January 20, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
Another impressive movie song composed by Rahman for the movie duet……mettu podu… I love this song for its rhythm.
The lyrics are as follows
Song – MettuppOdu
Movie – Duet
Singer- SPBaalasubramaniam
raagam – aananda bhairavi
thangamE thamizhukkillai thattuppaadu
oru sarakkirukkudhu murukkirukkudhu mettuppOdu
mettuppOdu mettuppOdu
en thai kodhuttha thamizhukkilai thattuppaadu
etthanai sSabaigal kandOm etthanayetthanai thadayum kandOm
atthanayum Soodam kaatti chuttuppOdu
mettuppOdu mettuppOdu
ada kadalukkundu karppanaikkillai kattuppaadu
mettuppOdu..
idhu makkaL paattu [...]
January 20, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
This is a song that came across when I was listening to the songs of the movie morning raga. Beautiful song….its slow…but has got the gaiety in it.
Listen to it at http://www.video4viet.com/watchvideo.html?id=NcUCgRccQZk&title=M%20S%20Subbulakshmi%20Daru%20Varnam%20Mathe%20Malayadwaja%20Pandya%20Sanjathe%20Khamas
Song: Mathe maladwaja
Raagam: Kamaas
Aa: S M1 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
Parent raagam: Harikambhoji (28th melakartha)
Taalam: [...]
January 10, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
I found this website
http://www.sadhanaschoolofarts.com/Material/Samples/
here you have samples of music pieces that can be downloaded. These are basics of music and so one can learn carnatic music basics online….try it…
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January 10, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
As I browse through the internet for different information, I stumble across a lot of websites. Not sure how many of them people know about. Just thought I shall mention a few of them here..
All these give us some insight about carnatic music
http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/carnatic_sangeet.html
http://www.karnatik.com/
http://www.indianmelody.com/carnaticintro.htm
Wikipedia about basic terms in carnatic music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_music#.C5.9Aruti
different types of songs
http://www.carnatica.net/sangeet/sahityanubhava2.htm
some comparisons between the [...]
January 10, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
Neeraval is another kind of improvisation in carnatic music. Here, the singer sings one line of the song repeatedly with different notes…of course maintaining the raagam, the rhythm…
Thanam is usually sung as part of the central ‘ragam-tanam-pallavi’ piece. Thanam has no thalam as such but has a distinct rhythm. The music is usually in the [...]
January 8, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
Aalapanai and kalpana swaram are 2 of the aspects of carnatic music where the musician shows his creativity and level of training in a particular raagam.
Aalapanai comes normally in the beginning of a song. Here the musician improvises gradually from a lower note in the raagam and goes ahead setting a mood and stage for [...]
January 8, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
I have described various different raagams in many of the songs that I have reviewed. I have sometimes mentioned that certain raagams are associated with a certain rasa….
This blog post is to throw a little light on this aspect of raagam…
Rasa is related to emotions….when I say the rasa associated with a raagam, I mean, [...]
January 1, 2010 - Posted by vidhya - 0 Comments
A very nice easy to learn song on lord Krishna….heard it today on TV in the margazhi mahotsavam. Sudha Raghunathan sang this song. I remembered that last year Aruna Sairam had sung the same song.
Only what is surprising is…..the prder in which the charanams weresung by both the artists is totally different. However, the words [...]
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
You can be [...]
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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