Here in Karnataka, we love both carnatic as well as Hindustani music.

A friend of mine who is trained Carnatic Singer had this to say as well. Carnatic music evolved in Temples where as Hindustani music evolved in the courts of Rajas and Sultans .

Ma'am, I have been hearing hindustani music from last 7 years and have always wondered about Carnatic music and the difference between the two. This is a breathtaking attempt to answer my queries. Such videos should come much more in number.🙏

India is the only country which has such a rich culture of music having 'Two Immortal Stream of Classical Music' i.e. 'Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet'(North Indian style) & 'Carnatic Sangeet'(South Indian style)....which reflects the Real Essence of India...I feel very proud to be Indian and a Student of Indian Classical Music as I am born & brought up in a Musical Family.....though I am trained in Hindustani......but I love Carnatic too and I am happy to learn it.....I love to sing songs in Different regional languages.. though my mother tongue is Marathi.....I would like to say that......Every Indian must l learn Indian Classical Music first whether Hindustani of Carnatic ....then other music like western or jazz etc......🎵🎵

in short carnatic music still holds true to its vedic origins while hindustani music has a lot of persian , turkic and arabic influences on it and is secular in nature

You should also add some historical context to the differences. Both systems emanated from the same origins but appears to have deviated around the 11th century, just when India was starting to be invaded by foreign forces. These invasions impacted North India a lot more than the South. In the North, almost all the temples were destroyed. These temples were not just places of worship but important centers for the arts. The lives and livelihoods of the usual patrons of the arts were destroyed. Many of the rulers of the invaders were against art forms such as music. Musicians had nowhere to go and had to closet themselves in close and hidden communities. This is what eventually led to the different gharanas. To earn a living as a musician, you had to please the ruling sultan and this invariably meant switching your religion, except during times of broad and open minded rulers such as Akhbar. So Hindustani musicians had a real tough time. Although some wonderful melodies were brought in from Persia and other places, Hindustani music was somewhat stifled with little opportunity to grow. Contrast this what happened in the south. Yes, the South too underwent tough periods of conquest but generally these were pretty brief. As a result, the great temples, the center for development of so many arts, were largely left untouched. Many of them are still proudly standing today. Much of the time, pockets of the south, such as the Kaveri delta, were agriculturally very rich. Most had enough to eat and there was plenty of time to develop the creative arts, which was encouraged by many local patrons. There was a tremendous growth in compositions, theory and practice. In the 1500s, Purandaradasa, apart from being a prolific composer, laid out the structure for learning CM which is still in use. It was his student, Haridas who migrated to Varnasi and became Tansen's guru. Venkatamakhi and others in the 1600 laid out the melakarta raga classification system (it took another 300 years for HM to come up with a classification system that is still not as comprehensive as the melakarta scheme). This era was followed by a galaxy of composers, Tyagaraja, Dikshitar and Syama Shastry being among the most prolific. So in many ways, CM is much more developed than HM.

It is wonderful that india has two systems of great shastriya Sangeet : Hindustani shastriya Sangeet of North India and Karnatik Shastriya Sangeetam of South India and produced great artists like bharat Ratna pundit bhimsen Joshi, bharat Ratna MS subbulakshmi, Sangeet martand pundit jasraj, Vidwan Balamuralikrishna, Pundit Ravishankar, etc... And many others... Pranams 🙏🙏🙏

as someone who is a fan of indian classical music but doesn't understand much about the theory, i appreciate this explanation. i was curious about this topic and you made it easy to understand :)

Maharashtra is probably the only state that follows both the Hindustani and Carnatic tradition of shastriya sangeet. Marathi as a language also has a huge pool of vocabulary to choose from, it can be from Sanskrit, can be from Kannada or it can be from Persian, so it’s a very friendly language for poets too.

4:18 “You should at least be comfortable enough to understand the gist of the compositions so that you can feel more connected to it and express the emotions appropriately.” 😂 True and hilarious! Great advice! Thank you wonderful, knowledgeable and proper instructor. ❤

Instead of Celebrating and loving both the Hindustani and Carnatic Classical Music . people are fighting in the comment over NORTH SOUTH divide . utterly Pain full . I'm From Assam 🙏🙏🙏

Prathiba you are an excellent Guru and Rasika. Kids who choose you as guru are fortunate. God Bless You. Your voice is unique.

