Great information here. One of the things I struggled with over the years is, not so much the theory, but a practical way of how to do a simple alapana, how to expand on it, and build up my mano dharma around it. This is one of those that doesn't seem well documented. Some teachers ask you to take a varnam and convert it into an alapana. Some others ask you to memorize a fixed alapana but students don't know where to go from there and the memorization is also tricky if the alapana doesn't have an identifyable structure to it. I have seen TMK's video that talks about note by note development, or the traditional structure of alapana but virtually nobody seems to sing that way these days and the format is much more fluid, making it difficult for students to grasp. I'd love for teachers and vidwans to help the student community with some baby steps of how to go about learning an alapana. Starting with a one-minute zero mano-dharma version to a more sizable alapana with sufficient manodharma sprinkled in it.
I would like to learn music from you sir. I’m continuing Carnatic music from many years.. Please my request is to get knowledge about more in Carnatic music from Guru like you🙏
Very enlightening. But I find in Carnatic genre the composition takes precedence over the aalap and technicalities. For instance an artist can directly go the song without aalap and finish a raag with in 5 minutes . In a concert of 3 hours a Carnatic artist can sing 10 to 15 raags , which is unimaginable in Hindustani . As Carnatic is heavily sahitya oriented , the imaginative aspect is compromised.
what you said is correct Actually the greater context is of devotion. No music takes precedence over devotional feeling. Simply by reciting the songs of great Acharyas one can achieve perfection beyond the heavenly art of Singing and music. Therefore the composition is primary.
Absolutely not correct. There is plenty of scope for manodharma in the Carnatic concert format, and artists do engage in displaying their skills at improvisation--even if they dive right into many songs. Creativity is very much alive and well!
@Parmeshwar K @Amarkant Kumar : There is plenty of scope in Carnatic music for Manodharma/Imagination. This is showcased in Raga Alapana, Neraval, Kalpana swarams, and Ragam Tanam Pallavi (RTP). The artists sing the compositions and also display their skills in all these areas mentioned above. For more information, please visit www.acharyanet.com to view more videos, lessons and tips by legendary Gurus on Manodharma and Compositions.
Great information here. One of the things I struggled with over the years is, not so much the theory, but a practical way of how to do a simple alapana, how to expand on it, and build up my mano dharma around it. This is one of those that doesn't seem well documented. Some teachers ask you to take a varnam and convert it into an alapana. Some others ask you to memorize a fixed alapana but students don't know where to go from there and the memorization is also tricky if the alapana doesn't have an identifyable structure to it. I have seen TMK's video that talks about note by note development, or the traditional structure of alapana but virtually nobody seems to sing that way these days and the format is much more fluid, making it difficult for students to grasp. I'd love for teachers and vidwans to help the student community with some baby steps of how to go about learning an alapana. Starting with a one-minute zero mano-dharma version to a more sizable alapana with sufficient manodharma sprinkled in it.
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Simple but lucid way of explaining which only a maestro can do
I would like to learn music from you sir. I’m continuing Carnatic music from many years.. Please my request is to get knowledge about more in Carnatic music from Guru like you🙏
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Thanks for sharing an important information to be noted while playing alapana.dhanyosmi
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Very beautiful and accurate explanation. Thank you sir.
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Very enlightening. But I find in Carnatic genre the composition takes precedence over the aalap and technicalities. For instance an artist can directly go the song without aalap and finish a raag with in 5 minutes . In a concert of 3 hours a Carnatic artist can sing 10 to 15 raags , which is unimaginable in Hindustani . As Carnatic is heavily sahitya oriented , the imaginative aspect is compromised.
what you said is correct
Actually the greater context is of devotion. No music takes precedence over devotional feeling. Simply by reciting the songs of great Acharyas one can achieve perfection beyond the heavenly art of Singing and music.
Therefore the composition is primary.
Absolutely not correct. There is plenty of scope for manodharma in the Carnatic concert format, and artists do engage in displaying their skills at improvisation--even if they dive right into many songs. Creativity is very much alive and well!
@Parmeshwar K @Amarkant Kumar : There is plenty of scope in Carnatic music for Manodharma/Imagination. This is showcased in Raga Alapana, Neraval, Kalpana swarams, and Ragam Tanam Pallavi (RTP). The artists sing the compositions and also display their skills in all these areas mentioned above. For more information, please visit www.acharyanet.com to view more videos, lessons and tips by legendary Gurus on Manodharma and Compositions.