for some music is passion; but when, food & music goes together; its, heavenly to digest the taste & tune as well!!.... Although the fact lies that, not everything can be expressed in words….’Music’ undoubtedly can be categorized in the genre of bestest best; when felt & hardly expressed….

Moving back to the theme, without wasting much of the words in prelude & time to catch up the beats & tunes of this article. Presenting all new tuneyy deliciouss soothing dish filled with strings & blend of words & music!!...Having arranged for all the ingredients, condiments, spices, tables spoons, forks, ambience, knives, utensils, preservatives, & most importantly salt….. Arrange for spare headsets, charge the battery, & swing into the ‘World of Music’; without disturbing the tuned strings & polished refined chords….Get ready, to drool in to the ‘World of Music’; tucking ipods, musical gadgets & on the tunes; from the era of gramophone to the era of ipods; from bathroom singer to concert rockstar; from maestros to musical master pieces & just get addicted to High power overdose of music!!….

‘Music’ is an art form whose medium is sound & silence. Its common elements are pitch (governing melody & harmony), rhythm (its associated concepts tempo, meter, & articulation), dynamics, & the sonic qualities of timbre & texture. The word is derived from Greek (mousike; "art of the Muses").

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to a leatoric forms; & is generally divided into genres and subgenres subtly.

Ancient Greek and Indian philosopher’s defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres"; "it is music to my ears"; "There is no noise, only sound." points to the notion that music is often soothing & pleasant to listen to. By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music is perceived to be

‘Musicology’ in broader sense is the scholarly study of music. A person who studies music is a musicologist. In the broad definition, the parent disciplines of musicology includes history; cultural studies and gender studies; philosophy, aesthetics & semiotics; ethnology & cultural anthropology; archeology and prehistory; psychology and sociology; physiology & neuroscience; acoustics and psychoacoustics; and computer/information sciences and mathematics.

Musical knowledge and know-how are applied in medicine, education and music therapy, which may be regarded as the parent disciplines of Applied Musicology.

Systematic musicology includes music acoustics, the science and technology of acoustical musical instruments, physiology, psychology, sociology, philosophy and computing. Cognitive Musicology is the set of phenomena surrounding the computational modeling of music.

‘Musical Analysis’ is the attempt to answer the question how does this music work?. The method employed to answer this question, and indeed exactly what is meant by the question, differs from analyst to analyst, and according to the purpose of the analysis. The principle of analysis has been variously criticized, especially by composers, “to explain by means of [analysis] is to decompose, to mutilate the spirit of a musical work” 

‘Music Cognition’ is an interdisciplinary approach to understand the mental processes that supports musical behaviors, including perception, comprehension, memory, attention, and performance. Originally in fields of psychoacoustics & sensation, cognitive theories of how people understand music more recently encompass neuroscience, cognitive science, music theory, music therapy, computer science, psychology, philosophy, & linguistics.

 

‘Music Therapy’ is the final clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a certified music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their health.

Music therapists primarily help clients improve their health across various domains to achieve treatment goals and objectives. It is considered both an art and a science, with a wide qualitative and quantitative research literature base incorporating areas such as clinical therapy, biomusicology, musical acoustics, music theory, psychoacoustics, embodied music cognition, aesthetics of music, and comparative musicology.

‘Music Psychology’, or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of psychology or a branch of musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behavior and musical experience. Modern music psychology is mainly empirical: music-psychological knowledge tends to advance primarily on the basis of interpretations of data about musical behavior and experience, which are collected by systematic observation of and interaction with human participants. Music psychology is a field of research with practical relevance for music performance, music composition, music education, music medicine, and music therapy.

So having taken a tour of the world of music, let’s get back to the chef of music, who, not only arranges & prepares the food; but also presents so deliciously; that the foodie is already tempted just by seeing it. Well, without, discussing or complaining much over the calories, vitamins, nutrition, carbohydrates, fats, preservatives & addictives, proteins, calcium etc. Before moving to the dining table; lets jus move around the kitchen filled with music….

