TM Krishna - Manodharma

[nadhasudha]

https://youtu.be/qlq9EvFr8Uo

A wonderful lec dem on manodharma in Carnatic music. Students of carnatic music will benefit from listening to it! There are three parts to this. Part I, II, III.

[Sachi_R]

Have been browsing the videos. It seems to have happened around his Calcutta concert, reviewed here in detail before.

TMK is on a high. He is trying very hard to interest the "Hindustani"-mindset listeners about the intricacies of our southern music. As usual he is very competent and very enthusiastic.

[nadhasudha]

Have been browsing the videos. It seems to have happened around his Calcutta concert, reviewed here in detail before.

TMK is on a high. He is trying very hard to interest the "Hindustani"-mindset listeners about the intricacies of our southern music. As usual he is very competent and very enthusiastic.

True Sachi! Yes, he did talk about many stereotypical assumptions about carnatic music - about CM not being peaceful, CM being perceived to be too busy, concepts of frequency, pitch and tone, role of percussion in CM as opposed to HM. One of his statements that Art is an illusion that the artist and the listener should buy into to be swept by the magic of art was very insightful! His illustration of Alapana and the search for the raga swaroopa was a revelation indeed!He actually contrasted his Alapana with that of the Ghatam artist to show the difference and there in lies the magic!

[Sachi_R]

OK, I have heard three parts and am into the fourth.

It is a mixed bag. Some very beautiful points. Some very good explanations. But many grandiose sweeps of generalisation and dismissive statements.
Calling the alapana as creating an illusion- where does it leave music as such?