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...
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happy deepavali T HANK YOU for the audio clips I am enjoying your melodious music.
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ReplyDeleteAll are very nice.I listened today
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K.Sarvananda
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Thank you for the New Audio Clips and associated videos Uploaded. My wife and I enjoyed them thoroughly. I do not know whether they are available for purchase in London or could only be bought on line.
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K Sothisrihari
YOUR RADIO CONCERT IS MATHURAM I enjoyed it very WELL MUSICALLY YOURS GURUSWAMY
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