দিদির মুখ [Didi r mukh] (Face of my sister)

I was reading a poem today (by Madhusudan Ghati) and I thought of a tune for it .. I had to tweak a little by singing the odd lines first and then even lines. 

Anyway here is the song version of the poem: Song

Flamenco Workshop @OTS

Flamenco Guitar Workshop with Juanito Pascual @ OTS.

3/4 Calle Del Aire
4/4 Tangos Del Cerro
12 Bulerias

1st type of 12 beat: Solea, Solea por bulerias, Aleglias, Bulerias

2nd type of 12 beat: Siguiriya, Serranas, Cabales, Martinete

Accent patten of 12 beat can be:

(12/0) * * 3 * * 6 * 8 * 10 * 12

(12/0) * * 3 * * * 7 8 * 10 * 12

Few other links :
Paco De Lucia - I
Estrella Morente - Solea
Tomatito - Bulerias

notes:

 

Three note raaga

Raaga Malashree - Three note raga - S, G, P

Information

Link

Ali Akbar - Sarod

Jog - adhunik

by Indrani Sen :   Saono aNdhar name

Bamayana Bandish

Bandish where each word starts with the letter that is same as the letter of the sound of the 'note'.

Example of a bandish composed by Pritam Bhattacharjee 

An uncommon raaga

So you heard about Bhoopali.
Sa Re Ga Pa Dha Sa / Sa Dha Pa Ga Re Sa
A popular pentatonic scale.

Now, if you change Dha -> komol dha,
this becomes Bhoopkali or Bhoopeshwari (a morning raaga)
By Ronu Majumdar

A famous Ghazal by Mehdi Hasan - "Ab Ke Hum Bichde"
Ab ke hum bichde

আকাশের জন্য (For the sky)

This is from a poem that I was reading the other day (by Apurbo Dutta) and I thought it can be sung :) .. so with very minimal change I came up with this song version of that poem.

Song

এবার শ্রাবণ (It's monsoon)

I wanted to recite a poem by Srijato and sing a related song by Rupankar: Click to Listen

দাঁড়াও (Wait)

We recently did a project based on the poem "দাঁড়াও" by শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায় : Click to Listen
Recitation: Debajit
Music: Subhajit

Lochloosa - A Bengali rendition

This is one of my favorite songs from the band JJ Grey & Mofro. The song is called Lochloosa.
It is about a lake near Gainesville, FL which is my second home :-) honestly.

original version 1

original version 2

We all have our own Lochloosa somewhere, I am sure :-)
First I did a Indian melody mixing with it. Here it is : A fused version

But I really wanted to do a bengali version of it keeping the original lyrics as close as possible.

Here is our translation [Thanks to Debajit da]  Bengali translation

And finally here is my recording: গান - লকলুসা

kichhu natun gaan :)

A compilation of new songs by us:

Youtube link

kotha: Debu da and Suvankar

" হে মহাজীবন " [ Compilations of Rabindrasangeets]

হে মহাজীবন - ১

হে মহাজীবন - ২

হে মহাজীবন - ৩
হে মহাজীবন - ৪

To be continued .....

The entire playlist can be found HERE

Tomay Dilam ...

Sayak and me :)
Shahorer usNotomo din ee

tomayDilam.mp3

Kalyan Raagmala

Few raagas in Kalyan thaat  in the raagmala - Kalyan Ragmala

1) Raag: Nand - Bandish: Aj hu na aaye shyaam
    Example: Je te dao amay, Tu jaha jaha

2) Raag: Chhayanat - Bandish: Pal pal soch bichar karu main
    Example: Sunnyo ee buke, Aay tobe sahachari, Alpo loiya, Godhuli gagone, Akash amay,
                    Amare tumi
                    jabe din (subhomita)

3) Raag: Gaud Sarang - Bandish: Pal na lagi mori aaNkhiyaan

4) Raag: Shyaam Kalyan - Bandish: Sawaan ki saNjh
     Example: Rakho rakho re (?)

5) Raag: Kamod - Bandish: Eri jane na dungi
    Example: Jotobar alo jalate chai

6) Raag: Hameer - Bandish: Kaise ghar jau langarwa
    Example: Timiro obogunthone, Aro koto durey, Ajo kaNde kanone

7) Raag: Kedar - Bandish: Kanha re Nanda nandana
    Example: Prabhu amaro, Amaro bichar, Bohu juger

One rare equivalence

It all started with Tagore's song -- "Baje Karuno Sure"

It is based on the raaga Simhendramadhyamam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simhendramadhyamam)

Tagore probably borrowed from Carnatic style of classical music where it's a popular scale.

for C it is:    C D D# F# G G# B C

Now I somehow bumped into this scale : Hungarian Minor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_minor_scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_scale

For C: Gypsy scales are: C D Eb F# G Ab Bb/B C

Now lets us first see:  C Minor

Following whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole

we have: C D D# F G G# A# C

Now the notes of the Harmonic minor scale are the same as the natural minor except that the seventh degree is raised by one semitone.

So C Harmonic minor is: C D D# F G G# B C

Now a Double Harmonic minor It is the same as the harmonic minor scale, except that it has a raised fourth.

