Paran
The word Paran is derived from the sankrit word parn which means a leat of a tree . The composition of a paran is likend to that of a leaf the leaf is joined to the tree by a small stem that goes on to form the main vein of the leaf , dividing it into two halves. Then there are more veins whIch branch out from this and they , in turn lead to more smaller veins. Then the entire leaf is full of these big and small veins and the leaf appears as equally divided and subdivided. This of the leaf is central to the composition of a paran. Just as seen in a leaf, the paran is made up of equally distributed heavy bols,which lead to smaller ones in turn and like the leaf,tapers off with a Tihaai.
The word paran is also used to signify a wing as in a bird. The bird has two wings one either side the flapping of which is uniform, rapid and swaying in rhythmic fashion just As it is felt in playing a paran or listening to it being played.An eagle is called supranational in Sanskriti paran is like the flights of a Eagle - taking off in an instant and soaring high with long spans comparable to the extended composition of a paran.
Parans are categorised into four types -
1) Saath Parans - as those pieces played in accompaniment.
2) G’th Parans - Parans without a tihaai-which can be played on the principles of Khali Bhari.
3) Bol Parans - Parans which are built around the poetic composition of a shloka ( couplets in Sanskrit ) These are also sometimes called k’vit.
4) Taal Parans - these are longis.
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