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
What a nice voice you have, my god. Please don't waste your voice by singing songs like this. Its my humble request.
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Hi Charu..with respect to the SONG- u have done 500% justice. But i stick to Chandru's comments, please keep an watch on the Genre if possible.
ReplyDeletehello charulatha i love all your carnatic songs .
ReplyDeleteYou hve gifted voice. Keep it up. Let it be any music whether Carnatic or Cinema we listen very happily. God bless you. Your tips about raga songs is very interesting. I have about 300 songs of various raga songs. Regards, Bala TV
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