The different order of the musical notes and the process of singing is called varna.
Types of Varna –
- Sthai varna
- Aarohi varna
- Avarohi varna
- Sanchari varna
Varn In Music In English
Sthai Varn
When a musical swar is pronounced more than once, it is called sthai varna eg .- Re Re , Ga Ga Ga , Ma Ma etc .
Aarohi Varna –
The climbing sequence of musical swars or in ascending order is called Aarohi varna eg. – Sa Re Ga Ma.
Avarohi Varna –
The descending order of the musical swars is called the Avarohi varna .
Eg – Sa* Ni Dha Pa
Sanchari Varn –
The mixed form of the above three varnas is called the Sanchari varna. In this, sometimes the musical swaras goes up and sometimes swar is repeated again and again. In other words, ascending, descending and sometimes repeatation appear in the sanchari . Example – Sa Sa Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Pa Ma Pa Ga Re Sa .
Any song composition have sanchari varn mixed of all varn . Let see the National Anthem compostion –
In the first line of national anthem –
Aarohi – Sa Re , Re Ga Ma
Sthai – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Varn used . And the whole composition is made with the all varns .
National Anthem –
Jan / gan / man / adhi / nayak / jaya hai
Sa Re / Ga Ga / Ga Ga / Ga Ga / Ga – Ga Ga / Re Ga Ma – /
Bharat / bhagya / vidhata / pun
Ga – Ga Ga / Re – Re / Re .Ni Re Sa – / – – Sa – /
jab / shindhu / Gujarat / maratha
Pa – Pa / Pa – Pa / Pa Pa Pa – Pa / PaPa Ma (t) DhaPa Ma /
Dravid / utkal / banga
Ma – Ma Ma / Ma – Ma Ga / Re Ma Ga — / – – – – /
Vindhya / Himachal / Yamuna / Ganga
Ga – Ga / Ga Ga – Ga Re / Pa Pa Pa / Ma – Ma – /
Uchchal / jaladi / Taranga
Ga – Ga Ga / Re Re Re / Re .Ni Re Sa – / – – – –
Tav / subh name / jaage
Sa Re / Ga Ga Ga – Ga – / Re Ga Ma – / – – – – /
Tav / subh aashish / mage
Ga Ma / Pa Pa Pa – Ma Ga / Re Ma Ga – / – – – – /
Gahe / tav jaya / gatha / jan
Ga – Ga – / Re Re Re Re / .Ni Re Sa – / – – Pa Pa –
Gan / mangal / dayak / jaya hai
Pa Pa / Pa – Pa Pa / Pa – Pa Pa / Pa Ma (t) Dha Pa Ma –
Bharat / bhagya / vidhata
Ma – Ma Ma / Ma – Ma / Ga Re Ma Ga — / – –
Jaya hai / jaya hai / jaya hai
Ni Ni Sa* – – – / Ni Dha Ni – – – / – – Pa Pa Dha – –
Jaya / jaya / jaya / jaya hai
Sa Sa/ Re Re / Ga Ga / Re Ga Ma – – –
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What is the definition of character in music?
The different sequences of vowels, that is, movements are called varnas and the act of singing is called varnas.
Types of Characters in Music? How many types of characters are there?
There are four types of characters.
permanent character
ascending character
descending character
communicative character