Tillana

Carnatic music
Tanjavur-style tambura
Concepts
Śruti Svara Rāga Tāḷa Mēḷakarta Asaṃpūrṇa Mēḷakarta
Compositions
Gītaṃ Svarajati Varṇaṃ Kr̥ti Kīrtana Rāgaṃ Tānaṃ Pallavi Tillana
Instruments
Melody Sarasvati Vīṇā Veṇu Nādasvaraṃ Goṭṭuvādyaṃ (Citra Vīṇā) Violin Percussion Mr̥daṅgaṃ Ghaṭaṃ Morsing Kanjira Thavil Drone Tambura Shruti box
Composers Glossary
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A Tillana or thillana is a rhythmic piece in South Indian Carnatic music that is generally performed at the end of a concert and widely used in classical indian dance performances. It was popularised by Dr. M Balamuralikrishna, Lalgudi Jayaraman and some other musicians^[1]^[2]^[3] A Tillana uses tala-like phrases in the pallavi and anupallavi, and lyrics in the charanam.

The thillana is based on the tarana which was introduced by Amir Khusrau (1253-1325 CE).^[4]

Popular Compositions

BY OTHER COMPOSERS

Kalinga Narthana Thillana composed by Sri Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi (Ragam: Gambhira Natta)
Dhanashree Thillana composed by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal and tuned by Lalgudi Jayaraman
Khamas Thillana composed by Patnam Subramania Iyer (Ragam: Khamas)
Kaapi Thillana, composed by Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan
Basant Bahar Thillana, composed by Maharajapuram Santhanam
Behag Thillana, composed by Veene Sheshanna
Behag Thillana, composed by Abhishek Raghuram
Dwijavanthi Thillana by Bharat Sundar

^ "Pure aural feast". The Hindu. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Subrahmanyam, Velcheti (2 February 2012). "Master holds in hypnotic spell". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Kumar, Ranee (16 February 2012). "Resonant repertoire". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Singh, Thakur Jai Deva (1975). "Khusrau's Musical Compositions". In Ansari, Zoe (ed.). Life, Times & Works of Amir Khusrau Dehlavi. New Delhi: National Amir Khusrau Society. p. 276.

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