Just a late evening attempt to cover this beautiful A R Rahman song from May Maadham (1994). Comments welcome!

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxTgzUBT7Q

A R Rahman Guitar Instrumental Cover

En Mel Vizhundha |என் மேல் விழுந்த | Guitar | Instrumental Cover | A R Rahman

Was inspired to try out Tamil film songs by Ilayaraja. This is a recording of an informal attempt. Only the lead melody is played here. Hope you enjoy it!

The three songs covered are Inji Iduppazhaga from Thevar Magan, Thendral Vanthu from Avatharam, and Sundari from Thalapathi. All three songs are from the 90s!

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhetTzI-GNI

Ilayaraja Medley | Guitar | Instrumental Cover

A snippet of rAga sahAna on the guitar in the South Indian classical music (Carnatic) tradition.

Sahana is classified by musicologists under the 22nd group ("ShrI rAga varga", with notes from the Dorian mode, if you like) in the 72-mela scheme. It also classified as a bhAshAnga raga (i.e., has one or more foreign notes outside of the mode) and a vakra raga (i.e., the approach to the scale is zigzag). In the modern version of Sahana, the antara gAndhAra (major third), which is the foreign note in question, is used much more often than the minor third.

Raga snippets

Raga Sahana | Carnatic Guitar

A casual cover of Mohammad Rafi's inimitable “Deewana Hua Badal” from the movie "Kashmir Ki Kali" (1964).

Deewana Hua Baadal (दीवाना हुआ बादल)

Raga Desh

A pristine version of dikshitar's annapUrNE by Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan on the veena.. Recorded at the central lecture theatre (CLT) at IIT Madras


Kalpakam annapUrNE

Mar 2009, Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan accompanied by L Ramakrishnan at the Ragasudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai

Kalpakam Swaminathan - kAmbhOji - rAgam, tAnam

Smt.Kalpakam swaminathan rendering the sAeangapANi padam "mogadocci" in sahana

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan- mogadocci-sahAna

kalyANi in its supreme splendour! Thanks to Amuthan for sharing.

Brindamma - gaddari vAgala - kalyANi padam

A beautiful padam in suraTi by Swati Tirunal/Vadivelu

alarsara-suraTi-T Viswa

Hari's Carnatic Guitar. Carnatic music is a classical system of music associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is a melodic system with ornamentations called gamakas (movements) unique to Indian classical music.

Hari Guitar

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