LATHANGI

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kiransurya
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Post by kiransurya »

DRS
We are all going to hassle you for transliterations of those varnas in english, if u manage to get them off lakshman. Of course at your convenience..
ha ha ha
Kiran

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

I have just emailed you a couple of the varNAs.

resvap
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Post by resvap »

Lakshman Ji,

I too am eagarly waiting for the notations . can send me please?

Thanks

resvap

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Post by Lakshman »

resvap: If you are thinking of Vasudevachar's varNAs, I did email a couple of samples of notations to DRS but the script was not very legible. I will have to find someone to transliterate the text locally and post them when I get the time.

sumram99
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Post by sumram99 »

Lakshmanji

This is with regard to the Varnam in Lathangi: it is by Mysore Vasudevachar.

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

Thanks for the confirmation.

sumram99
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Post by sumram99 »

do u happen to have the audio of this varnam?

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

No, I don't but coolkarni or abadri may have it/

drshrikaanth
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Post by drshrikaanth »

DRS
We are all going to hassle you for transliterations of those varnas in english, if u manage to get them off lakshman. Of course at your convenience..
ha ha ha
Kiran

I only saw this now. Now Im thankig my stars that the emailed script was not clesr. :D
On a more serious note, Kiran! Im positive that you will be able to read the kannaDa script as telugu script is very similar to it.

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

Lji
You were right on time !
I just recd a Cd compilation of vasudevachars krithis -some 90 plus krithis by various artists.For use in this forum.will check it out tonight..

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

Great!

We can start MV right after JC and in parallel with GNB! I am sur Lakshman has most of the lyrics!

drshrikaanth
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Post by drshrikaanth »

I have had it checked. Tha latAngi varNa is not in the two volumes published by MV himself. It is not part of the vAsudEva kRti manjari- series of cassettes released by Sri. R.K.Padmanabha. As I mentioned earlier, it does not contain his mudre either.

sumram99
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Post by sumram99 »

My apologies!

nnramya
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Post by nnramya »

Mysore Vasudevachariar has also composed Varnas in Ragas Saraswati and Hamsanandi. Are those in the R.K.Padmanabha releases as well?

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Post by drshrikaanth »

MV has composed a varNa in saraswati-gati nIvani. I dont know of hamsAnadi varNa. It is not in MV`s 2 volumes or in the cassette series.

nnramya
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Post by nnramya »

Thanks DRS.

You are correct. I made a mistake. I realised that the Hamsanandi Varnam is infact, not MV's but Venkatagiriyappa's. My apologies!

Sivaraman
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Post by Sivaraman »

I will be uploading an exhaustive Lathangi by BMK by tom.orrow, his own composition, "Thamra Lochani Latangi".

Sivaraman
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Post by Sivaraman »

Here it is, the maestro's own composition ,"Thamra lochani, Lathangi" .I find it enthralling and highly creative with his innovative prayogams in the raga alapana and the intricate tapestry of swaras that he has woven magically.The Tabla accompanist, I suppose is maestro Zakir Hussein, and he has amazingly brought the krithi alive with his own rhythmic interpretation of the swaras. Enjoy.

http://rapidshare.de/files/16005408/Bal ... i.mp3.html

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Video of Prof.SRJ singing Lathangi in a chamber setting - his recollections of how Tiger sang Lathangi and
how he & MDR learnt 'aparadhamulanniyu" from Tiger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uTGJtwNJWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4rF9PLWKVE

meena
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Post by meena »

Thanks Ramji

Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

"They conceived the rAgA as a whole" - I love that...

lakshmi10
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Post by lakshmi10 »

excelent job

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

Nikhil Bannerjis Link deleted since It has been reported to me that Rajan Parrikkar is of the opinion that I have stolen it from his site - a mail which also suggests that I am some kind of a shameless thief " who is at IT again ".
Sometimes I wonder if the only mistake I did in this process , was not having referred to the place from where this track had originated-Which Parrikkar says is his site .

For the records
My failure to do so has never been intentional-It is simply a result of the failure of my tagging such details from my early days of building my archive.
But since these acts do end up in excruciating pain for me , I have decided to hang up my boots .
I have had my share of doubts about operating in a forum where I do not know 99 % of the members personally and to keep doing this activity in such a forum-even with the good intentions of helping spread a good word or a tune-is bound to be a foolish task , from now on.

Someday, if there is a close knit group evolving , with all identities known and intentions clear , please do drop a line at chennairasika@gmail.com.I will be willing to be a part of it.

But as far as rasikas.org goes, my uploads will stop.

Srkris-DRS
Please do cancel my membership .That should give some confidence to Parrikkar.
And kindly note that I will not respond to mails from any one on these issues.

Thanks for the nice time I had all these years.
Good Bye and Good Luck !!

:):o:|:)
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coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

Sripathi
This was one of the earliest tracks of MM Iyer I listened to, in the 80s-one that stunned me into becoming a huge fan of MM Iyer.
Enjoy !

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bja21x
RTP in Lathangi
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vageyakara
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Post by vageyakara »

colkarni ji,
The lathangi (MMI)seems to have ben deleted.Please help me out
Ramaraj

vageyakara
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Post by vageyakara »

dear CM devotees
Please view and listen to one of my creations in Lathangi and get back with ur views.
linkref:
http://www.karnatik.com/c3478.shtml
Ramaraj

kaashyab
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Post by kaashyab »

hello everybody i am a new user i want to know where i can get individual raga audio notations for the whole ragas pls help......... thanks

mohan
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Post by mohan »

kaashyab wrote:hello everybody i am a new user i want to know where i can get individual raga audio notations for the whole ragas pls help......... thanks
I am not sure what you are after?

