Produced by: Srishti's Carnatica Private Limited

Theme: Carnatic music education in a user-friendly manner

Unique feature: First CD-ROM on Carnatic music!

Authors: S Sowmya and K N Shashikiran

Designed by: DBS Multimedia

Notes: The first-of-its-kind CD-ROM on Carnatic music, Nadanubhava signifies a major breakthrough in the world of Carnatic music. This was brought out as a fitting tribute to commemorate the 50th year of Indian independence.

The origin of Carnatic music, traditional aspects, basic components like rhythmmelody and prosody, musical expressions, musical forms, concert presentation, comparative study of various music systems and the versatility of Carnatic music are presented in a user- friendly, interactive and informative format with apt audio - visual - graphic illustrations and easy English commentary. The highlight of the CD-ROM is, however, the Music Marvel section which has an Artiste Gallery featuring more than 100 artistes with audio clippings, self - educational musical exercises, composition index with a list of 500 well-known compositions, a composer index with the biographies of over 40 composers, the 72-melakarta chart, an A-Z glossary of musical terms with Sanskrit pronunciation, historical charts with important milestones in the annals of Carnatic music, a super Quiz, a reference index and a raga index supported with audio renditions of the scales. The CD-ROM aims at exposure, education, entertainment and excellence in Carnatic music.