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Lessons in Carnatic Music
 Shubha Ganesan, a talented musician-guru with a pedigree lineage, has produced a twin-cassette album
(Inreco Recording – Rs.100) titled ‘Carnatic Music Lessons’. Though this was brought out quite sometime ago, this album would continue to be of use to music schools and raw learners.
She is the founder-director of ‘Hamsanadam’, her music school (1995: Tel:24642410), and aims to promote and create cultural awareness and appreciation of Carnatic music, especially amongst children, through three Ds – Dedication, Devotion and Discipline.
The twin-album starts from basic classical lessons. Sides A and B have : Swaraavali Varisaigal (Maayamaalavagowla – Adi), the permutations and combinations of the seven swaras – Sa. Ri. Ga. Ma. Pa. Da. Ni (S R G M P D N) and the Jantai Varisai (MMG – Chatusratriputa), Dhaattu, Upper Sthayi and Saptha Jaala Alankaram –Druva, Madhya, Rupaka, Jampa, Triputa, Ata,
Eka.
Sides C & D comprise five geethams (simple musical rhythmic structured lyrics – abhyasaganam in praise of prominent deities) in ragas Malahari, Suddha Saveri, Mohanam, Kalyani and Kambhoji. The Svarajathis (Raaraa Venugopala : Bilahari – Adi and Raave Me Maguva – Ananda Bhairavi: Adi) are taught next. These are musical compositions with rhythmic syllables and svara phrases figuring alternatively).
Then are taken renditions of five popular varnams –Ninnukori (Mohanam : Poochi Iyengar), Saamininne (Sankarabharanam: Veenai Kuppier); Everi Bhodana (Abhogi – Patnam Subramania Iyer); Vanajakshi (Kalyani: Poochi Iyengar) and Ninnukori (Vasantha: T Sringarachari). All five are in Adi
taala.
Shubha and seven of her trained students are the vocalists for all these renditions. As student of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr MLV and Sangeetha Kalacharya Calcutta KSK – both of revered memory – Shubha has taken meticulous care to meet the requirements of the raw-beginner and proceeds step by step systematically and methodically.
Continuous listening to this cassette-album will facilitate the enthusiast–aspirant grasp, quickly and purposefully , the fundamentals and nuances of Carnatic music for theory and practice, later. Where there is a Will, there is a Way.
R Srinivasan
18 A, IV Main Road,
R.A.Puram, Chennai 600 028
Tel: 24355576
E-mail to : annie_thomaz@yahoo.co.in
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