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Murki is a short taan or inverted mordent in Hindustani classical music, known as pratyahatam in Carnatic music. It is a fast and delicate ornamentation or alankar, employing two or more notes and is similar to a mordent or ulta murki. A murki is less forceful than a khatka or a zamzama. A combination like R R S S could be a murki or a khatka or the starting point of a zamzama, depending on the force of delivery. Murkis may or may not be appropriate for a given raga. It is also employed in thumris and other lighter genres.

In Punjab it is also called harkat.

See also

References

  1. Emmie te Nijenhuis (1976). The Rāgas of Somanātha: Musical exemples. Part 2. Brill Archive. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-90-04-04873-7. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. Jan Laurens Hartong (2006). Musical Terms World Wide: A Companion for the Musical Explorer. Semar Publishers Srl. p. 165. ISBN 978-88-7778-090-4. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  3. Emmie te Nijenhuis (5 January 1974). Indian Music: History and Structure. BRILL. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-90-04-03978-0. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. Murki ITC Sangeet Research Academy.


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