ankita,you learnt under vairam for 5 years,would like to know the standard please,to know how many are in the concert level.As he used to say about Rangachari bani ‘ithu en vAdyAr vazhi;koncham kanKu,vyavahAram eLAm undu’
thathwamasi wrote:Since I am a flautist, I used to sing in the same sruthi of my flute which is 3. 3 would be too high of VLN mama. But, he took a lot of trouble to teach me in the same sruthi I am comfortable with.
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He used to do the same with mridangists in concerts,adjusting to their sruthi.He sings in oru kattai sruthi and later part of his career less than that.Once in KGS,he sang in one and a half,as requested by Mani Iyer,that too a mike less concert(avar mike use paNa mATAr,aPo pATukArar use paNarathu ePadi?!)
Thathwamasi sir,are you in concert level?
Some more points about the teacher and performer in him;
Usually he sings the same songs he teaches the students at that time.He saw the film swAthi thirunAl and remembered the song chaliye (antha padam pAthaPothu thAn jnApakam vantatu,en gurunAthar adiKadi pAduvAr) and that song was a regular item in many concerts followed.