Abstract:
The Carnatic Music is the Classical Music form, which is used for the Bharatha Dance concerts.
Pitch central and Rhythm are considered as Mother and Father of the Carnatic Music. The both are
the fundamentals for not only the Carnatic music; those are essential measures for all the music
forms of the world. Even though, the significant importance is not given to the rhythmic structure of
the music in the Bharatha Dance Concerts. It shall affect the appreciation level of the audience of the
concert. This research is to prove the hypothesis “The significant importance is not given to the
rhythmic structure of the music in the Bharatha Dance Concerts”. The Varnam, which is the Main
composition of the Bharatha Dance concert, is collected as the research sample. The convenient
sampling technique is used. The different five Varnam compositions, performed for the different
recognized dance concerts of the top most eminent artists of India are collected as the audio
recordings. The recordings are analyzed and the rhythmic structure is measured with the
Metronome Software applications. The results support the hypothesis. The recommendation is
given to the society as follows. A proper mechanism shall be adapted to Bharatha Dance Music, in
order to maintain the rhythmic structure of the concert. The modern rhythmic measures like
Metronome or Thala Meter shall be used for the Dance Music training.
