I watched the Carnatic music concert by Amritha Murali on Youtube. The concert was more quiet for the most part in my opinion. It never got loud like some of the orchestra symphonies did that we watched in class. It was a smaller concert with a small ensemble; one woman singer, a drummer, violinist, someone playing a chordophone, and someone playing a membranophone. This ensemble created a lighter sound. Occasionally the drum would become more prominent and at the end of the songs the violinist would play a soft melody. There was definitely a strong rhythm apparent by the larger drum for most of the concert. Also, the beats seemed to be organized into a meter of some sort for the most part. This steady beat and meter made me want to dance. There were times during the concert where I found myself imagining a belly dancer with the bells around their waist dancing to the music and it made me dance a little in my chair. As for syncopation, there was none in this concert. The instruments seemed to flow together very well and at no point did they seem to make the music off beat. The tempo was more of slow tempo to me, maybe a medium but it was steadily slow. This slower rhythm created a more relaxed and laid back mood. .
For the melody, from my understanding, it was contour and conjunct because it seemed to be singable and moving by steps. If I knew the language I feel as though I could have sung along to it. The pitch seemed to vary a lot which was produced by the lady whom was singing and the timbre was created by the four separate instruments mentioned above and the lady who was singing. The harmony was very constant in general; the drum had a steady beat and the large string instrument in the back was also keeping a pretty steady rhythm which helped keep the harmony constant. Honestly, to me it sounded like she was singing the same thing over and over again and the instruments seemed to be playing the same melody.