‘Lyricist’ is a writer who specializes in writing lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.

‘Composer’ or ‘Songwriter’ is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material as electroacoustic music.

‘Poet’ is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed through the course of literary history, resulting in a history of poets as diverse as the literature they have produced.

‘Playback Singer’ is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.

So, having introduced the chefs of the songs; moving over to the recipe, ingredients etc..

‘Lyrics’ are a set of words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of expression. The lyricist of traditional musical forms such as Opera is known as alibrettist.

Lyric is derived from the Greek word, meaning "singing to the lyre". A lyric poem is one that expresses a subjective, personal point of view.

The word lyric came to be used for the "words of a song"; this meaning was recorded in 1876. The common plural, predominates contemporary usage. The differences between poem and song may become less meaningful where verse is set to music, to the point that any distinction becomes untenable.

 

‘Musical Composition’ can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. Although today composition is considered to consist of the manipulation of each aspect of music (harmony, melody, form, rhythm, and timbre); Composition consists in two things only. The first is the ordering and disposing of several sounds. The second is the rendering audible of two or more simultaneous sounds in such a manner that their combination is pleasant. A piece of music exists in the form of a composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance or recorded track). If composed before being performed, music can be performed from memory, through written musical notation, or through a combination of both.

Compositions comprise musical elements, which vary widely from person to person and between cultures. Improvisation is the act of composing during the performance, assembling musical elements spontaneously. Piece is a, "general, non-technical term, applied mainly to instrumental compositions from the 17th century onwards; other than when they are taken individually 'piece' and its equivalents are rarely used of movements in sonatas or symphonies.

‘Song’ is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments. The lyrics (words) of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, though they may be abstract verses or free prose.

A song may be for a solo singer, a duet, trio, or larger ensemble involving more voices.

Songs can be broadly classified as "art songs", "pop songs", and "folk songs". Other common methods of classification are by purpose (sacred vs secular), by style (dance, ballad etc.), or by time of origin (Renaissance, Contemporary, etc.).

An ‘Instrumental’ is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments.

In a song that is otherwise sung, a section not sung but played with instruments can be called an instrumental interlude. If the instruments are percussion instruments, the interlude can be called a percussion interlude. These interludes are a form of break in the song.

The opposite of instrumental is a ‘Cappella’. In genres which the non-vocal part is conceived using electronic media, the instrumental not necessarily has to be conceived by musical instruments, but is the term to refer to some composition or version that does not include vocals.

‘Medley’ is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which are mixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks for a single artist, or for popular songs from a given year or genre.

‘Alankara’ means "ornament" in Sanskrit and is used in the context of Hindustani classical music to collectively refer to the various embellishment techniques used in both vocal and instrumental music. Some common types of alankar used in classical music are meend (a technique of singing notes in a fluid manner with one note merging into the next - there are many different kinds of meend), kan-swar (grace notes - the use of grace-notes depends on the raga being performed), andolan (a gentle swing on specific notes, used selectively), gamaka (a heavy to-and-fro oscillation involving two or three distinct notes), khatka/gitkari (a rapid rendition of a cluster of notes distinctly yet lightly) and murki (an even lighter and more subtle rendition of a cluster of notes).

In the context of Indian classical music, Svara means a note in the octave.

The seven basic swaras of the scale are profoundly named as Sadjam, Risabh, Gandhar, Madhyam, Pancam, Dhaivata & Nisad, & are abbreviated to Sa, Ri (Carnatic) or Re (Hindustani), Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni and written S, R, G, M, P, D, N. Collectively these notes are known as the sargam (the word is an acronym of the consonants of the first four swaras).

The ‘Shruti’ is a Sanskrit term used in several contexts throughout the history of Indian music. It is considered the smallest interval of pitch that the human ear can detect.

