Violin - Solo or accompaniment !!
Topic started by Ganapathy (@ montana.yamato.ibm.com) on Fri Jun 8 06:05:15 .
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Hi Everybody.. Namaste. I am a student of Mridangam and I started learning about an year ago. I am now a student of Sh. V Krishna of Percussive Arts Centre, Bangalore. Some of you might have heard of the TalaVaadyotsava that just concluded here. Its a wonderful event highlightig the importance of Laya. Well.. I enjoy going to kutcheries .. and like to enjoy the music as well as observe how eveyone on the stage plays their role. Specially I wonder how to appreciate the violin , which as an accompanying instrument tries to follow the vocalist like a shadow. Sometimes I feel , when the vocalist is doing an alaapana at the start, i feel the shadow effect created by the violin does not allow me to enjoy the waves created by the vocalist's rendering. I somehow feel that during the alapana the violinist should stop and let the vocalist be on his own.
I would like to know what you feel about this.. and may be some of your thoughts may help me get a different perspective to enjoy the alaapana better.
Regs
Ganapathy
Responses:
- From: karthik.m.n (@ )
on: Sat Sep 11 05:57:37
my name is karthik . i like to learn yhe instrumental music , do u teach . please respond to my e-mail
- From: Kulkarni SM (@ 202.88.169.27)
on: Tue Sep 21 09:23:31 EDT 2004
Hi Ganapathy,
Yes some violinists do shadow the Vocalist leaving us with the kind of feelings you have.
But then violinists also have a fan following and many of them like that approach.(Talk to any fan of MSG and you will appreciate this.)Personally I am a fan of Lalgudi Jayraman.He is a sheer delight in these aspects of accompaniment.one concert recording of semmangudi comes to mind immediately.It is a concert that starts with Entho Prema-after he sings out his final volley of swaras to close the Bhairavi Krithi, lalgudi leaves a little pause , and decides to close the song -rather than play a response.for the moment it looks great.but nicer things follow.Semmangudi is not satsified and says "Vaseeya" and Lalgudi takes a couple of seconds more to prepare himself and takes up the swaras again.It is a breathtaking moment.
Such personalised moments are quite often in many of Somu-Lalgudi concerts as well.
- From: Nick H (UK) (@ nhaynes.adsl.wizards.co.uk)
on: Wed Sep 22 03:11:55 EDT 2004
Hello Ganapathy, one of the things that I enjoyed from the start in Carnatic music is the teamwork on stage. Of course sometimes musicians may not be well matched or egos may interfere, but mostly I see people working together. The main performer will always lead, always be in charge, but I feel that more credit should be given to the accompanists than to just regard them as 'accompanists' as if they could be done without (I know some people have exactly opposite opinion to me!).
- From: Nick H (UK) (@ nhaynes.adsl.wizards.co.uk)
on: Wed Sep 22 03:12:22 EDT 2004
...The interchange between the main artist and the violin can be so beautiful and, although there are times when the violinist should just be playing like drone it would be a shame to see its role in the alapana reduced almost to that of tampura or even silenced.
Audience should give respect to violinist too. I hate to see it when singer gets aplause for his alapana then audience settles down to chat while violinist plays. I'm sure you don't like to see thani treated like this.
A different perspective? I would suggest that you try to see alapana as a conversation rather than a solo.
- From: Jyoti (@ 6532200hfc24.tampabay.rr.com)
on: Tue Oct 5 10:59:11 EDT 2004
Hello Shri Ganapathy,
My name is Jyoti I live in Florida , and I'm planning to move to Banglore my 10 year old son is learning Mridangam and I want him to continue when we come to Banglore. Can you please recommend a good knowledge teacher and pass on some contact numbers. Also if you know of any good Keyboard palyer it would be great.Thanks
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