A Short Note About Indian Classical Music :
Indian classical music has its origin in ancient Vedas dating back to 1500 B.C. .The Samaveda was derived from the Rigveda so that its hymns could be sung as Samagana. This chanting style evolved into jatis and eventually into ragas.
There are two main sub-genres of Indian classical music :
1) Hindustani Music: which emerged as a distinct form because of Persian influences in North India.
2)Carnatic Music: associated with southern part of the Indian subcontinent.
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Carnatic music "kirthi":
Krithi is a type of 'sabhaa gaanam', one of the most important types of songs . They can be either about God or about worldly matters .
(sabhaa gaanam - musical forms for concerts, including varnam (a link to abhyaasa gaanam), kritis, keertanais, tEvaram, tiruppugazh, divya prabhandam, tiruaruTpa, tirukkuraL, padam, jaavali, tillaanaa, raagamaalika, taarangam, ashTapadi, Daruvu, and pallavi)
A kirthi has:
Pallavi: - meaning sprout or bud (or leaf) in the comparison of a song with a tree, it is usually the first section of a song, which may be repeated again after the anupallavi and caraNas. It is usually short (1-2 lines).
Anupallavi :- usually the second section of a song, after the pallavi and before the caraNam, often of 2 lines. After this, the pallavi is repeated. Since anu means small, this is like a small pallavi.
caraNam - literally meaning "foot," it is the root of the song (which is like a tree). This is the end section of a song, sung after the pallavi and anupallavi. A song may have multiple caraNas. In songs which have no anupallavi, there is often a samaashTi caraNa, which combines the two.
Information from : karnatik.com page (This is just to acknowledge the source of information as I didn't wrote it myself and not for advertising).
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