tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post108425498016360521..comments2023-10-19T15:27:24.113+05:30Comments on My Musings: Importance of pronunciation and sAhitya in Classical Musicparijatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766691048085485541noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post-60335268028290832292007-10-15T06:22:00.000+05:302007-10-15T06:22:00.000+05:30"Canara Bank Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu" is a favorite o..."Canara Bank Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu" is a favorite of my beloved, and some weeks ago I happened to watch it too. Dr. S.P.B. was with his guest judge - a lady called Dr....Bhat whose Ph.D. was in Hindustani music. He asked her what was the difference between light music and classical. She replied that in light music the words and lyrics were important whereas in pure classical they were not.<BR/><BR/>However, I would agree with you and S.B. - "It is the confluence of sAhitya and sangIta that makes Carnatic music so beautiful."<BR/><BR/>Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, though an instrumentalist, has said that vocal music is the king of all music.<BR/><BR/>The late Ustad Vilayat Khan used to break into singing in the midst of his sitar playing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post-50790023489850486192007-07-22T08:39:00.000+05:302007-07-22T08:39:00.000+05:30The following is an extract from a post by Keshav ...The following is an extract from a post by Keshav in sampada.net <BR/><BR/>ಇನ್ನೊಮ್ಮೆ ಹೀಗೇ ಆಯಿತು, ರಾಗಧಾರಿಯ ನಂತರ ಭೀಮಣ್ಣ ಗಂಟಲು ಸರಿಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಸರಿ, ಶ್ರೋತೃಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರು, 'ದಾಸರ ಹಾಡು’ (ಕನ್ನಡ) ಎಂದೂ, ಇನ್ನೊ ಕೆಲವರು 'ಅಭಂಗ್' (ಮರಾಠಿ) ಎಂದೂ ಶುರುವಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡರು. ಭೀಮಣ್ಣನಿಗೆ ಸೀಟ್ಟು ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ನೋಡಬೇಕಿತ್ತು, 'ಸಂಗೀತಕ್ಕ ಭಾಷಾ ಇರೂದುಲ್ಲ’ ಎಂದ್ಹೇಳಿ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ರಾಗ ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿದರು.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post-5197164240491466472007-06-16T09:44:00.000+05:302007-06-16T09:44:00.000+05:30Even the Hindustani vocalists also do not give muc...Even the Hindustani vocalists also do not give much importance to proper pronounciation. Bhimsen Joshi's popular drut bandish in Puriya Kalyan ( Bahuta dina beethey, beethey, ajahoona aaye morey shyaama...jaba aavanaki ). Panditji's rendering of the phrase, "Jaba Aavanaki" always sounds to me like Jaba Raavanaki."<BR/><BR/>ITC has set up a gurukula sytle school in Kolkata (Sangeetha Research Academy - http://www.itcsra.org/sra_index/sra_index.asp) for grooming budding artistes. I wonder if they are addressing this particular issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post-38048429724439395592007-06-07T21:16:00.000+05:302007-06-07T21:16:00.000+05:30Your profile says you are also interested in hindu...Your profile says you are also interested in hindustani music. Could you write something on that, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942563.post-49897966355628670212007-05-22T09:26:00.000+05:302007-05-22T09:26:00.000+05:30in my opinion, for whatever it is worth, each of t...in my opinion, for whatever it is worth, each of the following should be used (33% each):<BR/><BR/>- raga (how good the singer sticks to the notes)<BR/>- tala (how well the singer's rhythm is)<BR/>- pronunciation/sahitya (how good/clear the singer's pronunciation is)<BR/><BR/>and i agree with you, especially singers of the previous era (not all but many i have listened to), sing nonchalantly not enunciating the words properly. it is very difficult to understand what they are singing!<BR/><BR/>- s.b.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com