Some random Youtubing landed me up on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaqfJTkC ... re=related
As I was listening to it, I observed a few things:
1. Quite an unusual way of holding and playing the khanjira.
2. The naadham of the instrument is quite different from what I have heard - sounds rich! And, a lot less of jingling sound too, IMO.
And, thanks to Google, I landed up on this: http://sriramv.wordpress.com/2012/03/03 ... an-at-air/ (see the last paragraph)
From what Sriram V writes, he is the grand-nephew of Shri Chittoor Subramania Pillai.
Any more info about this artiste? Can someone knowledgeable please explain if this style is indeed unusual?
Cheers.
Khanjira C S Venkataramanan
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Re: Khanjira C S Venkataramanan
His jingles do seem somewhat muted, which must be his choice in the instrument making, and it does make a pleasant change. Otherwise, he brings out the sound and gumaka potential of the instrument in a beautiful way.
Just as I wonder why the singing nadam of the mridangam is absent under the fingers of some players (only recently I thought, in a concert, "he might as well be playing a wooden box*") I also wonder at the lack of gumaka in otherwise gifted kanjira players.
*I used to say "Thavil," then I realised what a serious injustice I was doing to Thavil artists
Just as I wonder why the singing nadam of the mridangam is absent under the fingers of some players (only recently I thought, in a concert, "he might as well be playing a wooden box*") I also wonder at the lack of gumaka in otherwise gifted kanjira players.
*I used to say "Thavil," then I realised what a serious injustice I was doing to Thavil artists