Karnataka is the only state which fallows both the classical musics... Father of Carnatic music (Karnataka shastriya Sangeeta) purandara dasa.. Only Hindustani musician to get Bharata ratna is also from the state of Karnataka (Bhimsen Joshi) Kannada is the only language in which songs can be sang in both the classical music.

Your videos are do clear and to the point! Thanks. - A music lover from Bangladesh living in Australia, with children learning Hindustani classical music and western classical music.

I have spent an enormous part of my life listening to the music of Mali, Bala Murali, MS Gopalakrishnan, Nedunuri, MS, Mandolin Srinivas et al before moving on to Bhimsen Joshi, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Jasraj, Nikhil Banerjee, Amir Khan, Bismiallah Khan et al... I still love Carnatic music (CM), but... 1) Gamakam: I recently watched Dr. TS Saytavati's lecdem on "Musical Excellence in the compositions of Dikshitar" where she demonstrates that the beauty and genius of his compostions are influenced by the Hindustani style vilambit sancharas (meend?), lamenting at the excessive use of gamakas and speed in CM... 2) Language/compositions: If sahityam is so important in CM, why is that pronunciation, accent and articulation (of other languages) routinely sacrificed ? 3) Theme: Given the predominantly divine/devotional nature of compositions in CM, can an atheist be a true Carnatic musician/listener? I used to complain to my CM friend "there is only so much devotion I can muster".... 4) Carnatic music concerts: After listening to a month long Ram Navami series of CM concerts recently, I find technical gimmickry (gamackry, if I may say so), one-upmanship, speed take precedence over aesthetics and musicality... Your thoughts?

For the music learners , i suggest you to listen to these Ar Rahman songs to find the difference between hindustani and carnatic music Sunn bhavara - Hindustani Malargal ketten - Carnatic

Mam, can u do a vid on differences between Carnatic and Odissi music? As Odisha has recently filed a petition for recognition of Odissi music, which is different frm both Hindustani and Carnatic music, it has it's own ragas as well.

Mem.. i m from Assam.. i clear my visharad in hindustani music.. and now I want to learn carnatic music...

Hey Prathibha. This was brilliant. There are many videos on youtube that claim to tell the difference between both styles but they fail to tell the differences you site in these videos. Most of them concentrate on swara sthanas and basic differences like the language of the compositions. Your descriptions are good.

You made my Indian culture subject easy and intresting. Thank you

A very important point that she makes- when you learn learn the meaning of the song, you will be able to sing it well. I would add that one should learn about the composer as well so one can bring out the right emotions.

People say i am a great singer but ur videos shows me more of learning is done specially in carnatic form

It was interesting to know this mam. I would urge you to make another video displaying the differences between Odissi music and Hindustani or Carnatic music. Odissi music has some very different ragas as well.

Super explanation about Carnatic and Hindushtani especially Devotional

This was brilliant. I think that instruments do play a major role also : harmonium and tabla for hindustani and violin and mridunga for carnatic right ?

I'm urdu speaking guy and i used to listen Hindustani classical music since my childhood...but i find more variety in carnatic music.

I love how enthusiastic Pratibha is about teaching this stuff. great lessons 👌

The right way of writing Carnatic music is 'Karnataka classical music'. It is British who called it 'Carnatic music' as the English people use 'C' for every 'Ka' sounding words and we Indians use 'K' for all 'Ka' sounding words. And this type of classical music was mainly developed by Purandara Dāsaru during Vijayanagara empire. Original name of this empire was 'KARNATA EMPIRE' hence the name for music viz 'Karnataka Shastreeya Sangeeta- ಕರ್ಣಾಟಕ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಗೀತ. And Purandara Dāsaru is widely regarded as the Grand old father of Karnatic music. Most of his works are in Kannada and some are in Sanskrita. If anyone has to learn some ragas in Karnatic music and then one has to learn some Kannada musical works of Purandara Dāsaru which are basically designed and written for that by Him.

Maam Can you take a video of difference Between Carnatic and western????

Dhrupad, from the Hindustani tradition, has a huge focus on spiritual compositions...

