DDS I have been singing classical
Hindustani music for over eight years
now most of you in this room have
probably never heard of this type of
music but for me this type of music is
very calming and relaxing and it helps
me take my mind off of stressful things
classical Hindustani music originated
hundreds of years ago in northern India
this type of music was created
specifically to trigger certain emotions
when certain raagas or sets of notes
were saying in classical Hindustani
music every song is a construction of
raga meaning that every song is built on
a specific set of notes every note has a
different mood or state of mind
associated with it which is what
triggers the emotions the notes and
classical in the sunny music are saw
today yoga mom ba da knee and saw just
like on western music there’s doe ray me
Fah Soh lah tea and doe something
interesting is that in Sanskrit raga
means color or hue and every color has
an emotion associated with it
for example green to me connected to NV
and red can be connected to anger or
high emotion similarly saw means
infinite area mean sorrow anger means
peace mom means excitement by means joy
and dominance discussed and Nieman’s
tranquil this creates a cycle of
spirituality sadness peace excitement
happiness revulsion and then peace and
then again spirituality because of these
triggers there are certain times of the
day that each rugger should ideally be
saying and for some their students which
are most suitable for it many studies
including one published on NIH have
shown that when these songs are saying
or even listen to it stimulates emotions
by altering the chemicals in your brain
at first when I heard this I thought it
was crazy but
and everything clicked a few years ago
when I was in Middle School my history
fair to my singing teacher needs to help
me with my history fair projects because
I would always do some sort of
performance and my topic would always be
something about India because it was a
dramatic presentation on why don’t you
use music to help convey my characters
emotions to the audience he gave me
advice on which notes to emphasize and
which combinations of notes sounded the
best for the mood I was trying to convey
this connects to the idea in the study
that every note stimulates a different
emotion I found that when I sang these
songs not only did the audience feel a
certain way but I also felt the emotions
connecting to the raga I realized that I
somehow always unconsciously knew that I
always felt certain things when I sang
certain ragas for example when I have
been tired and I had to practice singing
our typically seeing ragaman which is a
calm peaceful and very happy raga by the
end of my practice I feel happy and very
relaxed on the other hand when I was
bored and I had to practice I would sing
rod bite of tip number one because it
correspond with the way I was already
feeling and number two because it’s one
of the easiest draaga’s to sing the mood
corresponding with Drogba Tov is dark
quiet and serious a couple weeks ago I
was curious so I asked some friends how
they felt when they listen to classical
and sunny music the song I asked them to
listen to was called Eddie Ali
piadina from raag Yaman the emotions
corresponding to this song are happy
peaceful and relaxed I also asked
friends that have never heard of this
style of music before to see if they
would feel the emotions corresponding to
the raga and most of them did without me
having to tell them what they were we
all felt very quiet peaceful and relaxed
now I’m gonna sing for you guys and you
can tell me if you feel peaceful and
relaxed at the end of it
oh goody partner Tina Tina Tina psyche
[Music]
my psyche
the time of day that this song should be
saying is in the evening the calming and
soothing effects of this raga would give
a person a good night’s sleep studies
have shown that when songs are saying at
the correct time of day the impact of
the note is strengthened this technique
of singing or listening to various notes
can be used to treat depression by
balancing the chemicals in your brain
another application of this idea is to
treat insomnia caused by restlessness or
anxiety as some raagas can create a very
soothing and peaceful sensation as I
have said before I have used this type
of music to set the mood and many shorts
the source gets and plays this has been
an effective way of conveying the mood
of my scene and my character to the
audience I hope that next time any of
you are feeling sad or unhappy you will
listen to classical Hindustani music or
any type of music to cheer you up
thank you [Applause]