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...
Thanks. very excellent exposition of a majestic melody Hamsanadham
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jagannathan
Excellent exposition of Hamsanadam
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Dear Madam
ReplyDeleteI listened to the song.It is quite melodeous.
Thanks and regards
CSK.
Thank you for sharing your music. We loved it and are quite amazed of your knowledge about the ragas. We look forward to more music sharing through your website Isaipayanam and updates.
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S.Ranganathan and Vasanthi Ranganathan
You bring me closer to the divine Charulatha. Keep it up. God bless you.
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ReplyDelete"Ehiludai hamsanadham..." is a work of Tanjavore Sankara Iyer is also in Hamsanadham, a wonderful composition.
Than you
Adarsh