Dr. Shrikaanth K Murthy

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 02 Sep 2006, 16:15

drshrikaanth wrote:So we will see if people come up with their recordings. If not, I will tie the loose ends for the time being and leave it there.

cmlover wrote:Incidentally there are quite a few here who consider you to be our cyber guru and are eagerly awaiting your compositions and especially the superb 'lecdems'. Pl don't feel pressured and maintain your pace.

I am not sure about other people but CML has definitely spoken for some of us. We would be grateful if you continue with your educational postings and compositions.

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 02 Sep 2006, 17:06

mnsriram wrote:We would be grateful if you continue with your educational postings and compositions.

DRS
I second CML and Sriram. Please continue posting

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 02 Sep 2006, 17:08

Kiran
Its a give and take. You first post a few recordings of you playing some of my compositions. Sorry to put you on spot but you have been promising ever since the first composition was posted(malahari gIte).

kiransurya · Post by **kiransurya** » 02 Sep 2006, 18:34

DRS
Thats me stuck

:rolleyes:
I first need to practise them well enough to dare post them here. I will be mortified. he he

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 02 Sep 2006, 18:47

Kiran (and others)
You must put aside your hesitation first to learn something. Im sure 7 months is a long enough time to practise some of the compositons. Just post them now. You can post again after practising. No more excuses from anyone please

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 12 Sep 2006, 07:13

drshrikaanth:
Your compositions do reflect the depth of your musical knowledge. Wondered whether you could compose a pUjA song for navarAtrI incorporating the basic ShODaSha upacArAs for rasikas who can't perform the required rite(s) or would liek to do sangItArAdhana in place due to shortage of time. Haven't come across one for dEvI so far(I think vINai kuppaiyyar has one in kamAs). A rAgamAlikA would be nice.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 23 Sep 2006, 05:15

Although I arrived here later than others, I am here with my trial

Here is a link for kamalAbikayA in dEsh by DRS, sung by yours truly

http://www.quickdump.com/files/990489669.html

I appreciate your feedback

-Ramakriya

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Sep 2006, 06:26

Beutiful! Very well executed. Both yours (ramakriya) and that o MNS should make DRS feel proud as an excellent teacher. When I compared with his original I noticed both of you followed him to the letter with minor deviations in the aalaapana. Unquestionably this is an excellent composition well worth singing during this Puja festive season. I would love to hearing from more from our Rasikas.

Kudos to the teacher as well as the excellent sishyas!

DRS

I am a bit going off on putting adi tala at places where the prolongation takes place. Is it fair to violate the tala during those phases or should one wait for the tala cycle to be completed to resume the singing?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Sep 2006, 06:41

Well done ramakriya

cmlover wrote:I am a bit going off on putting adi tala at places where the prolongation takes place. Is it fair to violate the tala during those phases or should one wait for the tala cycle to be completed to resume the singing?

tALa must be maintained even during akAra or rAga prolongation phrases. It cannot be viloated

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Sep 2006, 06:52

Ramakriya,
Just heard your singing kamalAmbikayA by DR.Srikaanth. You have such a nice voice and bhAvA. Good job!;)

DRS,
The song just flows! It is a lovely composition! Nothing like listening to someone sing your composition so well;)

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:03

For those who prefer to see the notation in their own script ( just like me)

Here is DRS's Ranjani varNa in PDF format

http://www.quickdump.com/files/438589560.html

Anyone who can read kannaDa/telugu should be able to use it

DRS, let me know if you find any errors. I can fix.

-Ramakriya

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:19

Nice work Ramakriya. Looks beautiful in the kannaDa script. Also minimises the chance of mispronunciation as it is phonetic. I think making the full notation bold will be easier on the eyes.

Suji- Please check the notation for accuracy.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:19

Ramakriya,
Very nice rendition. Thanks for the pdf-ranjani varna.
This varna turned out to be tough on voilin. A few months back I met Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath and they too said that Ranjani raga is difficult on violin due to M2 and absence of P
Would like to hear some one play on instrument.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:31

ranjani can be challenging to sing vocally as well at times for the same reasons. There will be times when you feel you are singing off-key(Even though it will be Sruti aligned) because pancama is not there to align ones Sruti.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:58

I have uploaded the ranjani varNa sung by me with accompaniments.

http://rapidshare.de/files/34107634/ran ... Murthy.mp3

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Sep 2006, 09:17

drshrikaanth wrote:I have uploaded the ranjani varNa sung by me with accompaniments.

Excellent!! Did you give a concert?
who is playing the violin?

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Sep 2006, 22:24

http://rapidshare.de/files/34166263/Kam ... n.mp3.html

I learnt the dES kriti on violin and I present a play along to DRS voice.
Couldn't get to record a solo.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Sep 2006, 23:38

Suji
You are hypertuned! DRS sings at about 1.5 to 2 kaTTai shruti. You should have played much lower though you seem to be accompanying right! Try again if you can!

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 24 Sep 2006, 00:11

cmlover wrote:Suji
You are hypertuned! DRS sings at about 1.5 to 2 kaTTai shruti. You should have played much lower though you seem to be accompanying right! Try again if you can!

CML,
I think DRS sings at 1. I used the higher 2 strings. Lets hear from him.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Sep 2006, 06:03

Suji
Usually he does at one but in this piece he is reaching higher!

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 24 Sep 2006, 06:18

cmlover wrote:Suji
Usually he does at one but in this piece he is reaching higher!

If I played on the lower strings it may sound better and blend with voice.
But I still think the pitch is C.

My violin is tuned to C here and tuning higher sounds off key. What I can try is play on the lower strings or alternate between higher and lower strings like most accompanists do.