So C Double Harmonic minor is: C D D# F# G G# B C; 

this is Hungarian Minor scale or one of the Hungarian Gypsy scales 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_gypsy_scale

In wiki, it is also said that : this is a symmetrical scale that is very common in Flamenco

For A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smF-Bf_j30

A tribute to Rituparno Ghosh

Shibasish da and I had an initial idea. Based on that Shiba da wrote a script. We (Dr. Malay Ghosh, Shiba da, Soma, Monalisa, Sayan and I) performed this first on the occasion of Durga puja 2013 in Gainesville (19th Oct, 2013). Later Shiba da and I did a remake of the program as the earlier one was not fully available and bit noisy. While Shiba da recited the whole script, I took care of the songs :)

It is also an tiny attempt to raise an awareness against this (Supreme Court's Order) type of ridiculous law, which forces us, the fellow Indians, to ask ourselves a question - Is India really the largest democracy in the world ?

youtube link of the project

Shrodhharghyo: Manna Dey

Amar duto khub priyo gaan -

Ami Nilaray Bose

Oi Mohasindhur Opar Theke

Relationship - different music scales

A website to describe a nice equivalence relation among different scale structures

Nand raaga

Ragmala

The first part of the chorus song (hindustani classical) is based on Nand raaga.
Other examples
Bengali: Jete dao amay dekona
Hindi: Tu jaha jaha chalega

Instrumental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsXm85Xfqmo

Tatun Ekti Meyer Naam - a contemporary musical short story

link to the audio file

We performed this on 15th Oct. in Gainesville Durga Puja.
         - Shibasish (in recitation),
         - Sugata, Sayak and I (in vocal) ,
         - Sayak (in guitar)
         - Amol (in tabla)
It is also accompanied by the following slide show-

associated slide show (in pdf)

guitar harmony chart

guitar harmony - link
guitar harmony - link

pdf file: Harmony_Chart

Example: C scale: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C
                so harmony would be in the chords : C(M)-D(m)-E(m)-F(M)-G(M)-A(m)-B(o)-C(M)
                1,4,5 = Major / 2,3,6 = minor / 7 = diminished
Instead of "diminished" one, go semitone down and play the major chord. (like B-b(M) instead of B(o))


Chords
Major (M)    
root + Major Third(4th semitone after root) + perfect Fifth (7th semitone after root)

minor (m)    
root + minor Third(3rd semitone after root) + perfect Fifth (7th semitone after root)

diminished (o)    
root + minor Third(3rd semitone after root) + flattened Fifth (7th semitone after root)
(so it is basically minor with perfect fifth is replaced by flattened fifth)

note:
While technically out of key, in practice this is a common substitution for the diminished chord in a major key: go down a half-step from the diminished chord and play a major chord in its place. This is a ‘borrowed’ chord from the minor scale or Mixolydian mode starting on the same key note and is a very common substitution in rock and pop styles.


 Major scale W-W-H-W-W-W-H
 minor scale  W-H-W-W-H-W-W

Few Tagore songs and their Raaga

This is what I have gathered so far ... Rabindrasangeets_Raaga
I want to make it a bigger one ... So if you have something to add to this list ... please comment :-)

Dhrupad

"kar milono chao" - rabindrasangeet ... Dhrupad
Raag - Shree

wiki - Dhrupad

2 track recording in Audacity

Audacity is pretty powerful, I tried two track recording with voice and one instrument(vibes).

Lalit(with Suddha 'Dha') and Puriya Dhanashri - Jasrangi

Lets do it:
C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#- A-A#-B - C- C# -D- D#- E- F  (Lalit with Suddha 'Dha')
                         |   |    x   x     |   x     |     |    |       x   x     |   |
                        C-C#-D-D#-E- F-  F#- G- G#- A- A#-B-C-C#-D-D#- (Puriya Dhanashri)

Lalit (with Suddha 'Dha') - 'Re' komol(C#); 'Ma' - Tivra+Suddha(F+F#); no 'Pa'(G)
PuriyaDhanashri: 'Pa' used - 'Re' komol; 'Dha' komol; 'Ma' Tivra

Similarly we can do for Abhogi and Kalavati.

nice :-)

Fusion - Deepak Ram

STEPS - Deepak Ram
npr link 

Jasrangi

Jasrangi example

 - same note - start from different tonics
 - leads to two ragas
 - diatonic scale
- typically 'sa' in female voice  and 'ma' in male voice voice.(harmonic part)
-"JASRANGI" unique duet (male/female), conceived by Pandit Jasraj.
- raag abhogi (sa) and raag kalavati (ma)
- raag lalit (sa) and raag puriya dhaneshree (ma)


" Pandit Jasraj ...... His greatest contribution to Indian classical music is his conception of a unique and novel jugalbandi, styled on the ancient system of Moorchanas, between a male and a female vocalist, each singing in their respective scales and different ragas at the same time[citation needed].In his honor, this legendary jugalbandi is known as The Jasrangi. "


related links:
Graha_bedham
Shruti bedham

gaan-Saraswati Puja 2011

daNriye achho tumi amar ganer opare...
Recorded by Shibdas :-)

My Online Tanpura

click to play Tanpura

nice link

interesting

Chords for "Hoyto tomari jonnyo"

I prefer G major.....so here it is :-) [just one whole note up]
key G major
original :
chord (key F major)

quite interesting

Vi Hart

Chord player

play the chord :-)

Circle of Fifths (from Wiki)

Relative Minor is 3 semitone lower than the respective Major chord

CAGED system

key of a song

key finding 15 min after
listen to the song carefully->hum it->play the ballpark note on piano->eliminate those notes which come in the minor chord that puts that ballpark note at the end of that minor chord->after eliminating the other 2 notes you will have the key of the song. (ballpark note might be 3rd or 5th note in the original key).This is "minor chord test" 

chords

chord progression link

chord progression

4 chords

http://groups.google.com/group/subho_friends/web/pianochordchart.pdf

http://groups.google.com/group/subho_friends/web/UkeChart.pdf

http://groups.google.com/group/subho_friends/web/harpbook.pdf

http://groups.google.com/group/subho_friends/web/harmonica.pdf

http://groups.google.com/group/subho_friends/web/15-Guitar_Tabs_dup.pdf

music online classes

http://oyc.yale.edu/music/listening-to-music/content/class-sessions

Guitar Lessons online