Saw Mr. Rajagopalan, son, and friends yesterday at Seattle's Folklife Festival. I was amazed; and I've seen some of the best musicians India has/had to offer.
So I love this. What would you call this style of music? I love the rhythm and strings! "Carnatic music"? I'm am always looking for more music like this. I recently discovered these 2 guys and I have maybe ONE OR TWO other artists that I have learned of from catching a concert here in Portland but I dont have a ton of exposure to this type of music. I also love banghra.
This is a mashup between Carnatic and Hindustani music. Both forms are a part of Indian Classical music. The vertical drum you see is a Tabla (Hindustani) and the horizontal drum is called a Mridangam(Carnatic). Quite rich music being presented here.
In fact the violinist is playing Carnatic music. However, the tabla (percussion instrument which was played in the beginning) is used in Hindustani music and the mridangam (the other percussion instrument) is used in Carnatic music. Carnatic music is south Indian classical music. The violin however is only around 300 hrs old in use in Carnatic music. But it has become the most used instrument in Carnatic now because of the possibility it presents of sliding one's finger on the board in different ways. This helps mimic the way singing is done in Indian music. Whatever was played on the violin here can also be sung by one. In Indian classical music, there is no concept of chords. We play one note at a time. But, there is the concept of a Raga. A raga is just a subset of keys from the superset of 12 keys pattern which one can find on the keyboard (piano). It's the subset chosen and the sequence of notes played that determine the mood/color of the music (happy/sad/energetic/something else).
Saw Mr. Rajagopalan, son, and friends yesterday at Seattle's Folklife Festival. I was amazed; and I've seen some of the best musicians India has/had to offer.
Awesome & simply outstanding! - Ustads Ganesh Rajagopalan & Zakir Hussain
The Mridhangam to Tabla switch at 5:34 is out of the world!
Ufffff!!! Kya baat!!! Kya baat!!! Out of the world...
Amazing
Soukhyam 😊
what a fluency in violin.
لمادا تبكيها ايها الجبار انها حبيبتك ترفق بها عيوننا دافقت الدمع هداك الله رحمة بالسامعين اليس لك قلب
If Sachin is the God of cricket, Zakir ji is the God of Tabla
More More More More...
thank you sir...... salam dari pulau bali.
Aahhhaaa !!!!! Kyaa baat.....
wah
Enticing you!
No mention of the mridangam vidwan
So I love this. What would you call this style of music? I love the rhythm and strings! "Carnatic music"? I'm am always looking for more music like this. I recently discovered these 2 guys and I have maybe ONE OR TWO other artists that I have learned of from catching a concert here in Portland but I dont have a ton of exposure to this type of music. I also love banghra.
i love music like this too. greeting from bali island
This is a mashup between Carnatic and Hindustani music. Both forms are a part of Indian Classical music. The vertical drum you see is a Tabla (Hindustani) and the horizontal drum is called a Mridangam(Carnatic). Quite rich music being presented here.
In fact the violinist is playing Carnatic music. However, the tabla (percussion instrument which was played in the beginning) is used in Hindustani music and the mridangam (the other percussion instrument) is used in Carnatic music.
Carnatic music is south Indian classical music. The violin however is only around 300 hrs old in use in Carnatic music. But it has become the most used instrument in Carnatic now because of the possibility it presents of sliding one's finger on the board in different ways. This helps mimic the way singing is done in Indian music. Whatever was played on the violin here can also be sung by one.
In Indian classical music, there is no concept of chords. We play one note at a time. But, there is the concept of a Raga. A raga is just a subset of keys from the superset of 12 keys pattern which one can find on the keyboard (piano). It's the subset chosen and the sequence of notes played that determine the mood/color of the music (happy/sad/energetic/something else).
You can also hear other violinists like Akkarai subhalakshmi, T N Krishnan, L subramanian etc.
Thank you so much for the insight!
What happened to the other brother Kumaresh? can anybody tell.
Lives in Bangalore. Still performing. He’s an amazing musician.
6:03 Wait. What?!