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mrudula
Namaste ma'am. Can you please talk about few practice/ techniques to blend chest voice and head voice smoothly, while keeping up with the saahithya,
Understanding Aesthetics of Carnatic Vocals
In this Masterclass, I will be covering the following topics.
- Practice methods and content for Octave Singing
- Use of Gamakas and Anuswaras
- Enunciation of Sahitya / Lyrics
This will be an Interactive Masterclass. I will be happy to answer any specific questions regarding the topics above. Please feel free to pre-submit any questions relevant to the topic.
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This Masterclass is for students of Carnatic music that wish to gain an insight into what it takes to work on one's music effectively.
Submitted Messages
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Devi Hariharan
Can you explain how one would go about starting and finishing the thanam and pallavi of any ragam?
karthikrgnp
How long can be an aalapana of any Ragam? Does is it depends on the song or raga?
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Remya Janakivallabhan
How can one gain confidence to sing alapanai in any ragam?
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Remya Janakivallabhan
Does one sing alapanai thinking swaras or thinking melody Or does it happen organically with practice ?
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Vidhya Venkat
I love the meditative nature of your singing ? How do you cultivate such a style ?
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Lekshmi Unnikrishnan
Namaskaram Ma'am. Could you please recommend voice exercises/techniques to improve the 'azhutham' in one's voice while singing fast
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Lekshmi Unnikrishnan
Namaskaram Ma'am. Female voices tend to sound thinner and sharper in the higher octaves. Are there exercises that can help make the voice
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Soumya Radhakrishnan
Namaskaram Ma'am, I would like to know about culturing one's voice for both Carnatic and light music/film music. Could you share some
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Soumya Radhakrishnan
Namaskaram Ma'am: How do we build on our natural (current) vocal range and how do we transition from chest to head voice in a smooth
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Vidhya Venkat
How do you combine gamakas along with sahitya without disturbing the meditative nature of singing and sounding pleasant ?
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Vidhya Venkat
How do you combine gamakas along with sahitya without disturbing the meditative nature of singing and sounding pleasant ?
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Angayarkany Arivalzakan
Vanakam ma, I really love your nasal sound when you sing bass & high notes ma.How to expend our range from our normal voice to high note smoothly
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Anuradha Swaminathan
Namaskaram, Congratulations on the PadmaShri, very fortunate to be a participant here, I am amazed at the subtle nuances in your rendition of
About the Artist
Bombay Jayashri Ramnath
Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, one of the best known Carnatic musicians today, is a
multi-talented artiste, who has been trained in Hindustani music and playing the veena.
She has performed at the most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, New York –
only the second Carnatic musician to perform there after M.S. Subbulakshmi.
She is the
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13 February 2021
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