This not western classical version...If it is western classical version ....the "gamakam " is not necessary and not suited too........playing ditto classical composition is not suited for western classical version....

Only the accompaniment is ":Western"...Flutist is playing  classical piece.....

"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention." ~ Just outstanding !!!

Loved the starting of Saakshaath kaarani :)

A Fusion based on the composition of Papanasam Sivan in the raga Hamsanandi. 

Credits:
Main Melody and Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Vocals: Uma Ramasubramaniam
Music: Vijay Kannan

I have known Uma Ramasubramaniam for quite a while and had also been involved in a carnatic music CD (http://ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-music/buy-lalithamritham-audio-cd.html). Recently, Uma and Ram had come to Berlin and had a chance to record a couple of songs. 

She hosts a website where one can learn about ragas of Indian Music : http://ragasurabhi.com and also teaches carnatic music online. 

http://ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-music/buy-varnam-lessons.html

An interesting aspect about the music I have done for the above piece is the use of Graha bedam (Tonic Shift) in the second interlude.  The actual raga of the song is in Hamsanandi. The graha bedam leads it to Hindolam
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The tonic shift is done when I change the Shadjamam (Sa, tonic note here is G) to the Rishabam of Hamsanandi (G#). Now the swaras of Hamsanandi are S R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 S' Hindolam scale is reached when I play R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 R1' (which when R1 = S becomes S G2 M1 D1 N2 S').

Hamsanandi:
G  Ab(G#) B C#  E F# G'
Hindolam:
Ab(G#) B C' E F# Ab'(G#')
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Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsanandi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindolam

Links to Artiste(s)
Uma Ram:
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Vijay Kannan:
Website: http://AboutIndianMusic.com
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Madhava - (Vijay Kannan) Ft. Uma Ramasubramaniam

Perhaps the most popular kriti of Carnatic music. Set in the raga Hamsadwani in Adi taal , the keerthanam is an invocation to Lord Ganesh of Hindu mytholoy. One of the best compositions of Dikhshithar. 

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Siddhi Vinayaka

This is an original Carnatic Song based on Hamsadhwani raaga
Written by my mother - Saratha Chandrasekaran

Music and Vocals - Chandramouli

Special thanks to Sahil Dhingra!

Siddhi Vinayaka (original)- Carnatic Fusion

listen to the soulful mellifluous song Manasa Sancharare on guitar by Shylu Ravindran. This is from the second album called "The Electric RTP" accompanied by stalwarts such as B.Ananthakrishnan on Violin , K.V.Prasad on Mridangam and R.Raman on Muhursung.

Manasa Mix Final

A western classical version of an Indian Carnatic song, Mokshamu Galada, played on Indian bamboo flute, inspired by the Madras String Quartet of VS Narasimhan.

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Mokshamu Galada

Alaipayuthe by Mandolin Prakash Live!

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kSXD-JMPnoc
Download/presave:
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/shakti-sahitha-single/1523189235
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The fourth release in the Carnatic Projekt is a Nottuswara of Mudduswami Dikshitar, A simple and beautiful composition in praise of Ganesha, Dikshitar had composed Nottuswaras similar to the western music ideas in the times of India under imperialist rule. I tried to do a string arrangement for this with Pianos, strings and flute.

Details:
Song: Shakti Sahitha
Ragam: Shankarabharanam (scale)
Talam: Tisra Ekam
Mudduswami Dikshitar

Arrangement, Flute, Video: Vijay Kannan
social links: https://compiled.social/VijayKannan
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Releases in Carnatic Projekt:
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Ep 1: Alaipayuthey Kanna - https://youtu.be/z56_VOYA_MY
Ep 2: Mokshamu galadha - https://youtu.be/yZ6H8gCpB_0
Ep 3: Mahaganapathim - https://youtu.be/wKmp930_jQY
Ep 4: Shakti Sahitha - https://youtu.be/kSXD-JMPnoc
Ep 5: Gaanamoorthe - https://youtu.be/e4DDfOsv75M
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Saint Muthuswamy Dikshitar is one of the trinity of carnatic music. His devotion to the Almighty, frugal mode of living, and unmatched range and skill in musical compositions (both lyrics and music) are well known. Born in Thiruvarur in 18th century, Dikshitar learnt music from his father, a celebrated musician. When iving in Madras (Chennai), he came across Western symphonies. Later, he became a disciple of Chidambaranata Yogi in Varanasi, where he became acquainted with Hindustani music too. 

It is said that, after the demise of his Guru, when he moved to Tiruttani, Lord Muruga blessed him and initiated him into composing music.

Several incidences of his life are known, that portray his deep devotion to the Supreme. 

As Saint Dikshitar played Veena, his songs are composed in a way suited to be played on instrument, or sung. 

He was well versed in philosophy, scriptures, yoga and other sacred ancient teachings. 

He has composed songs on multiple deities, including Ambal, Muruga, Ganesha, Shiva, Narayana. 

