For example, the neithal thinai, which dealt with the incidents around the seashore and the theme of elopement, had the musical mood of sevvazhi, Vilari yaazh as the musical instrument and the navayapambai for the percussion. The five landscapes are associated with a particular mood of the poem and to give colour to these moods, each had a musical mood ( pann), a melodic instrument ( yaazh) and a percussion instrument ( parai). The Sangam age grammatical work Tolkappiyam mentions the various music pertaining to the five landscapes ( thinai) of the Sangam literature. Music was an integral part of the compositions of the Tamil Saiva saints such as Appar, Siva Prakasar, Thirugnana Sambanthar and Manikkavasagar during the Hindu revival period between the 6th and the 10th century. The early narrative poem Cilappatikaram, belonging to the post-Sangam period (5th or 6th century) also mentions various forms of music practiced by the Tamil people. There are various references to this ancient musical tradition found in the ancient Sangam books such as Ettuthokai and Pattupattu. Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE.
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