Composers
The only one in the music trinity that also composed in Tamil
Syaama Sastri/Shyama Shashtri
Name two "mitra" (friends) ragam
Sriranjani , Janaranjani, Karnaranjani, Chayaranjani.
How many total Suladi talas are there?
35
Purandara Dasa introduced this raga to be best suited for beginners
Maya Malavagowla
Who was the first to receive the Sangita Kalanidhi title?
Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar
The popular “Thyagaraja kriti Seetha Kalyanamae vaibhogamae” is set in which Raga?
Seetha Kalyana Vaibhogame is set in Kurinji ragam which inturn is a janya raagam (daughter) of Shankarabharanam.
Who formalized the Sapta Suladi taala system?
Purandara Daasa
Which great Carnatic musician used the signature Guru Guha?
'Guruguha' is the signature of the carnatic music composer Shri. Muttusvami Dikshitar
Who is the oldest of the Carnatic Trinity?
Shyama Shastri
Which of the following melakartas has the most known janya ragas?
Kharaharapriyaa
What is the longest talam in Carnatic Music?
Simhanandana is the longest talam in world music. It has 18 angas, 128 kriyas(or beats) and 512 aksharas
Who received Sangeetha Kalanidhi title in 2023?
Bombay Jayshree
The currently used scheme of 72 Melakartas was created by?
Sri Venkatamakhi
Which Raga is absolutely exclusive to Syama Sastri?
Chintamani
Name the complex thalam that Sri Syama Sastry invented
Sharabha Nandini
Which was the song composed by Gopalakrishna Bharati when he met Tyaagaraja?
Sabhapatikku Veru Deivam in Abhogi
Begada was the specialization of this composer
PaTnam Subramanya Aiyya
Hindustani girijaa is closest to what Carnatic raga?
vasantaa
Which taalam was Ksheerasagara by Mysore Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar composed in?
in Talam Chatusra Jaathi Jhampa
Mahadeva Nattuvar was the first one to introduce this western instrument for Carnatic music in the 19th century.
Clarinet