by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on April 30, 2001 Part 1 | Part 2 Namashkar. The saga of raga continues. The primary focus in this series is the structure and contemporary practice of ragas. Their fons et origo, the associated lore and legend, insofar as we can say something…
by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on April 30, 2001 Part 1 | Part 2 The varieties of Nat on this page fall to two lots. They are either perturbations about the parent raganga or joint projects with other ragas, i.e. hybrids. Apropos of the perturbed variants, typically a special tonal cluster is injected…
by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on December 11, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Namashkar. The ragas under the “Kanada” rubric are among the most important building blocks of the Hindustani entablature. Mastery of the Kanada gestalt must form part of the mental furniture of any serious Hindustani…
by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on December 11, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The various prakars of Kanada are surveyed in the next two parts. In essence, these are a play around the Kanada kernel discussed in Part 1. Raga Suha Kanada The dhaivat is varjit in…
by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on December 11, 2000 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Raga Kafi Kanada The Kanada and Kafi angas are natural allies and in Kafi Kanada the two are united in creative ways. By way of an illustrative example, let us isolate the strands that…
