September 28, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 1 Comment
This is another Purandara Dasa’s song. A raagam that I love….also a song that I love.
I learnt this song in the same raagam…but the tune is dfferent from http://www.themusichutch.com/listen.php?songid=49284 …this is also nice
I did not find too much info about this song on the internet…so whatever I am putting down is all that I know.
Song: Ambegaalikkuthali
Ragam: [...]
September 28, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 3 Comments
This is a nice devarnama….but somehow…it took a long time for me to pick up this song. So obviously it is not on my favourites list:)
But if you actually see…it is a nice song on Lord Krishna in the Kaanada raagam.
I did not know that Kaanada raagam is a short form of karnataka Devagaandhaari….. I [...]
September 26, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
A nice Thyagaraja composition. I would not say it is my favourite….but yes…it is a beautiful song reminding us of Janaki…This song kind of depicts the phrase ” There is always a woman behind every man’s success”
Thyagaraja here tells us how it was actually through Sita that Rama gained the great name….. She could [...]
September 26, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
This is a beautiful song in praise of the Goddess Kamakshi. I also love it because of other reasons.
This was a song that I learnt in a jiffy. It so happened that my music teacher’s husband (who is a singer himself) was free one of the days when I went for the class. So he [...]
September 24, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
manasa yetulo was one of the thyagraja’s song that I got to sing on stage….
it was not a big deal stage…but it meant a big deal to me as I am not a professional singer, and singing with the pakka vadhyam (instruments) means a lot to me. it was the Thyagaraja aaradhanai organized by my [...]
September 24, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
Raagarathna was a song that I did not like too much at the first shot. But the raagam is nice..reethigowla is a nice melodious ragam. Paripalayamam is another song in the smae raagam.
You can listen to this song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrdNZJMryjc
Song: Raaga rathna
Talam: Rupakam
Language: Telugu
Composer: Thyagaraja
Aa: S G2 R2 G2 M1 N2 D2 M1 N2 N2 [...]
September 24, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 1 Comment
This is a song that daddy wanted me to learn very much. It was one of the songs in the Telgu mvie Shankarabharanam….He loved the cittaswaram and wanted me to sing it. At first I had tried learning it myself….but was not so successful.
But the later.. i learnt it in the music class…the right way:)
Song: [...]
September 5, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
I cannot believe that i have not yet written a post on this song. All time favourite……has been in my mind since I was a kid…..
The ragam is also one that I love. It is the first ragam in which I learnt aalapanai…
I also learnt this song from 2 of my teachers….with a lot of [...]
September 5, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
I loved this song. It has a very nice base sound….lovely song
Also a song that I ind of learnt at one shot …so has a special place in my own hall of fame
I have blogged before about this ragam in the song Bramham okkate..Tis raagam is supposed to be a morning raagam…
now to the [...]
September 3, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
This is a raagam that I have already described in my post on Sri guruguha http://allyouwannaknow.net/musicandme/2009/05/03/shri-guruguha-shuddha-saveri/
Not a very famous song for me…..struggled to learn it…had a number of breaks when I was learning this song….So not really fond of it
Song: Janani paahi
Raagam: Shuddha Saveri
Talam: Thriputa
Parent raagam: Dheera shankarabharanam (29th melakartha)
Aa: S R2 M1 [...]