Shri J Venkataraman - Lec dem @ Tattvaloka

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 20 Dec 2008, 13:59

It was a truly outstanding lec dem by a great man! Was organized by Carnatica. Shall try compiling my notes and come up with a post soon. Neither violin accompaniment nor Mrudangam, yet the way he sang and his ideas were just unbelievable. On-the-spot innovation in Laya was the topic and Shri JV was just brilliant. Absolutely impromptu Pallavi design with notation being done on stage and what not! Such performances undoubtedly make one's season.

Sathej

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 20 Dec 2008, 14:44

it was a great programme. i loved it too...

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 20 Dec 2008, 21:18

Wow! Waiting for details - Sathej and bharath... What was the topic for lecdem?

-hari

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 20 Dec 2008, 21:33

The topic was 'On the spot creativity in Pallavi and Kalpana Swarams'. Shall put together my notes and post. Might take some time as I am a bit hard pressed for time these days but shall definitely post.

Sathej

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 20 Dec 2008, 23:28

Bharath,Sathej, Very much looking forward to your notes on the laya wisdom imparted by Shri. J. Venkataraman.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Dec 2008, 14:45

well, i attended both the friday morning and saturday morning programmes of JV mama, though only in parts.

and i did not make any notes or recording on both occasions

at parthasarathy sabha, it was a pallavi in jayamanohari and kumudakriya set to misra triputa misra nadai.

at carnatica, it was in todi, set to kanda triputa kanda nadai.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 24 Dec 2008, 16:12

J. Venkataraman's lec dem was more laya oriented and the pallavi was in misra tiruputa talam in misra nadai. Mainly this dem was only for senior students [ as per his statement too] since big kanakku occupied the entire dem. The prominent stalwarts present were Chengleput Renganathan and Madurai T. Srinivasan . The pallavi was Ongi ulagalandha from thiruppavai. Finally he praised the purcussion and violin artistes for their active participation/ support in this lec dem.
Thanjavooran

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 24 Dec 2008, 23:48

One question that we discuss here often that J. Venkataraman can answer is this.

This pallavi, mistra triputa, misra nadai: 7 times 7 + 2 times 7 + 2 times 7 .

In RTPs, is this pretty much treated as 49 units of pUrvangA and 28 units of uttaranga with arudhi as the demarcation point?
Or the division of the 49 units of pUrvangA into 7 beats of 7 sub-beats musically meaningful?