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  A T M 7:45 PM on January 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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  Appreciating Carnatic Music 

  Ever since I bought the keyboard, I have been sniffing on musical theory material. Spotted this tiny gem of a book at Gangaram book house. Appreciating Carnatic Music by N Ravi Kiran. 

  My keyboard learning so far has been through Western style and notation.  That makes it  interesting to find out how Indian classical differs from Western at a technical level. A quick and handy read.

   I miss almost all the key phrases on Worldspace Shruti channel. Hope I start making sense of  all those Roopaka-Tala, Mishra-Chapu, Pallavi, Anu-Pallavi, Kalyani raga, etc.

  

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    krishna s 4:31 AM on April 7, 2009 Permalink

    Really a great effort. I truly appreciate your contribution for the music loving folks. truly enjoyed all the posts and commends. wee need more discussions like this on music

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  A T M 9:33 PM on December 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

  My first ever musical performance 

  It had been a culturally inactive year. Thanks to the program I was working on at office. There was abosultely no time for extra-curriculars. To make it up, I bought this keyboard (Yamaha-I425) a month ago. Thanks to Suresh sistla. Big influencer. Kept this news under wraps till I could really play something with the keys.

  When I was just laying my hands on it, my colleagues insisted that I should perform on family day, our annual day at office.  Anybody would tell you that it takes anywhere between couple of months to few years to master this keyboard. And I should be performing at a gathering like this ?  I said I can’t.

  They told I should atleast play Happy Bday song. But it would be quite unfair if I do that.  So, how do you cut short and shrink the whole learning process and still play at a gathering ?

  I logged on to youtube, and searched for piano videos .  Found one. I played it few hundred times, watched finger movements and imitated religiously. That’s how it finally turned out to be. Few glitches here and there, but still a decent show I guess.

  A better version, recorded at home is here.  kal-ho-na-ho-mp3

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    Jnaneshwara 9:39 PM on December 19, 2008 Permalink

    Hi Aru,
    Actually you gave a good performance.It was nice to see you performing yesterday in your office family day function yesterday.Good that I attended the function yesterday evening.

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    suresh 10:07 PM on December 19, 2008 Permalink

    amazing job . I can just say one thing , . u have “that “talent in you .. GReat … keep it rocking . i played your video so manytimes now . i showed it to my family here and told how fast you played .. keep it up /..

    Cheers
    Suresh

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    jayashree 10:34 PM on December 19, 2008 Permalink

    Good job. Keyboard is relatively easier and a wonderful instrument. Get some basic classical notes. Play it. You’ll be amazed to see the finest differences between swaras. Happy learning.

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    nanditha 12:17 AM on December 20, 2008 Permalink

    Good effort aru, i really enjoyed your performance,would like to see some more!

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    Niveditha 5:59 AM on December 21, 2008 Permalink

    hey u reminded me of my first ever guitar performance.same song too!but mine was better yaar…

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    Adarsh 12:36 AM on December 30, 2008 Permalink

    nettu,

    I cant belive it man.. you are super talented.. My dream is you and that Japanese dude sharing the stage for the Shankarnag song:-)

    Ashu