December 31, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
My mom loves this song. She has been asking me to learn this song from a very long time …..and I have not been a very nice daughter ….this song is still pending in my list of songs that I want to learn:)
A beautiful song composed in the Tamil language…..devoted to the Goddess
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December 21, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
A song which is sung in the nalungu function of the wedding…specifically when the grrom and bride are playing with the flower ball…
http://www.fulfillr.com/music/gallery/Sendadinaare-Smt-Sudha-Raghunathan-Songs-Marriage-Songs
you can find more songs for the wedding at
http://www.fulfillr.com/music/gallery/all/Balaji
some insight into Tamil-Iyer wedding
http://hubpages.com/hub/-A-Traditional-South-Indian-Wedding
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December 21, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 2 Comments
another marriage song
GOUREE KALYAANAM
Gouree kalyaaNa vaibogamae (gouree)
Vasudeva thavabaala asura kulakala
Sasivadana rukmani sathyabhama lola(gouree)
Kothodu vaazhaimaram kondu vandu niruthi
Amman koppudaiya panthalukku mael kattu katii(gouree)
Seetha kalyanam is another song…
getting a little more carnatic (from karnatik.com)….more details of this song are as below:
seetha kalyaaNa vaibOgamE
raagam: shankaraabharaNam
29 dheera shankaraabharaNam mela
Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 [...]
December 21, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
Singing songs is a part and parcel of the hindu tamil Brahmin wedding. There are a lot of traditional songs that have come down ancestrally. These are composed with the thought that the bride and bridegroom are the god and godess themselves. The songs are short and rythmic….They add to the absolutely enthusiastic atmosphere of [...]
December 15, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
This was one of the first songs that I learnt myself. The concept of learning carnatic songs by myself was quite alien to me. Even when suggested to learn some songs…. I used to find it ridiculous….”learning carnatic songs…without a teacher….??? Me?? …no way”
Bt eventually I started attempting it. It gavce me immense confidence. Of [...]
December 10, 2009 - Posted by vidhya- 0 Comments
I was looking through my blogs and found that I had decribed different aspects of music like raagam and swaram but I have missed out thalam….donno how…
Anyway….here we go
One of the main ingredients of music is rhythm which is nothing but the thalam. We can listen to variety of songs today from carnatic to rock….in [...]