Genre:
Indian classical/instrumental/contemporary
Intro:
Ragas (musical scales) and talas (rhythms) are the mainstay of classical Indian music. When rendered as free improvisation and with embellishments of swaras (notes), ragas represents colors and emotions. Structured improvisation and melodies are set to talas. In this project, we present in detail, various aspects of two popular ragas, Hindola of Carnatic tradition and Malkauns of Hindustani tradition. These two ragas are counterpart of each other in the two musical traditions.
Musicians:
Carnatic: Dr. Krishna Raghavendra-Veena, M.K.Pranesh-Flute and Charulatha Ramanujam-Violin
Hindustani: Pravin Godkhindi-Bansuri
Western: Dave King-Bass and Sangeeth Thomas-Keyboards
Percussion: Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma-Mridangam, Tavil and Konnakol, S.S.Venugopal Raju-Tabla, Amrit N-Khanjira, Giridhar Udupa-Ghatam and Arun Kumar-Morsing, Tala, Western Drums, Rhythm Pads and Tambourine Effects