SatyaVeda: All about the Veda

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In this post : pANini s’ikSA – 1 to 13 : vaRNAs, swarAs, mAtrAs, kAlAs, sthAyi…,

We have seen that ;

udAtta, anudAtta and svarita are 3 kinds of svarAs, and

In udAtta niSAda gAndhAra ;

in anudAtta RSabha, dhaivata.,

svarita to be produced in Sadja, madhyama and pancama.

In this video : you can hear the swaras

sa = shadja for svarita

ri = RSabha for anudAtta

ga = gAndhAra for udAtta

ma = madhyama  for svarita

pa = pancama for svarita

da = dhaivata for anudAtta

ni = niSAda for udAtta

higher sa = shadja for svarita

“In the Rig, Yajur and Atharva Vedas only 3 notes called Anudatta (Nishada), Swaritha (Shadjama) and Udatta (Rishabha)” from http://satyaveda.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/music-in-the-samaveda/

My thoughts :

In Om s’Antih, s’Antih s’Antih : Om and s’A are shadjas, the first two tih are nishAdAs and the final tih is rishabha.

Om and s’A are shadjas, svarita is shadja so unmarked letters are svaritas.

The first two tih are nishAdAs are udAttAs are nishadas so letters marked marked by an underline are udAttas.

the final tih is rishabha ie and anudAtta. therefore letters marked with line above are anudAttas.

After a lot of experimenting it looks like selecting nearly any 3 adjacent notes works..

In this post : Prathama Suktham we have seen the veda swaras marked in the text.

In this post vEda pAThas’Ala: for girls : Savita Acharya, we have seen this video

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Here observe her fingers on the harmonium as she chants and teaches Agnim Ile and listen to her voice. She uses all the swaras above pancama only. She seems to be using only da, ni sa. Please check for yourself and leave a comment if you think otherwise.

Listen to the same mantras here, while following the Veda Swaras in the Image above :  (The markings in that link are for transliteration not for Veda Swaras so dont get confused. )

They seem to be using the swaras lower than pancama ie ri, ga and ma. Please check for yourself and leave a comment if you think otherwise.

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