Adi tala (8 beats) demonstrated by T.R. Sundaresan https://youtu.be/1nuVVk7nn8g Adi tala (8 beats) solo by T.R. Sundaresan Misra chapu tala (7 beats) performed as konnakkol by T.R. Sundaresan
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Gudu Gudu for “Happy days ahead”: Carnatic music at its innovative best – KaraikudiVoyage
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qd6DRL-2XkY Gudu Gudu makes wonderful listening, time and again. A rendition by Sreevidhya Chandramouli along with her husband and son as part of their ongoing KaraikudiVoyage. This song encapsulates the healing power of music waiting to be brought into practice on a more regular base for being rooted in tradition at its very best. Translation …
“Sampradaya is like a broad river and the bani is a tributary”: Umayalpuram Sivaraman on his 75 years of performance
Mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman © The Hindu Sampradaya is like a broad river and the bani is a tributary. It is born out of creativity and sustained when creativity combines with novelty, while based on the core principles. It should be aesthetically beautiful and serve as something new for present and future generations to work …
“Only a tambura can bring in a tranquil aura”: Musicians comment on the convenience and compromise of digital tanpura
South Indian Tambura | Experience | Instruments >> The four strings of the tambura that provide sruthi or the basic swara (pitch) for musicians are considered the life force for any melodic exercise. Fixed in jack wood to enhance the naada, yesteryear musicians were stuck to this pitch provider because there were no alternatives. […] While …
Flow | Colourful and creative “when life is attuned to a single tune” – Mahatma Gandhi
An exercise for raga Kuntalavarali (YouTube) >> The above exercise is inspired by eminent Carnatic flautist Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar rendering Bhogindra Sayinam (Kuntalavarali, Khanda capu) by Svati Tirunal Excerpt © HMV Marga 1996 cassette recording South Indian conventions (raga names & svara notation): karnATik.com | Guide >> raagam: kuntalavarALiAa: S M1 P D2 N2 D2 S | Av: S N2 D2 …