‘Raga’ (often also spelled raag, raaga, ragam) is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music. It uses a series of five or more musical notes upon which a melody is constructed. However, the way the notes are approached and rendered in musical phrases and the mood they convey are more important in defining a raga than the notes themselves. In the Indian musical tradition, ragas are associated with different times of the day, or with seasons. Indian classical music is always set in a raga.

‘Tala, Taal or Tal’, is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to meter in Western music.

It is a regular, repeating rhythmic phrase, particularly as rendered on a percussive instrument with an ebb and flow of various intonations represented as a theka, a sequence of drum-syllables or bol. Indian classical music, both northern and southern, has complex, all-embracing rules for the elaboration of possible patterns and each such pattern has its own name, though in practice a few talas are very common while others are rare. The most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Hindustani music is the tabla, while in Carnatic music it is the mridangam (also transliterated as mridang).

‘Carnatic Music’ is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. It is one of two main sub-genres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu traditions; the other sub-genre being Hindustani music, which emerged as a distinct form because of Persian and Islamic influences in North India. In contrast to Hindustani music, the main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in gayaki (singing) style.

Although there are stylistic differences, the basic elements of sruti (the relative musical pitch), swara (the musical sound of a single note), raga (the mode or melodic formulæ), and tala (the rhythmic cycles) form the foundation of improvisation and composition in both Carnatic and Hindustani music.

Carnatic music is usually performed by a small ensemble of musicians, consisting of a principal performer (usually a vocalist), a melodic accompaniment (usually a violin), a rhythm accompaniment (usually a mridangam), and a tambura, which acts as a drone throughout the performance. Other typical instruments used in performances may include the ghatam, kanjira, morsing, venu flute, veena, and chitraveena.

‘Hindustani classical music’ is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian classical music or ‘Shastriya Sangit’. It is a tradition that originated in Vedic ritual chants and has been evolving since the 12th century CE, Today, it is one of the two subgenres of Indian classical music, the other being Carnatic music, the classical tradition of South India.

‘Music Manuscripts’ are handwritten sources of music. Generally, they can be written on paper or parchment. If the manuscript contains the composer's handwriting it is called an autograph. Music manuscripts can contain musical notation as well as texts and images. There exists a wide variety of types from sketches and fragments, to compositional scores and presentation copies of musical works.

‘Music Engraving’ is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent, though music engraving implies a higher degree of skill and quality, usually for publication.

‘Beat’ is the basic unit of time, the pulse of the mensural level (or beat level). In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove. In modern pop music, the term "beats" has been used to describe whole pieces of composed music.

‘Rhythm’ is characterized by a repeating sequence of stressed and unstressed beats (often called "strong" and "weak") and divided into bars organized by time signature and tempo indications. Metric levels faster than the beat level are division levels, and slower levels are multiple levels.

Downbeat: The downbeat is the impulse that occurs at the beginning of a bar in measured music. Its name is derived from the downward stroke of the director or conductor's baton on the first beat of each measure. It frequently carries the strongest accent of the rhythmic cycle. However, in some cases, the downbeat may not be emphasized. Such departure from the normal stress pattern of a measure is a form of syncopation.

Upbeat: An unaccented beat or beats that occur before the first beat of the following measure. In other words, this is an impulse in a measured rhythm that immediately precedes, and hence anticipates, the downbeat. It can be the last beat in a bar where that bar precedes a new bar of music.

On-beat and off-beat:

Off-beat or backbeat pattern, popular on snare drum; Off-beat is a musical term commonly applied to syncopation that emphasizes the weak even beats of a bar, as opposed to the "normal" on-beat.

‘Break’ is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece.

In acoustics, a beat is an interference between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as periodic variations in volume whose rate is the difference between the two frequencies.

With tuning instruments that can produce sustained tones, beats can readily be recognized. Tuning two tones to a unison will present a peculiar effect: when the two tones are close in pitch but not identical, the difference in frequency generates the beating.

 

To be Continued…..