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:''Kriti is also a spelling of [[Crete]], Greece''

'''''Kriti''''' ([[Sanskrit]]: कृति, '''''kṛti''''') is a format of musical composition typical to [[Carnatic music]]. ''Kritis'' form the mental backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and is the longer format of Carnatic song. "Kriti" also means Creation.

==Structure==
Conventional ''Kritis'' typically contain three parts
#''[[Pallavi]]'', the equivalent of a [[refrain]] in Western music
#''[[Anupallavi]]'', the second verse, which is sometimes optional
#''[[Charanam]]'', the final (and longest) verse that wraps up the song

The ''charanam'' usually borrows patterns from the ''anupallavi''. The ''charanam's'' last line usually contains the composer's signature, or ''[[mudra (music)|mudra]]'', with which the composer leaves their mark.

==Variations==
Some Kritis have a verse between the ''anupallavi'' and the ''{{IAST|charaṇam}}'', called the ''[[Chitta swara|{{IAST|chiṭṭaswara}}]]''. This verse consists only of notes, and has no words. Other ''krithis'', particularly some of [[Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi]] and [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]'s compositions, are intentionally composed without an ''annupallavi'', where the verse after the pallavi is called the ''samashti charanam''. Still others have some more ''sāhityā'' at the end of the ''{{IAST|charaṇam}}'', set in ''madhyamakāla'' (few lines within a song that are sung faster than the rest of it).<ref>[http://aboutindianmusic.blogspot.com/p/carnatic-music-trinity.html About Indian Music]</ref>

There are krithi's, such as [[Thyagaraja]]'s ''Enduku Nirdhaya'' that have no ''annupallavi'' but many short ''charanams''. Often, the artists take up certain lines of a Krithi for ''[[neraval]]''.  One of the greatest explorers of the krti form was [[Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi]] (1700–1765), who has created numerous varieties within this form, often with innovations in contrasting speeds, gaits (''gatis'') and lyrical variation (''sahitya-sangatis''), sectional partitioning and singular blending of rhythmic syllables and lyrics.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.shivkumar.org/music/index.html Sivakumar Carnatic Music Archive Kriti collection]

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[[Category:Carnatic music terminology]]


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