Topic started by Ganapathy (@ montana.yamato.ibm.com) on Fri Jun 8 06:05:27 .
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Hi Everybody.. Namaste. I am a student of Mridangam and I started learning about an year ago. I am now a student of Sh. V Krishna of Percussive Arts Centre, Bangalore. Some of you might have heard of the TalaVaadyotsava that just concluded here. Its a wonderful event highlightig the importance of Laya. Well.. I enjoy going to kutcheries .. and like to enjoy the music as well as observe how eveyone on the stage plays their role. Specially I wonder how to appreciate the violin , which as an accompanying instrument tries to follow the vocalist like a shadow. Sometimes I feel , when the vocalist is doing an alaapana at the start, i feel the shadow effect created by the violin does not allow me to enjoy the waves created by the vocalist's rendering. I somehow feel that during the alapana the violinist should stop and let the vocalist be on his own.

I would like to know what you feel about this.. and may be some of your thoughts may help me get a different perspective to enjoy the alaapana better.
Thanks a Lot !!
Regs
Ganapathy

Responses:

• From: nick (@ host.sumitomomarine.co.uk) on: Fri Jun 8 08:04:08
  
  >> i feel the
  shadow effect created by the violin does not allow me to enjoy the waves created by the vocalist's rendering.
  <<
  for me, a good accompaniets will always enhance the vocalist. Sometimes putting the cherry on trhe cake.
  
  >>the violinist
  should stop and let the vocalist be on his own.
  <<
  But they do, sometimes, just playing the role of drone for a time.
  
  

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