Dudukugala Pancharatna Kriti

Dudukugala nanne brova composition is so beautiful that whenever I listen to gain perfection ,I do nothing except closing my eyes and enjoy the sahityam,composition.

Legends MS subbalakshmi garu ,kunnakudi and many others in thyagaraja aaradhana utsavam. smile emoticon

pallavi

duDuku gala nannE dora koDuku brOcurA entO

anupallavi

kaDu durviSayA krSTuDai-gaDiya gaDiyaku ninDAru

caraNam 1

shrI vanitA hrtkumudAbjA vAngmAnasa gOcara

caraNam 2

sakala bhUtamula andu nI vaiyuNDaga madilEka pOyina

caraNam 3

ciruta prAyamu nADe bhajanAmrta rasavihIna kutarkuDaina

caraNam 4

para dhanamula koraku nOrula madini karaga-baliki kaDupu nimpa diriginaTTi

caraNam 5

tanamadini bhuvini saukhyapu jIvanamE anucu sadA dinamulu gaDipE

caraNam 6

telayani naTaviTa kSUdrulu vanitalu sva vashamauta- kupadEshinci santasilli
svaralayambu lerungakanushIlAtmuDai su-bhaktulaku samanamanu

caraNam 7

druSTiki sArambagu lalanA sadanArbhaka sEnAmita dhanAdulanu dEvadi dEva
nera nammitini gAkanI padAbja bhajanambu maracina

caraNam 8

cakkani mukha kamalambunu sadA nA midilO smaraNa lEkanE durmadAndha-
janula kOri paritApamulacE dagili nogili durvisaya durAsalanu rOyalEka
satata maparAdhinai capala cittuDanaina

caraNam 9

mAnavatanu durlabha manucu nEnci paramAnanda mondaleka mada matsara
kAma lObha mOhamulaku dAsuDai mOsabOti gAka modaTi kulajuDagucu bhuvini
shUdula panulu salpucunu uNTinigAka nArAdamulu kOri sArahIna matamulanu sAdhimpa dArumAru

caraNam 10

satulakai konnALLAstikai sutulakai konnALLu dhana tatulakai tirigiti nayya tyAgarAjApta ituvaNTi

Lyrics of Dudukugala nanne brova reference : www.karnatic.com

Modern twist to Carnatic

Modern twist to Carnatic: The raga was Hamsadhwani for sure. And what followed was “Vathapi Ganapathim Bhaje” by Mutthuswamy Dikshitar. The grand voice too was immediately recognizable – the music colossus Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna! But it sounded different. It was a very peppy and brisk number like the following one, “Himadri Suthe”, a Shyama Sastry composition sung by Bombay Jayashri.

Raga Parampara is a beautiful concept introduced and very well organised,run and implemented by my friend and his group.It's a pleasure listening to all the great singers,legends in one album as a fusion,not missing the originality of carnatic music,adding more sweetness.
I would want to share this effort from my friends through this page.Ofcourse who wouldn't encourage good things /hmm.Oh yes, here's the link to what media says about Raga Parampara :)

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sunday-Hans/2016-01-31/Modern-twist-to-Carnatic/203755

Kill Piracy,encourage talented and young artists.I am ready to place order of the cd ,are you ? 

Watch and listen great artists Balamuralikrishna garu,Shankar Mahadevan,Bombay Jayashree etc in Raga Parampara.

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AIR Recording

Becoming an AIR artist was always my dream.With the guidance of my guru and my uncle ,I decided to give an audition in Indian Music-Devotional ,in All India Radio,Vijayawada(AIR).Thankfully,I became B grade artist of AIR Vijayawada .This was almost 2 or even 3 years back,and now I get a post to my Hyderabad address that I have a few minutes of recording allotted on 5th of Jan , 10 am at AIR ,vijayawada.When asked the reason for delay in allotting the 1st recording, they said,there are many artists this year and seems like all this is dependent on budget too.(Competition /no ).

