Evening Program Ganapatipule (India)
Evening Program, Ganapatipule (India), 03/01/1986 Concert of Guruji on violin. 55:54 Shri Mataji: Pilu. Now, this is a raga of dedication, devotion. Babamama: … He is going to play Des, raga Des. There are so much varieties in the ragas. Initially, it was decided that he would play Kalawati. It has only five notes out of the twelve notes that are there, there are only five notes in this raga, therefore a lot of limitations. But you will say: “How he will develop?” With these combinations and permutations, the melody of the raga will be felt. And on this raga, the team of the ancient [unsure] was based. The entire ancient, the team of that ancient [unsure], the tune was on this raga, it’s a very popular raga. Thank you. [Applause] 56:41 One more aspect of his style of playing the violin is very important which I must share with you, that though it has a solo status and it can be played in a different way, he plays it the way the singer – [Shri Mataji is speaking in Hindi] Babamama: The particularity of Prabhakara is playing is that he plays it the way the singer would sing the raga or develop the raga. That is known as the “gaathin gan” [singer ; singing]. Bringing out an instrument is quite difficult. Yesterday, you saw sarangi, it is designed to play the “gaathin gan”. The violin is designed for a solo performance but Prabhakara Dhakde is one of the many experts Read More …