Scientific Expalanation. The best explanation so far

Thank you as always for your great insights and perspectives of one of the most wonderful musical traditions ever!

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. A must see video for everyone interested in world music.

Hariharan is a singer who has straddled both streams with elan..a trained Ghazal singer with equal mastery over Carnatic music. Likewise Shankar Mahadevan.

👌👌👌Very good information about Carnatic music Hindustani music. Thanks.🙏

Very nice explanation. Was looking for a comprehensive crisp video like this before but then I slowly figures these points out by myself by watching many videos and articles. But still this is very nice.

Thanks for explaining the difference. To a musically illiterate person like me, it was really helpful.

Fascinating. I knew there were significant differences between North and South Indian music styles but wasn't aware of all the nuances. I guess this encompasses the non-vocal instrument performances as well.

This was very much informative and I was searching this defference between hind. And karn.music....thank you very very very very much 🙏

Коротко и по делу.информативно,спасибо

Thank you so much, very informative,,video..

I would like to start, but maybe Hindustani. I don't speak hindi (I am from Spain) but I like very much the sound. Hindi... Punjabi... Can you help me to start to learn a simple song, please? They are so beautiful.

You've really come a long way. There's not another person out there who is doing the things that you're doing. Very good that you're using technology to your advantage. I don't really sing but I play the guitar and one day maybe to explore Indian music, I will learn from you. Thanks, For what? For existing I guess....

Now I have to go and find your classical music performances on KZfaq to continue listening to your intoxicating voice.

As a bansuri player, both meend and kampitam are both used interchangably during rendition. Especially, during the exploration of a raag, most bansuri player at the beginning of a rendition, float around some notes to place emphasis on the vadi and samvadi. However, before, I learned bansuri, I used to learn hindustani classical music from a Carnatic teacher so as a result, some Carnatic features were also taught. So, it might be a result of that.

Ati sundar. Dhanyavad mam

Hindustani music is beautiful.😍 Karnatik music is Devine 😍❤️

Thank you Madam for this informative video. I have always wondered what the differences could be. Now you have clarified it. As I am student of flute, I observe that the Hindustani swara is one note lower than Carnatic. For example, the Sa in Hindustani is actually Kaishiki Nishadam of Carnatic (I am referring to the finger position). Is my observation correct?

Carnatic is best.....❤️ So divine......

We want more videos about music knowledge.

Good info. Thanks.. Came here to know more about the difference to admit my 6 yr old into music classes🎉

Please do more vdeos on info hindustani music mam please🙏

Wonderful! thank you for sharing your insights yet again!

Simply soooperb short and sweet information about the both indian classical music forms 🙏🙏🙏

I wonder how the geographic closeness to certain neighbouring tribes effected these styles. Hindustani sounds similar to some arabic and Aramaic chanting styles...or maybe the other way around. To me, being of middle eastern origins, Hindustani style sounds like home.🙏

Thanks for the information guru 😌 namaskar

Madam I have grip of basic Brighaas. But could you please do a you tube on complex long Brighas and fast phrases. Thank you madam

Karnatic music is composed in Samaskrtam(Sanskrit) as well

You should have also mentioned about the odissi classical music of odisha

Very good explanation!

Music is divine and music is also devilish !! After listening to SP's "Venkateshwara Suprabhatam" to "Bulleh nu Loki Mat-e dende, aa Bulleh'a Bai ja Masjid-e", Nusrat Fateh Ali to "my coat of many colors" by Dolly Parton to "Non Je ne regrette rien" by Edith Piaf to "Sweet home Alabama" by Lynard Skynard and Metalica, man! don't even go there...........I know the difference. Love Chopin, Bach, and of course Mozart

I have started learning hindustani music recently. Could you please give tips and ways to improve musical knowledge and also to strengthen vocal fluency

Please try to show us more examples in the future, like making lists of songs that we can find here on KZfaq. Thanks for the video

Good explanation, ma'am. I've noticed one thing... there are a few Carnatic singers who have learnt Hindustani music, but never come across a Hindustani music singer learning Carnatic music. (Enough to give a performance) What could be the reason? Just wondering...