Raga alapanas are improvised and are not notated.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Possible, who knows :)

sureshvv
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Post by sureshvv »

Actually I have seen some artiste keep glancing at their notes during the alapana... not exactly sure what was going on, but may be something along the lines of what arasi is suggesting

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Then again, if they could translate swarAs into AlApanA that quickly by a mere glance at the notes, they certainly have enough knowledge to sing an AlApanA on their own!

Suji Ram
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Post by Suji Ram »

Some raga lakshana books do give a jist of ragAlApana swaras-
I have one.
Never heard of audio notations
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sramaswamy
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Post by sramaswamy »

kaashyab wrote:hello everybody i am a new user i want to know where i can get individual raga audio notations for the whole ragas pls help......... thanks
Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan has done short sketches of about 75 ragams through a CD called MP3 CD titled "Introducing Ragas through Pallavis". Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan has sung a short alapana in each of these ragas followed by a pallavi with the raga name embedded. This is followed by swaras. It is available in Sangeethapriya http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~sridhara ... u-pallavi/

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Suji,
Yes, books may contain swarAs of the rAgAs, combinations of swarAs which are the rAgA's life notes. I am merely saying, isn't it like taking your text book to the exam hall when you take the'crib notes' to the concert hall??

Suji Ram
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Post by Suji Ram »

Arasi,
These days some exams are open book at least in US..in fact Prof's notes are sometimes enough to pass exams... :)
Hope that doesn't become the norm in kutcheries

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Absolutely!
A word of caution, though. There are folks out there who think learning is a cinch in the US. It is different, yes-- but of a different quality. Hope 'open book' tests are not taken to be a breeze. Still, on the concert stage, open books are not very appealing...

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Post by sureshvv »

I would rather allow open books than have artiste goof up the lyrics, mumble under their breath etc. I have noticed that Sudha Raghunathan and her students unabashedly use their notebooks and I find nothing wrong with it at all.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Ah, now you put me in a spot! To have perfect sAhityam or not...that's ALSO the question (Sigh). Well, if they HAVE to open a note book, let them limit it to that one new song. My question is, if the song is new to them, don't they have to pay attention to the song's other aspects too, like phrasing, smooth transition etc? If they concentrate only on words, can they sing wholeheartedly as they normally would?
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shishya
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Post by shishya »

I have seen some musicians refer to muktayis while rendering swara kalpana. I myself use a notebook to make sure I sing the caranams in the right order for say a swarajathi of syama sastry. Other than that if I am not comfortable with the words and meaning, I will wait until the next occassion to perform.

Regarding using notations for raga alanapana: I am not sure if any are available online, but my guru used to make me repeat alapana in class, record it and then ask me to write notation for it at home before I start practicing. Using these notations was allowed for practice but not listening to the tape. The point was to get the jist of the raga as you notate but use your own imagination as you reconstitute the raga.
I just started using this mehtod with one of my students.

Suji Ram
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Post by Suji Ram »

One place you can hear notated AlApana is listening to Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar. Esp. when he starts giving lessons to the accompanying violinist.....I love that. His kalpanaswara rendering is so nice to listen and learn.

Jigyaasa
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Post by Jigyaasa »

Could some1 who downloaded the DR.M.Balamuralikrishna composition, tAmralOchanI in this rAga, pls provide a link now. It'd be a gr8 help.

SaiVainika
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Re: LATHANGI

Post by SaiVainika »

Hi everyone! I happened to stumble upon this thread. Quite a co-incidence that I recently recorded myself playing the varnam Sri Kumara Sodaram on veena and am currently uploading the same on YouTube. Will post a link when I am done. Regarding the composer, I had learnt it from my teacher, Smt. T.R.Balamani. The notation says that the composer is Mysore Vasudevachar. Saipriya

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Post by Lakshman »

I should point out that in the books Varnasagaram by T.K.Govinda Rao and Tana Varna Tarangini by B.M.Sundaram the name of the composer is not mentioned.

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Post by SivaniVSPG24 »

Lyrics of nemamutho which is the composition of thiruvottiyur tyagayyar in adi talam.

Pallavi : Nemamutho nee padamulaku |
neranammithi sri krishna||

Anupallavi : Samaja Varada yani ninnepudu
Santhoshamutho talachi talachi

Chittaswaram : pa ma ga ri sa ri,,, sa,, ma ga ri sa ri,,|,sa, ga ri sa ri,,, sa,, ri sa ri,,,|sa,,, ri,, ga,, sa ri sa ga,, ma,, ri ga| ri da,,,,, ma,,,,, ga,,,,,| ri ga ma pa ma ga ma ri ga ma,, ga ma pa da pa| ma pa ga ma pa,, ma pa da ni da pa da ma da ni,|,, ga ri,, sa ni da ni,,, da ni ri sa,,|ni da pa da,,, ma pa da ni sa ni,, da pa ma||

Charanam: Komalamaina nee padamulanu
Koniyaduvari manamulandu
Emaraka undu vanuchu
Enchudu gopala dasa nutha|
Chittaswaram should be repeated again here.

nAdopAsaka
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Post by nAdopAsaka »

chaste rendition of Nemamutho on veena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-djOIw7wdgo

Prof. SRJ's outline of Lathangi (already linked in an older post on this thread) is valuable too..

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