Still waiting for DRS to answer. Meanwhile will investigate...

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 24 Sep 2006, 10:38

CML,
I detected his shruti box giving me C at the begining of the piece using Korg tuner.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 24 Sep 2006, 11:32

Suji- well done as an accompanist. Thanks

You are right. I have sung at Sruti C only which is 1.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 24 Sep 2006, 11:46

Thanks DRS for clearing the confusion!!
I am happy you liked it!:)

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:14

Dear DRS, do you have any compostions on Goddess gAyatri?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:16

Not yet Sriram. God-willing, it will happen some day. Have you learnt oDeyar's kRti on gAyatri in kalyANi?

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:21

No, I missed that one. Thanks

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 03 Nov 2006, 17:54

drshrikaanth wrote:Have you learnt oDeyar's kRti on gAyatri in kalyANi?

I couldn't find one in kalyANi but found one in gamanaShrama. Is this the one you were referring?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 06 Nov 2006, 02:36

Sriram
You are right. It is the gamanaSrama kRti. Pardon my error.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 06 Nov 2006, 05:00

Thanks I have this one and it is indeed a delightful piece.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 20 Nov 2006, 04:42

Here is an attempt of the malahari gItam. I actually intended to post this a long time back.

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/ejkj

Any corrections/comments please.

Will try to post the rItigowLa swarajati in the next few days

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 20 Nov 2006, 04:51

Very nice Sriram. Accurate rendering of sAhitya to swara and tALa. One correction in the pronunciation- 2nd caraNa 2nd line . It should be "phalipiya" whereas you have sung "phalapiya".

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 20 Nov 2006, 04:53

Thanks DRS.

drshrikaanth wrote:It should be "phalipiya" whereas you have sung "phalapiya".

I just realised that. It was a mistake in my telugu script

Will correct.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 Nov 2006, 05:25

Loved it MNS! The svaram is so smooth and the sahityam simply hugs the svarams. The tALaM is just perfect. You are a great siShya for DRS. Just keep it up. You are good enough to start teaching it to others indeed!

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 20 Nov 2006, 14:54

Thanks CML

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 20 Nov 2006, 23:41

Can someone who previously downloaded please post the notation for the kalyANi swarAkSara varNam?

sridevi · Post by **sridevi** » 20 Nov 2006, 23:49

If there is an audio file associated with that I would appreciate that too.

Thanks Sridevi

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 21 Nov 2006, 01:08

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/a04c

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/wn2g

Here's the notation and audio of kaLyAni varNa
I learnt this but found difficult handling the sAhitya on the bow.

Can anybody post the kApi notations. I seem to have lost it.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 21 Nov 2006, 01:13

Thanks Suji

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 23 Nov 2006, 12:12

Here is Shrikaanth's ranjani varNa

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/opnj

I know there are several slips -- but I thought I should upload it anyway because I liked this varNa - and did not want to wait till I can sing without the notations in hand! If I did, then it would indeed be a ver....y long wait LOL.

Here is link to the notation of the varNa (in kannaDa)

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/4ba8

-Ramakriya

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 23 Nov 2006, 13:46

Very nice Ramakriya. I haven't had much luck with this so far.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 23 Nov 2006, 16:40

and thanks for singing it with the notes for the pallavi and anu pallavi

sridevi · Post by **sridevi** » 23 Nov 2006, 22:07

Ramakriya,

This indeed is a tough nut to crack.. Well done! bhale!

Sridevi

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Nov 2006, 23:52

Great Ramakriya,
Singing notations will help me practice on violin. Thanks!

nalchakmur · Post by **nalchakmur** » 25 Nov 2006, 07:06

Delighted to see the discussion on Vaggeyakaras old and contemporary.

Are there any varnams in rare ragas like Kannada, Kalyanadayini, revagupti.

Has any one composed varnmas in swarantara ragas like Mahati. I would like to enlightened.

nalchakmur · Post by **nalchakmur** » 25 Nov 2006, 07:13

Recently some ragas like Kaalika and Karnaranjani have become popular.

I would like to the compositions in these ragas.

Perhaps is good for composing tillanas. Has any one composed tillanas in theabove ragas ?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 25 Nov 2006, 21:32

nalchakmur wrote:

Are there any varnams in rare ragas like Kannada, Kalyanadayini, revagupti

Here are the varNAs in kannaDa:
aruganelara nato urake-Virabhadrayya
inta tamasamela-Lalgudi Jayaraman
kAya karun mi atan-Tanjavur Marattha composers
niku dayaleda shrinivasa-Karaikudi Rajamani Iyengar
sami idi vela gadura-Patnam Subramania Iyer

varNAs in rEvagupti:
naranan padamalar-V.S.Gomatishankara Iyer
van ninru ulagam-Tiruvalluvar* (V.S.Gomatishankara Iyer)
tan malar panindu-k.Muthukumaraswami varaghoor
* tirukkural verse set to music by V.S.G. Iyer.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 25 Nov 2006, 21:38

compositions in kAlikA:
nIlakaNTham bhAvayE-cApu-Madurai G.S.Mani
unnai ninaindE oru-Adi-Periasami Tooran

I have 16 compositions listed under karNaranjani, including two tillAnAs, one by Lalgudi Jayaraman and the other by K.S.Raghunathan.

nalchakmur · Post by **nalchakmur** » 27 Nov 2006, 05:46

Thanks Lakshman for the information.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 05 Dec 2006, 00:59

My attempt of DRS's rItigowLa swarajati

http://www.rogepost.com/dn/nzww