Laya Lavanya at narada Hana Sabha 2ndfeb19

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ssramesh
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Laya Lavanya at narada Hana Sabha 2ndfeb19

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Laya Lavanya an excellent program yesterday by Vishaka Hari was organised by the maestro Umayalapuram.

Explained the nuances and importance of layam in her lucid style and sang several krithis as she demonstrated it.

First up was laya in krithis of the trinity. She demonstrated how a 'sad' raga like mukhari or slow like devagandari can give a different feel by change of layam. Showed the slow singing of krithis with multiple sahityam and the fast singing of vice versa. Sang some delightful nottuswarams where layam and sahityam are set even. Explained dikshatar krithis with variation in the kalam within a song. Sang several todi krithis to demonstrate various laya patterns by changing the start or eduppu. Sang couple of complicated talam songs of syama Sastri.

Then she demonstrated layam in Tamil and Sanskrit slokhas. The build up of a pattern of notes with varying layam to create a model like a mridangam etc. The effect of the slokhas and some pallavis used in dance.

All in all an exemplary performance by an amazing lady who packed so much in just a couple of hours. Missed her during the season and this more than made up for it.

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