As usual, dad came all the way from hyderabad to vijayawada just to accompany me and boost up my confidence.Frankly speaking, my recording was not up to mark.I had to select any three devotional/light music songs.And they are,

1. Paluke bangaramayena - ramadasu keertana
2. nanati bathuku natakamu in revathi ragam
3. Jayadevuni ashtapadi - anilatarala kuvalayanayanena

I realized my mistakes and my satisfaction levels were going down but I met this person, Modumudi Sudhakar , a top grade carnatic vocalist,working as grade 1 music composer in AIR vijayawada(I read about him after coming back home) who was so simple,and had been encouraging me during the whole performance.He said its not necessary to record again,this is fine,you don't worry' :) .Its not about how I sang but the way he carries himself and doesn't show off,smiles always,I am very impressed.

Modumudi Sudhakar

Through this program,I came across few more artists and it was good to be part of conversation with them.

Alankaram 8 - Ata Talam

8. Khanda Jati
ATA TALAM Alankaram:
I5 I5 0 0 = 5 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 14 beats
 I5         I5          0      0
s r , g , | s , r g , | m , | m , ||
r g , m , | r , g m , | p , | p , ||
g m , p , | g , m p , | d , | d , ||
m p , d , | m , p d , | n , | n , ||
p d , n , | p , d n , | S , | S , ||
S n , d , | S , n d , | p , | p , ||
n d , p , | n , d p , | m , | m , ||
d p , m , | d , p m , | g , | g , ||
p m , g , | p , m g , | r , | r , ||
m g , r , | m , g r , | s , | s , ||

I hope you already know what the above notation reperesention and 'jathi' is.

Alankaralu 6 & 7 - Eka Talam

6. Chatushra Jati
EKA TALAM Alankaram:
I4 = 4 beats
 I4
s r g m ||
r g m p ||
g m p d ||
m p d n ||
p d n S ||
S n d p ||
n d p m ||
d p m g ||
p m g r ||
m g r s ||

7. Thishra Jati

EKA TALAM Alankaram:

I3 = 3 beats

 I3

s r g  ||

r g m  ||

g m p  ||

m p d  ||

p d n  ||

S n d  ||

n d p  ||

d p m  ||

p m g  ||

m g r  ||

I hope you already know what the above notation reperesention and 'jathi' is.

Alankaram 8 - Ata Talam

Alankaram 5 - Triputa talam

5. Tisra Jathi
TRIPUTA TALAM Alankaram:
I3 0 0 = 3 + 2 + 2 = 7 beats
 I3     0     0
s r g | s r | g m ||
r g m | r g | m p ||
g m p | g m | p d ||
m p d | m p | d n ||
p d n | p d | n S ||
S n d | S n | d p ||
n d p | n d | p m ||
d p m | d p | m g ||
p m g | p m | g r ||
m g r | m g | r s ||

I hope you already know what the above notation reperesention and 'jathi' is.

Again, There are two alankaralu in below audio so please note that the first one I rendered is Tisra jathi :)

Alankaram 6 and 7 - - Eka Talam

Alankaram 4 - Jhampa Talam

4. Mishra Jati
JHAMPA TALAM Alankaram:
I7 U 0 = 7 + 1 + 2 = 10 beats
 I7              U    0
s r g s r s r | g | m , ||
r g m r g r g | m | p , ||
g m p g m g m | p | d , ||
m p d m p m p | d | n , ||
p d n p d p d | n | S , ||
S n d S n S n | d | p , ||
n d p n d n d | p | m , ||
d p m d p d p | m | g , ||
p m g p m p m | g | r , ||
m g r m g m g | r | s , ||

I hope you already know what the above notation reperesention and 'jathi' is.

Below audio has two alankaralu so please do not get confused,the second one is jhampa talam alankaram.

Alankaram 5 - Triputa Talam