Dear Rasika, The wonderful thing about Ragas in the Indian Classical music system is that they are unique, and each one of them have something that is typically only associated with them, that which is irreplaceable. It is easy to fool an average listener in a little game of "Identify the raga" in a post-dinner Carnatic music party, and chuckle as he identifies a Sri raga as a Madhyamavati or a Pharas as a Mayamalavagowla..but how many of us self-confessed aficionados of this great system really have a fool-proof method of unambiguously identifying, each time, every time, the raga correctly? I doubt very many of us do, and this includes the smug critic or the know-it-all mama-mami duo next door. Lets face it - there are many factors that go into identifying a raga - the musical intelligence of the person who is playing or singing in the specimen recording, the level of sophistication of the music system, the extent of deafness of the listener or the lack of it, peer pressur...
Hello Ms. Charulatha, I feel fortunate having had a chance to view your interview in Indiaglitz. I have also been aware of your Isaipayanam program. I just could nt resist writing a note here to appreciate you for such a wonderful job in tamil playback singing and all your sincere efforts towards bringing music to all of us. Thanks. My wishes to you and your family. Hoping to listen to more such interesting interviews after many many successful songs..
ReplyDeleteRegards, Prabhakar Mohan