sa = middle octave (madhya sthayi), ‘sa = higher octave (tara sthayi)Explore renditions of raga Mayamalavagaula, raga (Dhira)Sankarabharanam and raga (Meca)Kalyani on YouTube >>Listen to two kritis in ragas Simhendramadhyamam and Sankarabharanam (6th and 7th items)sung by Bhushany Kalyanaraman >>Find song lyrics (composers) & translations for these and other ragas >> raagam: mAyAmALavagauLaAa: S R1 G3 M1 …
Category archives: Melakarta (mela)
Flow | Practicing “mela pairs”
A challenge to enjoy on a daily basis (30 min.): Select a popular melakarta raga to get into the “flow” >>(e.g. the 65th Mecakalyani) before exploring others (01 to 72) in 36 daily sessions, over and over again – Happy Flowing! Over a longer period, start each practice session with a mela having Prati Ma for …
Video | The idea of classifying ragas – Akshara & Kiranavali Vidyasankar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMFr12M8rI Akshara Samskriti is the daughter of Carnatic musician Kiranavali and scientist-philosopher, Vidyasankar Sundaresan. This video was recorded on Nov 1, 2013, when Akshara was 4 years old. It was originally in multiple parts for educational video compilation, and has been put together as a single video here. The 72 Melakartas are regarded as the …
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