Musings on AI and Karnatik music
I do wonder how Artificial Intelligence can be integrated into the learning, performance, and practice of Karnatik music. There are those who do believe that a traditional artform such as Karnatik music much rather be left as it is even as the world gallops on with AI touching almost every aspect of human life as we know it. However, I do believe that there could be advantages in deploying AI in our music - particularly music education and training for performance. For instance, using AI and Machine Learning to predict the prayogas that follow one another in any given raga could become a useful tool for training students of Karnatik music in manodharma sangeetam. When I was a student of music in Chennai, we would spend hours with the guru, generating prayoga after prayoga in a call and response format. In today's world wherein online guru-sishya dyads and groups abound, a tool such as this could save time and optimise learning resources while also affording a ...
