It was Hameer day today just as I had promised it would be but, morning brought with it a lot of unexpected detours , making it necessary for me to combine my first 2 practice session into a double session at 3 in the afternoon!
Now on to Hameer (click here to know more about Raga Hameer) and its alaap .In a comment to my last post Gagan asked me about the exploration of Hameer in the lower side. The way I see it is Hameer just the same either way and will be best served with the same movements in the Mandra saptak as in the taar saptak.The trick is to develop confidence in pulling from the first fret which is tivra ma in the lower scale. Now this no mean feat in itself, but hey! who said it would be easy!
Try pull meends from Dha, and tivra Ma instead of Pa and when you are ending a phrase in Pa , try ending in {Pa Ma Pa} instead. You will end up with a lot more of the coveted Gayaki effect this way. The key here, is to be fearless while pulling. I would not recommend using ghaseet movements in mandra saptak aalap as doing this will be detrimental to the continuity of sound and consequently the gayaki effect.
With this I wish all musicians out there Happy Hameer and don’t forget to comment on how this tip worked for you .
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hi there,
Pulling the meend from “Ma” in the mandra saptak to “Sa” was something which i thought was never possible…….but after reading this comment from a maestro….i tried it and finally was able to do it…..Cheers to U Adi..
But as Bijoy rightly said…..”this no mean feat in itself, but hey! who said it would be easy!” …..Very true….In fact this is the very limit….and only that person leads the stream who dares to reach to the Limit…..and the same goes for Bijoy.
No words for u ….My Mad Scientist [;)]
Cheers
Gagan
hey shweetu,
won’t you let us know what are you doing as the date of your england tour is drawing near…..C’MON WE ARE WAITING…