Can digital alternatives substitute the original symbol of sruti?by Aruna Chandaraju in The Hindu, 29 March 2018 >>Classical musicians have many concerns. A major one is having a perfectly tuned tambura — when practising and performing. Naturally. The tambura aka tanpura, is the keeper of the pitch. It is the guardian of the right note. …
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Doordarshan television 07/10/2019T.R. Sundaresan Mridangam & Konnakkol, M.A. Sundareswaran Violin, Papanasam Sethuraman Kanjira, Trichy Murali Ghatam, A.S. Krishnan Morsing, Rama Sundareswaran Tampura. Related post“Sampradaya is like a broad river and the bani is a tributary”: Umayalpuram Sivaraman on his 75 years of performance >>
1. 0:0:00 kAmbhOdi aTa tALa varNam 2. 0:11:11 gajAnanayutam – chkravAkam 3. 0:20:16 sogasu jUDa – kannaDagowLam 4. 0:26:50 nenaruncarA nApaini – simha vAhini 5. 0:34:15 cinna nADE – kalAnidhi 6. 0:45:35 rAgam + manasu swAdhInamaina – shankarAbharaNam 7. 1:20:22 rAgam+ meevalla – kApi 8. 1:35:38 rAgam + parama pAvana rAma – pUrvikalyANi + thani …
https://youtu.be/QXhxrOD5yng Yet another proof and a delightful one (if any were needed), that”Music is the purest form of art, and therefore the most direct expression of beauty, with a form and spirit which is one, and simple, and least encumbered with anything extraneous. … No one of its notes is final, yet each reflects the …
https://youtu.be/h5cWjCFTMe8 Carnatic Wave is an aural journey into the Karaikudi Veena tradition, a centuries old practice of Southern Indian classical music being carried on by a group of musicians in Portland, Oregon. This short documentary offers a glimpse into their world of Carnatic music, highlighting the importance and challenge of teaching traditional art forms in …
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