Sugama Sangeetha

Sugama Sangeetha (also referred to as Bhavageethe) is a genre of music in India. In this genre of music, poetry is set to a tune so that, the emotion hidden in the poetry could be presented in a more effective way. Since poetry forms the base, the tunes are set from the perspective of dynamics of literature in the poetry. Though this genre exist in many regions of India, it is well developed and reasonably popular mainly in Karnataka. This form generally uses the framework and melody of both Karnatik and Hindustani music, but need not adhere to the rules strictly. Most of the times it crosses the barrier of theory of classical music. Example could be an introduction of an external note in a raga (note that is not a part of the raga), usage of multiple ragas in the same poetry etc.