These songs reveal the Saint's intimate knowledge of the names and forms of divine beings (nama rupam), their stories and the spiritual significance of these descriptions. To him, these divine beings were all personalities, with their attributes, preferences.

As he visited temples in specific places, he would compose songs exclusively in praise of the deity at that particular divine place (kshetra)

He was a realised soul who could see all deities as manifested forms of one Supreme Spirit. His songs, even as they describe beautiful, exciting tales of the deities at their kshetra; stories of various divine forms, stories of the temples, also speak of their spiritual significance. In these songs, the moral, emotional relationship of the devotee with each name and form melds with the philosophical truth, of Divine Consciousness as the fundamental reality of the universe. 

The role of the Supreme Being as the Provider, Protector, and Controller of the Cosmos, His (or Her) nature as the Absolute Truth - Pure Existence (Sat), Consciousness (Chit), Bliss (Ananda) are evident in his songs.

Carnatic Projekt

Shakti Sahitha

Carnatic Projekt: Ep 4 - Shakti Sahitha - (Check video!)

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The fifth release of the Carnatic Projekt Series, a very favorite song of mine by Tyagaraja Swami in the raga Gaanamurthi, Gaanamoorthe. I hope you all also enjoy it as much as I do. Peace.

Details:
Song: Gaanamoorthe
Raga: Gaanamurthi
Tala: Adi
Tyagaraja Swami

Arrangement, Flute and Video: Vijay Kannan
https://compiled.social/VijayKannan

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Releases in Carnatic Projekt:
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Ep 1: Alaipayuthey Kanna - https://youtu.be/z56_VOYA_MY
Ep 2: Mokshamu galadha - https://youtu.be/yZ6H8gCpB_0
Ep 3: Mahaganapathim - https://youtu.be/wKmp930_jQY
Ep 4: Shakti Sahitha - https://youtu.be/kSXD-JMPnoc
Ep 5: Gaanamoorthe - https://youtu.be/e4DDfOsv75M


Saint Thyagaraja, one of the Trinity of carnatic music, was a musical genius with single minded devotion for Lord Rama. He was born in 1767 in Tiruvarur in Thanjavur district. His parents, aware of the divine predisposition of their child, named him Thyagabrahmam, after Lord Thyagaraja, the reigning God of Thanjavur, whose temple marks this place. Saint Thyagaraja's life is full of accounts of his musical scholarship (impromptu compositions and extempore singing, inimitable singing skill with a voice spanning 3 octaves) and deep devotion. Several compositions of his mark his encounters with Lord Rama. 

Reference: shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in 


The Saint, content in his devotion, lived a simple life free from materialistic desires, on alms given by the audience that listened to his music as he sang on streets every morning. At least two incidences are known where he eschewed the company and patronage of a king, in order to serve ONLY ONE, the one in his heart, the Supreme Spirit.

His compositions speak of his love and longing for his beloved Shri Rama, entreating Him to come to him, to end the misery of separation. These songs depict the soul's longing for the infinite spirit. Along with his musical genius, Saint Thyagaraja was a self realised soul, who knew that the misery of the mind could end only when it merges in the Divine. Some of his compositions address the mind, even chastise the mind, asking it to focus on Him who delivers the soul from its delusion of sorrows and bestows upon it infinite bliss.

He is said to have received the divine gift of musical knowledge from Devarishi Narada. Several krithis of his are known, that are in praise of this Divine Sage.

For Saint Thyagaraja, music wasn't mere technical elegance or emotional expression but the path to attain salvation by immersing oneself in its devotion. Such was his life, his music, his habit.

One of Saint Thyagaraja's gems; in this unique raaga Gaanamurthi, the notes sweep across high and low places of feelings, evoking deep emotions for the one who carries the name of this raaga - Gaanamurthe. Gaanamurthe, Him, Shri Krishna who is Venugopala, the Divine one from whom music flows, who controls all rhythms of the Cosmos, of the 3 world's, protect me. He who is Divine Love, beloved of Shri Rukmini, friend of Arjuna; His glory, His valour as the infinite endless one from whom all these virtues spring, brims in this song.

Gaanamoorthe

Carnatic Projekt - Ep 5 - Gaanamoorthe - Vijay Kannan Flute

Buy: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brindavani-feat.-kirthana/id646554483

Conceived and composed by: Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam
Orchestration written and arranged by: Eshwar Ravishankar
Flute: Ravichandra Kulur
Vocals: Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam/ Kirthana Venkat
Mridangam: Sanath Kumar Ramesh
Violin: Eshwar Ravishankar

Mixed and Mastered by Abin Pushpakaran at Nadabindu Recording Studio, Chennai, India.

Thanks to Armando Cepeda's studio, Carlsbad, USA; Studio One, San Jose, USA; Shri Ganesh's Shadjam Studio, Bangalore, India.

Artwork: "Krishna" by Sumithra Bhakthavatsalam (http://42hues.com)

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