Eru mayil

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 21 Sep 2006, 19:23

Here is the Thiruppugazh, Eru Mayil, as sung for a dance arangetram by my wife, Sangeetha.

I have set the swarams in ragamalika with the ragas commencing with the letters Sha Ra Va Na Bha Va ...
Sharadapriya (also known as Ratipatipriya) is the first raga. Sangeetha and I have set the tune for the sahityam. The piece goes for about 15 minutes.

http://www.filecoast.com/?pg=file&c1=23 ... 2=RcbMLqcx

Look forward to your comments!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Sep 2006, 21:28

mohan

There is no file there to download! Is there a problem?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Sep 2006, 01:28

I tried too. No luck...

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 22 Sep 2006, 04:21

Sorry about that - have replaced the link above.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Sep 2006, 06:40

Very nice mohan/sangeetha! I am sure dancers will be delighted to dance to this superb music.
I got following the lovely Ratipatipriya, Hamsanandi, Vasanta,Natakurinji, Bhairavi and Valaji. I note the Hamsanandi does not start with 'Ra' and hence I may be wrong

Could you also post the beautiful svaras which flow so smooth?
I am sure you have also choregraphed it and if possible pl post a video at your leisure!
Congratulations!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 22 Sep 2006, 08:57

Thanks CML. The ragas are Sharadapriya, Ranjani, Vasanta, Natakurinji, Bhairavi, Valaji.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Sep 2006, 09:55

Thanks! Sorry for my error! But the ranjani sounded closer to Hamsanandi for me

The music that you have set is exquisite and I could almost visualize the aDavu of a dancer portraying each face of Lord Murugan. Pl post the svaras at your leisure!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 22 Sep 2006, 15:05

Notation for swaram at http://www.carnaticcorner.com/myweb/eru ... warams.pdf

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Sep 2006, 20:39

Thanks Mohan.
Ending it Sharavanabhava is a real beauty! Shall I suggest repeating it six times (you are ending in Ratipatipriya) in all the six ragas to enable the dancer strike the six poses of Muruga sucessively will be dramatic!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Sep 2006, 13:05

mohan
Nice to hear. Just out of curiosity, you have composed a kind of rAgamaliga krithi with
cittaswarams, why are you having the cittaswarams sung first and then the krithi. I thought there is a reason for singing lyrics preceding cittaswarams as per tradition, the singer can refresh the rAga swaroopam adequately with the lyrics for the song and then when the cittaswarams do come for each rAga ,they will be delivered with better punch?:)

Incidentally if a singer does not get that much of success in swarams when compared to delivering sahityam they can more easily cover up too, as during lyrics rendition itself the rAga is identified?:rolleyes: Nevertheless,in any rAgamaliga rendition (inclusive or exclusive of dance ),the singer is fighting a psychological battle wherein the faster the rasikas identify the rAga,the more satisfaction everyone gets.

I am also assuming going with the lyrics preceding cittaswarams in each rAga will not create any sequencing problems for a dance presentation. I am a gnanasoonyam in bharatanatyam and dance.You need to clarify if my suggestion is either not pragmatic or lousy??

Incidentally all the rAgas excepting ratipatipriya(sharadapriya) are easy to be spotted . You let out the most difficult one in the first post itself.Next time if you have one don't let the rAgas(atleast difficult ones) in the first post.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 24 Sep 2006, 03:14

The chitta swarams coming first was at the request of the dancer, who wanted to portray a nritta section before each stanza which has nritya and/or natya. See http://www.nadanam.com/general/g_3n.htm for some explanations of these terms.

I actually find it easier to identify a raga if the swarams are sung rather than if it is sung - probably due to my musical training as an instrumentalist.

nrityam · Post by **nrityam** » 05 Jan 2007, 20:17

Interesting to see the Sh-ra-va-na-bh-va link for ery mayil.. Would love to listen to the music.. The link is not working. Mr. Mohan..can you post it again..please..

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Jan 2007, 21:15

Priyadarshini Govind has also used this bIjAkSaram instead of the traditional Sollus for a padavarNam composed by Andavan Pitchai....

janani87 · Post by **janani87** » 10 Aug 2007, 16:20

Dear Mohanji,

Could you kindly post the audio link again? I would love to listen to this.

Thanks a lot.

Janani

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:08

Here it is again http://rapidshare.com/files/48117422/06 ... l.mp3.html

janani87 · Post by **janani87** » 11 Aug 2007, 15:49

wow!!! i really enjoyed listening to Ã©ru mayil. very soothing and different. simply wonderful Mohanji and Sangeethaji. the swaras just flow so gently...it must be a delight for dancers!!! thanks for the link again Mohanji. Hope to see more....

kind regards,
janani

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 23 Jun 2009, 17:11

rshankar wrote:Priyadarshini Govind has also used this bIjAkSaram instead of the traditional Sollus for a padavarNam composed by Andavan Pitchai....

Ravi - what is a bIjAkSaram ?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jun 2009, 18:14

Mohan,

My extremely rudimentary understanding is as follows: A 'mantra' invokes a particular deity and the Sakti associated with that deity - a bIja or seed is the essence of that mantra, and the bIjAkshara is a single letter that invokes the deity. In this context, I am not 100% sure that '(Om) Sa ra va Na bha va' constitute the bIjAkshara for the shaNmukha mantra 'Om SaravaNabhavAya namaha'. When she performed the padavarNam 'nI manamirangi', Smt. Govind used the shadAkshara (Sa ra va Na bha va) for the sollus for the trikAla jati (in the first speed, IIRC).

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 23 Jun 2009, 18:44

ok got it .. thanks