Mandolin or Guitar teacher in south chennai.
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ganesh_mourthy
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Mandolin or Guitar teacher in south chennai.
Does anyone know a good guitar or mandolin teacher in south Chennai for carnatic music? I am just wondering , between the two what would personally our rasikas recommend?
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ganesh_mourthy
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Re: Mandolin Teacher in south chennai.
I had posted this a while ago and there was no reply . Obviously , there are not many Mandolin musicians , let alone teachers. Perhaps this is because it is not easy to learn or teach?!! However, if anyone of you know any Mandolin teacher in Chennai , please let me know. Certainly, this instrument popularized by Srinivas , or rather invented to adapt to carnatic music, should have a permanent place in our Music System. That will also be a tribute to the Great Srinivas
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uday_shankar
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Re: Mandolin or Guitar teacher in south chennai.
ganesh_mourthy,
"Mandolin" is a misnomer. The instrument referred to as "mandolin" worldwide is a high-fretted western folk and sometimes classical music acoustic instrument totally unsuited to playing Carnatic music. Just to clarify the widespread misconception that pervades "scholarly" articles and obituaries, here's some online lessons on the "mandolin" that I randomly googled and found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHeO3rGHnxs
The mandolin in the above is totally unsuited to play Carnatic music.
So, what the late Shrinivas played is the electric mandolin, which is very different. The electric mandolin is almost identical to the electric guitar, except it has one less string. One could say it is the "little brother" of the electric guitar.
Electric mandolin or electric guitar is quite straightforward to play or teach, especially Carnatic music. It is probably easier than the vina because no pulling of strings is involved and obviously easier than violin, chitravina or flute which involve more complex technique.
You would need at least a guitar amplifier to plug it into and mains power. So you can't practice during power cuts
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I live in south Madras and can certainly start you off with a few varnams and kritis on the electric guitar or electric mandolin. However, I don't have either instruments with me and you'll have to make your own arrangements for both the instrument and the guitar amp. Also, I am frequently away from Chennai for prolonged periods of time, so you'll have to solo it !
Do send me an email if you want to discuss. Best wishes!
"Mandolin" is a misnomer. The instrument referred to as "mandolin" worldwide is a high-fretted western folk and sometimes classical music acoustic instrument totally unsuited to playing Carnatic music. Just to clarify the widespread misconception that pervades "scholarly" articles and obituaries, here's some online lessons on the "mandolin" that I randomly googled and found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHeO3rGHnxs
The mandolin in the above is totally unsuited to play Carnatic music.
So, what the late Shrinivas played is the electric mandolin, which is very different. The electric mandolin is almost identical to the electric guitar, except it has one less string. One could say it is the "little brother" of the electric guitar.
Electric mandolin or electric guitar is quite straightforward to play or teach, especially Carnatic music. It is probably easier than the vina because no pulling of strings is involved and obviously easier than violin, chitravina or flute which involve more complex technique.
You would need at least a guitar amplifier to plug it into and mains power. So you can't practice during power cuts
.I live in south Madras and can certainly start you off with a few varnams and kritis on the electric guitar or electric mandolin. However, I don't have either instruments with me and you'll have to make your own arrangements for both the instrument and the guitar amp
. Also, I am frequently away from Chennai for prolonged periods of time, so you'll have to solo it !Do send me an email if you want to discuss. Best wishes!