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  2. Music of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Gaana songs are performed at weddings, stage shows, political rallies, and funerals. Performers sing about a wide range of topics, but the essence of gaana is said to be "angst and melancholy" based in life's struggles. [2] In the past few decades, the genre has entered the music of the mainstream Tamil film industry and gained popularity.

  3. Tholpavakoothu - Wikipedia

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    The performance language uses Tamil, Sanskrit and Malayalam words. Like Mudiyettu and Patayani , Tholpavakoothu is also an art form that is dedicated to Bhadrakali in Kerala. According to legend, Tholpavakoothu was performed at the request of Bhadrakali who could not witness Ravana's killing as she was fighting the demon Darika .

  4. Ancient Tamil music - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE. [ 1 ] Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music.

  5. List of mudras (dance) - Wikipedia

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    In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 48 root mudras (hand or finger gestures) are used to clearly communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or creatures in which 28 require only one hand, and are classified as `Asamyuta Hasta', along with 23 other primary mudras which require both hands and are classified as 'Samyuta Hasta'; these 51 are ...

  6. List of songs recorded by Swarnalatha - Wikipedia

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    She recorded over 10,000 songs in 10 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali and other languages. Swarnalatha is referred to as The 'Golden Skylark(Thanga Vanambadi)' In Indian Music due her unique voice and mellifluous sound.

  7. Tamil Thai Valthu - Wikipedia

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    The song is sung daily in schools all over Tamil Nadu during the assembly in the morning. On 17 December, 2021, the Tamil Nadu government under chief minister M.K.Stalin, formally declared the song as the official state song, stating that it would be sung at all public events in educational institutes and government offices. Except for disabled ...

  8. I (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    On 24 March 2014, Sony Music India acquired the audio rights of the film. [21] The official soundtrack album cover of the film was released on 6 September 2014. [22] The audio launch was planned for a release in Canada, [23] but the film's producer, V. Ravichandran, asserted that the music of the Tamil version would be released at a grand event at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on 12 ...

  9. Fingering (music) - Wikipedia

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    In modern scores, the fingers are numbered from 1 to 5 on each hand: the thumb is 1, the index finger is 2, the middle finger is 3, the ring finger is 4 and the little finger is 5. Earlier usage varied by region. In Britain in the 19th century, the thumb was shown by a cross (+) or number 0 and the fingers were numbered from 1 to 4.