I heard the song Hari smarane by Purandara dasa and could not help but notice the uncanny resemblance with Krishna nee begane baro. Somehow I felt it was not just the ragam that was the same…..most of the swarams also looked same to me.
Krishna ne begane baro by K J Yesudas can be listened to [...]
We have so many musical instruments in India. So all of us know about all instruments? I don’t know most of them. So it is of course not right on my part to describe these instruments in my blog:)
But I did find interesting information on http://sify.com/carnaticmusic/fullstory.php?id=13167931&page=1 . it is worth reading.
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Short and sweet is what this song is all about….
Another Purandara dasa’s composition… Tamburi meetidhava
My sister introduced me to this song. She heard it somewhere and kept saying I must learn it… I had not heard it before. I researched it and found it to be a very short and sweet song.
You can listen to [...]
If anyone wants to start learning music really thoroughly….first the basics and theory is important…. this can be learnt very well from http://www.khazana.com/et/music/gentle1.asp?mscssid=5A1V2QVKH13D9JA8R5BUMHQH8759DGG9
I founf the information amazing. the lessons are divided into parts. but one must be passionate to have the patience to go through so much info. Its a lot….but it is worth knowing [...]
Another lovely composition of Purandara Dasa…..Ksheerabhdhi Kannike…
Amma had heard the ladies in her ladies sing it at some temple….she always asked me to learn it. I never found this song. I always found another Telugu song also starting with Ksheerabdhi kannike. I have no idea if this is a translation of the same song. However, [...]
A very nice composition by Purandaradasa….here…he talks about how the tongue must be under contol..
This was a poem that we had in school..
You can listen to the song at http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/carnatic_vocal/s/composer.13/
But the song is not complete….there are few more parahs… I don’t remember them… so I have just put down what is there in the song [...]
Yadava nee baa is a song composed by Purandara dasa on Lord Krishna. A nice song. I have learnt it in the Abheri ragam. I think this song is also sung in many other raagams like Kanada, shanmugapriya….
Song: Yaadava nee ba
Ragam: Abheri
A: S G2 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 [...]
Aadhadhu Asangadhu…………..A beautiful song on lord Krishna…
Somehow it turns out that most of the catchy songs…filled with enthusiasm and livelyness…. are all songs on Lord Krishna…..
A nice simple song here in the Tamil language….
you can listen to it at http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/devotional/s/diety.33/
many other well known songs composed in this ragam are bhagyadha lakshmi baaramma, samajavara gamana
Now getting [...]
I got a few chances to display my talents as a classical dancer on stage… and some of these chances were given by my mother’s ladies club. I always had one place in their annual programs list…
One of the dances that I performed was for the song Jaya Janaki. Somehow….the song that I danced for [...]
We have heard of a lot of wonder kids….how they have special abilities…
I myself have spoken about one such Romanian kid’s singing in http://www.allyouwannaknow.net/musicandme/2008/11/18/ghita/
I found one such on the internet. There is this small girl…..who is learning carnatic music…and she has this incredible knowledge…or power….orjust listening capacity…whatever pone may call it….she can identify the raagam [...]