Posts filed under “music”
Happy Birthday Avantgarde Tuesday!
An Avant-Garde Tuesday by ananth pattabi Exactly an year ago, I was writing and recording what was to become An avant-garde tuesday. As with all my other compositions, it began with a very simple idea, and took shape in one stretch of work, within the least possible time to carry out the physical aspects of [...]
Cool DAW/Sequencers
Reaper is my main DAW, and it’s just awesome! Today, I came across Zynewave Podium, which looks cool too. … and this is Energy XT. It works under linux too. Darkwave studio is probably the only open source DAW for windows. Though not free/opensource, a fully functional Reaper can be downloaded for free, without any [...]
Score: Brochevarevare (Kriti), Sriranjani, Adi – Tyagaraja
Another score graduated from my Carnatic Scores Repository – Saint Tyagaraja’s kriti Brochevarevare in Sriranjani Ragam, Adi Talam As mentioned earlier, Carnatic Scores Repository is my attempt to notate and share carnatic music compositions, to make them available to every musician and student. At present there is a handful of Varnams and Kritis which are [...]
Listening/Learning Music: Some excellent Music Theory resources (Scores & Audio)
A typical page in a music theory/appreciation book looks like this – Problem: It’s difficult to go through the musical examples. One must look for the recordings, or try to play them on an instrument (or sing). In some books, musical examples are printed in a separate section and referred through out the book (Refer: [...]
Varnam Tables
Added two varnam tables. 8 Adi Thala Varnams (from year 2, certificate course, AP govt. music colleges). Table 1 – Varnams first words, correspond raga, the mela ragam it’s based on, and the name of its composer. Table 2 – Number of avarthams in each section of the varnam (Anu Pallavi, Pallavi etc.) This is [...]
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Carnatic Mela Ragas Chart
Working on this – will post soon.
Carnatic Scores Repository
I’ve created a repository for Carnatic Music Scores. One can download Carnatic Music Notations/Scores for Varnams, Kritis along with the ‘source’ file/document which generated the score. At present the repository has one score Kalaharanamelara – Suddha Saveri – Adi – Tyagaraja Score: pdf – 2 pages Source: Inkscape SVG files for both the pages. Download [...]
An Avant-Garde Tuesday
Here’s some new music, Composed and Performed by Ananth. About this work: Series of improvisations on guitar over a syncopated, chromatic bass-line. Jazzy, Atonal, Experimental, yet easy to listen, I guess. Download: (mp3) An Avant-Garde Tuesday by Ananth (5:45 mins, 6.3 MB) http://soundcloud.com/ananth-pattabi/an-avant-garde-tuesday http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/81596 Score/Sheetmusic Download Sheetmusic of Avant-Garde Tuesday This work is licensed under [...]
Concert: Aug 30 & 31, 2010 YWCA Hall, West-Marredpally, Secunderabad
Occasion: Annual day celebrations, Sri Bhakta Ramadas Govt. College of Music and Dance. Open For All. Monday, Aug 30, 2010. 4pm – 7.30pm I’ll play Carnatic Violin, as a part of the orchestra. We’ll perform ‘Sri Vigna Rajam Baje‘ – Ragam: Gambira Naatta, Thalam: Kanda Chaapu, composed by Oothukkadu Venkata Subbier A Nava-Raaga-maalika composition by [...]