Go through the survey results compiled and saved here:
http://bit.ly/YmYZPK
The survey attracted 293 responses to the four key questions.
The answers showed that musicians and rasikas have a clear ranking of attributes in their minds of what constitutes good Carnatic music.
An analysis showed that there was no significant variation of ranking patterns among respondent sub-populations.
The confidence level of 95% with 293 sample responses represents only 5.7% error margin even for an assumed large population of one million rasikas.
The top attributes of Carnatic music voted are:
- Shruthi-alignment
- Bhakti/Bhava of lyrics
- Niraval and Kalpana swaras
- Alapana Virtuosity
- Trinity Compositions
- Ragam Tanam Pallavi
- On-stage Chemistry including accompanists
- Big Six Ragas (Kalyani, S'bharana, K'priya, Todi, Bhairavi, Kambhoji)
Hopefully musicians and patrons can derive some insights from this survey.
Ciao
