RAgam, ThAnam, Pallavi - fascinating facts!

[N.R.Ranganathan]

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Dear Madam, In olden days, AIR used to broadcast RTP on Thursdays between 8 to 9 pm and a cutcheri for 1 1/2 hours between 7.30 to 9 pm on Fridays. Very enjoyable .

 

[Raji Ram]

I could get Sri. Sankaranarayanan's 'SEvikka vEndum aiyyA'

TVS - Sevikka Vendum

and Smt. M L V's 'RAga sudhArasa'. (audio quality is not very good!)

Raga Sudha Rasa - MLV

 

[Raji Ram]

Sri. T. N. Krishnan has rendered the famous RTP in the four rAgams SankarAbharaNam, ThOdi, KalyANi and DharbAr

on violin. It was broadcast today in FM Gold and was excellent! :thumb:

 

[manikan7]

Podhigai TV had a programme on all melakarthas and the great Mela ragamalika of Maha vaidhyanatha sivan. In addition to that there was a programme on the lakshana of RTP by Mrs. R.Vedavalli. It is available in Sangeethapriya.org. For those who are interested.

 

[SANDHYAV]

TVS with the voice support from behind is really good on youtube (pretty much like MS and co)!

 

[Raji Ram]

Today I came across this site, which is very interesting. :ranger:

It gives details of all the 72 mELa rAgams and many janya rAgams.

Here it is: Sangeetha Abhyas

 

[SANDHYAV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmNT8RNIBM

how similair to carnatic song, if we remove Hai Hai and Ho Ho and ofcourse Ha ha in the middle!

 

[SANDHYAV]

Madam ur innings in this thread is scant these days!, Car Coffee (Pun intended! posh name though for a very familiar ragam!!) caught my attention!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO3gRFz11yY

 

[Raji Ram]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmNT8RNIBM

how similair to carnatic song, if we remove Hai Hai and Ho Ho and ofcourse Ha ha in the middle!

This is based on 'Anandhabhairavi' rAgam.

Here is one more song in the same rAgam:

Mettu Podu - Duet

 

[Raji Ram]

Madam ur innings in this thread is scant these days!.....

I think I have given enough information in this thread; but would like to write about a few more rare rAgams!

If I participate in G D and chit chat forums, the time for this thread reduces!! :sad:

 

[Raji Ram]

Treat awaits here for lovers of music - Carnatic / film music / slOkams

Carnatic Radio - OnlineTamil Radio

 

[vsubbu48]

This is a really good website. When I opened this site today morning I was delighted to hear the concert of Abhishek Raghuram, one of my favourites. Thanks for the info.

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear Subbu Sir,

I too listened and enjoyed that concert. Abhishek is a very talented youngster. :thumb:

 

[vsubbu48]

I was under the impression that the vocalists have edged out instrumentalists in the carnatic music field. I was therefore surprised to see the following photo in dinamalar.com. Madam Raji would be happy to see this.

 

[Raji Ram]

The divine instrument Veena can never go extinct as some people fear!

Thanks for this photo Subbu Sir!

 

[SANDHYAV]

I was under the impression that the vocalists have edged out instrumentalists in the carnatic music field.

this would warrant a seperate thread i guess!!

vocalist is economically viable and invariably will include ateast a shruthi box!

cognitively the understanding can be 'Endaro mahanu bavu LOO'

Instrumentalists are GODS! according to me.

 

[Raji Ram]

this would warrant a seperate thread i guess!! ........

May be, Sandhya!

I consider anyone who produces good music - karNamrutham - is God, be it a vocalist or instrumentalist!

Smt. Sudha Raghunathan said in one of her interviews that it is amazing to note that such a tiny part, roughly in the

size of a big clove, viz. vocal chord of a human, could be trained to produced such a good music. :sing:

 

[Raji Ram]

This is a really good website. When I opened this site today morning I was delighted to hear the concert of Abhishek Raghuram, one of my favourites. Thanks for the info.

Dear Sir,

I used to rack my brain to identify a few artists! Today Google search gave the following link which gives the artists name.

carnaticradio.rad.io . Thanks to Prof. M S K sir who asked me how to find the name of unfamiliar artists!

Right now, the talented youngster Sriranjani Santhanagopalan has started her concert. :thumb:

 

[Raji Ram]

Only today I noticed that the song, rAgam, thALam and composer are displayed

(scrolls) along with the name of the artist(s), in carnaticradio.rad.io web page.

 

[vsubbu48]

Only today I noticed that the song, rAgam, thALam and composer are displayed

(scrolls) along with the name of the artist(s), in carnaticradio.rad.io web page.

This website is a link to another website carnaticradio.com, which in fact broadcasts the carnatic music. This is a Singapore based website and sometimes they webcast concerts real time, mostly in the months March/April.

 

[9868836164]

I feel the phrases are better. For example, let us take the same example, Anandabhairavi and Reetigowla. The phrase SGRGM is common in both. The latter half PDPS takes to Anandabhairavi easily and that NDMNNS takes us to Reetigowla easily. Like that , for example, Bhairavi, if we start from Rishabham, or the phrase RSNDSRGMPDNS and then avarohanam will be easier.

 

[Raji Ram]

I feel the phrases are better. ........

Dear friend,

Carnatic music IS based on phrases. We have to learn a few songs in each rAgam to know the flow of the rAgam and the

main phrases of that particular rAgam. 'kELvi jnAnam' is very important. If our music is only swaram based, then all mELa

rAgams will have the same pattern with different swarams! Some rAgams which are sung rarely do not have specific phrases

of their own and hence will sound like the mixture of two rAgams!

 

[Raji Ram]

Welcome to enjoy the full concert by the violin duo.

KUM.A.KANYAKUMARI AND SRI.EMBAR.S.KANNAN-VIOLIN DUET

 

[SANDHYAV]

size of a big clove, viz. vocal chord of a human, could be trained to produced such a good music. :sing:

HELP!! this RTP IS A bit difficult to figure out Madam! excellent voice and beautiful rendition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgYxkWW-7oQ

 

[Raji Ram]

Dear Sandhya,

I know that your favorite rAgam is NaLinakAnthi.

This Pallavi set to Thisra Thriputa thALam. Laghu with three counts + two druthams. (ThALam of the 5th AlankAram)

(It is similar to Adhi thALam but finger count is only two)

I am giving the aksharams as 24 + 16 + 16 for easy understanding. (capitals 2 aksharams; smalls 1 aksharam)

; ; ; S G R M ; ; pnP N | S' ; ; ; ; ; ; S'| , n P,m nPm M,g G || ,r S ; =
......NaLinakAn--thi-ma|thim.........Na |--mAm-ya--ham--Sa---dhA

Simpler version will be:

; ; ; S G R M ; ; P S' N | S' ; ; ; ; ; ; S' | N P ; N P M ; M || ; G R = repeat
.....NaLinakAn--thi-ma| thim........Na|--mam-ya-ham-Sa--dhA = (NaLina)

In 12 + 8 + 8 counts a simple jathi could be:

, , , tha ki ta thOm , , dheem , tha | dheem , , , , , , tha | ka dheem , tha ka thOm , tha || ri ki ta =