Mam, sorry to say this, many times I think that I don't want to say this, but my mind can't, So I AM LOVING YOU as per musically & educatedly.

Super madam..very simple and clear in presentation ❤❤❤

Finally I got the platform with it I can join to learn music undoubtedly

Excellent exposition. Very educative and very informative..

You hv through knowledge any Carnatic and Hindustani. You hv sweet voice sing so well. I am your online studen and great Fan.l

Thanks.Conveyed the differences clearly.

saved my english presentation about indian music ❤

A very good intro to the difference even if it is too brief. There are so many points to make, but I will just select 2 of what I feel are the most important. 1. "Shruthi suddham" or pitch accuracy. HM quire correctly places a lot of emphasis on the accuracy of the pitch. Students spend much of their formative training in making sure that the basic swaras are in tune. Carnatic musical training seems to be more in a hurry to "just get on with it" because there is so much to learn and just spending so much time on the shruthi basics might bore the student enough to give up. There are so many compositions, so many more ragas, so many more talas and so much more theory to learn. There are pluses and minuses to both approaches. For some (the minority) "shruthi suddham" comes naturally, seemingly without any effort. For the most, it has to be learnt through a lot of hard work and practice. For the latter, the HM method is preferable and one can say almost necessary. The result of all this is that in HM top stage performances, you will hardly find anybody going out of shruthi. In CM, there are many who are naturally gifted with shruthi who will also always be in shruthi control, but you will find some even among the top performers who occasionally stray. IN CM however, because of the far greater variety of ragas and compositions usually learnt, there is greater scope for musicians who don't quite reach the top. IN HM, either you reach the top or you are burst as a professional. 2. Creativity. It is common to hear that there is more creativity in HM than CM. But let us be realistic. Creativity is not something that can be called at will. Otherwise Beethoven would have written a lot more compositions! You have to be in the correct correct frame of mind, correct environment, correct mood. It cannot be forced. This why in many HM concerts, the artist seems very repetitive. There is much "sameness" in their approaches to different ragas. This is where CM scores. A highly creative musician who is in the mood that day can be as creative as he wants - CM allows this flexibility. For most musicians, creativity can last in bursts of a few minutes here and there during a performance. The rest of the time can be filled with the many majestic compositions. Rendering these compositions themselves can stimulate creativity and bring the creativity within the bounds of the compositions.

Want to learn music but I am of 18yrs. Will I be able to sing?

Great video!

Carnatic music in Telugu is Devine to the ears.

This is so well explained. Thank you.

Simple and yet beautifully explained.

Helpful for us.Thank you mam.

Mam using hindustani or Carnatic vocals we can sing english songs . Also because I always believe that for english songs western vocals are good . Mam if you know western singing please can you put a video . 🥺🥺🤗

Very great video to explain the essential differences. 👏 👏👏. Two things however many Carnatic compositions also use sanskrit. Its important to note that. Second: while carnatic music belings to the bhakti tradition the equivalent to that in the north is Sufi music. Why that is not considered classical us another big question. But if we dont note that it may make someone think k only in the south people werw devotional. But i think these two points are very important as people just watch on internet and repeat. They may misinterpret your video.

Extremely beautiful explanation...

Thank you! This was very helpful 😄

Excellent class

I like your video , My daughter wants to learn vocal singing foundation course

Carnatic music touches my heart ❤️ nd Hindustani music touches my soul 😌

Carnatic music has a hell lot of Samskruta Compositions

Intresting and great knowledge you shared Mdm Prathiba thank you god bless u..🙏🙏🙏

Hindustani music touches the heart where in Carnatic music touches the soul❤

Could you do a video about to give some tips for design a music class or a music school interior

Super mam, really so helpful for me 🙏

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you.

Very useful information...thank you.. wishes 🙏

Teacher, if I want to be a bollywood vocal artist(singer), what should I learn to build my music base?? Carnatic music or Hindustani music? Or something else? Please tell me kindly.🙂please help me. 🙂 

I love Odissi classical music

Swaras of padariyen padipariyen song podunga sis

Thank you mam 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thankyou so much for the explanation❤

Thank you for teaching. 🙏🪷

Thank you very much 🙏🏽Wonderful

lovely explanation. Short and sweet