Music matters
A MIX-UP
In spite of all the planning and preparation some organisers do mix up things causing confusion and embarrassment for the artists.
Given an afternoon slot, the young vocalist promptly arrived with her accompanists, and near and dear. But on the notice board and the newspapers the name was different. So the other vocalist also arrived with her pakka vadyam and actually started her recital.
The girl's grandfather, meanwhile, was making frantic efforts to reach the secretary on the phone. One did not know what the response was but the group left after a while.
RAGA SLIPS
Do sabhas award slots on merits, one wondered after listening to this singer who seemed oblivious of an aspect called sruti.
And there was this goof up with raga. After a kriti in Atana, the vocalist started the alapana of Dhanyasi but soon landed on Atana. The violinist also followed her and played Atana with many slippery strokes of abaswaram! The artiste by then had realised her folly and started Dhanyasi once again!
CAP AND SHAWL
The cold auditorium need not necessarily be the problem for kids and oldies; even the musical instruments are likely to catch a `cold' or `change its sruti!'
Otherwise, why should the mridangam vidwan cover the playing face of the instrument with a neatly stitched cap and the ghatam artist cover the pot with a shawl during the alapana sessions?
(Contributed by G. Swaminathan)
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