Gamakams - Techniques and Hand Dynamics

Using the fine motor skills of the fingers , hand and wrist is very important
while playing the veena. In order to do that, one should learn the different wayd of moving ones right and left hand. In this video i am showing how bringing the fingers ,closer and tighter can affect ones tonal quality and ability to manouvre through a phrase with ease.

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Madam ur language and teaching techniques are excellent. Outstanding talent in veena teaching and ur knowledge. May god bless u

[@malaviswanathan]

Thanks Geetha

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the nuances of playing Veenai is very admirable and to my knowledge no teacher will give these kind of detailed explanations to students . I really thank you for this. I will pray God for giving you loads of good health happiness, success and prosperity. May god bless you

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Thanks and best wishes. Hope this effort of mine will help you , get back to playing the veena again.

[@kokasreedevi7881]

Excellent teaching mam very useful🙏🙏👌👌

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Thank you

[@akshatarao4185]

This is really a very important video. You have told how the tonal quality can change by using hand dynamics and techniques. These are the most important aspects for veena players and you have told it in a very simple language.

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[@MrKakkoo]

Its our Gods grace that we have got such a wonderful guru like you mam Thank you very much

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[@janakipantula7321]

Very much interesting thank you madam garu good explanation

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[@karthiknayaka8611]

Awesome🎉

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[@jalajasankar6369]

Nice techniques mam, will try 🙏🙏

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[@BuddingTalents]

Excellent teaching Mam... very useful for us 😊

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TQ Mam

[@venkatramanj1608]

This is very useful mami! Distilled wisdom!

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Yes, Thanks Venkatraman

[@veenaprakash8362]

Thank you Mam for gamakam techniques. I will try this.

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Thanks Veena

[@cv2093]

Dear Madam, your explanation of the science behind the hand movements along with the demo provide us so much clarity. Thanks for all your efforts.. 🙏🙏

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Madam thank you very much for your videos. Especially this one I have been looking for long time. 🙏 Your videos are very useful and helpful.

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[@veenavnair8410]

You have given a beautiful gift to all students madam.very clear instructions and demonstration. Thank you madam.

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[@srividhyaramamurthy2072]

Thanks Mam for teaching us the hand dynamics. Helps to keep our hand firm while playing. Will keep this in mind while playing

[@malaviswanathan]

It is not just about keeping your hand firm Vidhya. It is about execution of gamakas

[@srividhyaramamurthy2072]

Ok Mam. Also I feel, the sound stays for a longer duration if the fingers are tightened while playing and the abrupt breaking sound doesn't come while moving between the swaras.

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Yes ,Perfectly

[@bhoomaramanarayanan2672]

Very very nice👍

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[@bharathir9495]

Wonderful playing mam 🙏🙏 do you conduct online classes ..

[@malaviswanathan]

Thanks Bharathi. Only for advanced level. For beginners my students teach

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How can I contact you for joining clas mam...🙏🙏

[@padmasheela1182]

Thank you mam for the explanation.

[@malaviswanathan]

Thanks Padma. Best wishes

[@babydiaRy123]

Even though I'm a beginner, Its a most valuable lesson for flowless and soul ful rendering🙏🙏Thank you mam👍keep going🙏🙏🙏

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Best wishes

[@chandrasekaranreddiar3501]

Very useful tips mam!!
Thank u

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Thanks Sir

[@shylalokesh2121]

Hello mam thanks for the very helpful video for a veena player.

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[@kousalyakarthikeyan]

Namaskaram mam! This is such a wonderful elucidation - you are reinforcing the hand dynamics in detail!. You are bringing out the intricate methods -be it physical hand movements or the swara prayogams. Should we try these while practicing the sahityas for the geetams. Asking this because at the initial stages of learning the geetams we tend to byheart the swaras as first step . But playing the swara patterns does not bring out feel of the song. So I think we should explore these hand techniques while learning to play the sahityam . Your lessons are so motivating to learn and practice. Thank you so much mam!

[@malaviswanathan]

Thanks Kousalya. I think you should wait until you reach varnams, to try these things out. Focus priority at the basic should be talam. After learning 2 varnams you can revisit the geethams to see the magic of gamakams.

[@kousalyakarthikeyan]

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[@sujathat1281]

Thanks ma'am for the wonderful technique.

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[@revathyshankar3450]

Thank you so much 🙏👌😍very useful tips 🙏and tecnic 🙏😍

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[@simisudarsan3403]

Thankyou for this valuable information..

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[@prabharanganathan.S]

Thank you mam I tried now it's clear than before

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[@sabigiri456]

Mam really very clear and very easy explanation. 👏👏👏

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[@prabhasrikanth]

Very nice mam

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[@geethagiri3732]

I want learn only kritis with gamakms.. Can u possible

[@malaviswanathan]

Yes Geetha. The classes will be on demand

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Accept My Humble pranams Guruji

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Thanks madam

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MALA MAM U ARE God send angel to me as well as all veena lovers mmam

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[@panchangambhagyalakshmi5529]

Thank you mam for gamakas techniques 🌹❤️❣️

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[@prabharanganathan.S]

Thanks you very much mam

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Wonderful teaching madam

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[@Janaranjani2311]

Thank-you so much, madam

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Thanks Vidhya