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Music Season 2023 - Isai Payanam @ Humour Club

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 Live Video Recording of Isai Payanam @ Humour Club, 10th December 2023 Other season concerts be published soon! Subscribe to Isai Payanam Youtube Channel and enable notifications to receive updates Follow this blog to get notified of new content.

Music Season 2023 - Isai Payanam @ Kalavai

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 Live Video Recording of Isai Payanam @ Kalavai, 5th December 2023 Other season concerts be published soon! Subscribe to Isai Payanam Youtube Channel and enable notifications to receive updates Follow this blog to get notified of new content.

Isai Payanam - KAANADA & DURBARI KAANADA Live!!

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  One of the most moving ragas in Indian music, Durbari, and its close companion Kaanada are handled here in a detailed exploration from the perspectives of classical and film music across the decades. Joined forces by Vid. Bombay Anand and Vid. S. J. Arjun Ganesh, I present several superhits in this offering. As I have observed in this recording, in the context of film music Durbari Kaanada and Kaanada have often been used as a melange by music composers. For more on  Durbari Kaanada and Kaanada: https://charulathamani.blogspot.com/2012/06/ragas-journey-dynamic-durbarikaanada.html For all ISAI PAYANAM programs:  youtube.com/isaipayanam

Beauty of Bowli

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    The waft of the first filter coffee brew or the visual delights of an intricately drawn  kolam  at the entrance of the house do indeed herald energizing mornings, however, nothing compares to the beauty of a well-crafted Bowli ragam to ring in the day in the most auspicious way.     The intervals in Bowli are some of the most interesting in Karnatik music. The suddha rishabha to antara gandhara interval that gives way to the gandhara to pancama intervals sets up an open purvanga. The uttaranga has suddha dhaivata ti sadhja leap, once again an open and free-flowing intervallic placement. I have wondered if perhaps it is because of these broad intervals between notes that Bowli holds out the promise of a morning of possibilities, freedom and hope. The descent features the kakali nishada, almost as a grace note, de-emphasised in theory.      Thus Bowli is a fresh ragam heralding new beginnings. With plentiful kritis - many of which...

Musings on AI and Karnatik music

       I do wonder how Artificial Intelligence can be integrated into the learning, performance, and practice of Karnatik music. There are those who do believe that a traditional artform such as Karnatik music much rather be left as it is even as the world gallops on with AI touching almost every aspect of human life as we know it. However, I do believe that there could be advantages in deploying AI in our music - particularly music education and training for performance. For instance, using AI and Machine Learning to predict the prayogas that follow one another in any given raga could become a useful tool for training students of Karnatik music in manodharma sangeetam. When I was a student of music in Chennai, we would spend hours with the guru, generating prayoga after prayoga in a call and response format. In today's world wherein online guru-sishya dyads and groups abound, a tool such as this could save time and optimise learning resources while also affording a ...

Atana for Inspiring Valour

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Read the Article Download the PDF Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani - Raga Atana: Raga Atana - Ni Irangayenil - Papanasam Sivan Sakala graha - Atana - Purandara Dasar Bhajana seya raada - Atana - Thyagaraja Raga Atana in Film Music: Also, in "A Raga's Journey": Full of surprises - Ragas Vasantabhairavi and Begada Soothing the Senses - Raga Nilambari A Rare Treat - Raga Saramati Morning Ragas - Ramapriya and Rishabhapriya Pious Notes - Ragas Nasikabhushani and Vagadeeshwari Priya Principle - Ragas Rasikapriya and Ratipatipriya Versatile Nattai Positively Tranquil - Raga Harikambhoji Catchy and Classical - Raga Sankarabharanam Of Love and Longing - Chandrakauns and Surya Godly Gowrimanohari Kedaragowla’s Many Moods The Royal Durbar Joy of Hamirkalyani Power of Three - Ragas Madhyamavati, Brindavanasaranga, Brindavani Wake up to Valaji Distinctly Classical - Ragas Gowla and Lalitha Auspicious Sri A Complex Beauty - Raga Dwijavanti Tale of ...

Full of surprises - Ragas Vasantabhairavi and Begada

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https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/full-of-surprises/article5901743.ece Download the PDF Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani - Raga Vasantabhairavi: Raga Vasantabhairavi in Film Music: Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani - Raga Begada: Audio Clips: Vallabha Nayakasya - Begada - Muthuswamy Dikshitar Sankari Neeve - Begada - Syama Sastry Raga Begada in Film Music: Also, in "A Raga's Journey": Soothing the Senses - Raga Nilambari A Rare Treat - Raga Saramati Morning Ragas - Ramapriya and Rishabhapriya Pious Notes - Ragas Nasikabhushani and Vagadeeshwari Priya Principle - Ragas Rasikapriya and Ratipatipriya Versatile Nattai Positively Tranquil - Raga Harikambhoji Catchy and Classical - Raga Sankarabharanam Of Love and Longing - Chandrakauns and Surya Godly Gowrimanohari Kedaragowla’s Many Moods The Royal Durbar Joy of Hamirkalyani Power of Three - Ragas Madhyamavati, Brindavanasaranga, Brindavani Wake up to Valaji Distinct...

Sadhinchene: Thyagaraja's Pancharatna Kriti in Raga Arabhi with Lyrics a...

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