Amazing Raag Shudh Sarang | Kaushiki Chakraborty | Patiala Khayal | Music of India
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Kaushiki Chakrabortyโs romantic solo rendition of Shudh Sarang takes Hindustani music back to its roots, sung unamplified at Kolkataโs Botanic Gardens.
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Kaushikiโs virtuoso technique is the result of years of intense training, primarily from her esteemed father Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. She hails from the Patiala gharana, known for a strong Islamic influence and elaborate ornamentation of taan [fast improvised melodies]. She describes her approach: โItโs all in the mind. One has to mentally align oneself to the form...My training has taught me two approaches to music โ to do music and or to become it. The latter gives you the fluidity to transcend form and become one with it.โ
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- Amazing Puriya Kalyan | https://youtu.be/DWLFnfaOL3s
-Raag Bhimpalasi | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEqYzdz3Zvg
-Tanpura Demonstration | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QZi53ZQPVo
Shudh Sarang is a popular early afternoon raga from the Sarang family, a group of ragas often said to evoke different forms of sringara [attraction, romantic love]. It draws on Kalyan thaat, but omits Ga and takes both a tivra [raised] and a shuddha [natural] Ma in avroh [descent]. Re is the vadi [king note]. Hear more superb performances of Shudh Sarang here:
-Debashish Bhattacharya (chaturangi) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZHRJhoEIw
-Irshad Khan (sitar) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_2WJONkbl8
Lyrics & translation (thanks to @asamvav in the comments):
Daras bin lage dukhan jiya
Man papiha bolan lage piya piya
Jab se piya pardes sidhare
Kal na parat maika din ratiya
Without your vision my heart aches
The nightingale of my mind cries out your name
Since when my beloved left for abroad
my minutes and days and nights elapse ever so slowly
Performed for Darbar on 13 Apr 2015, at Kolkataโs Botanic Gardens
-Kaushiki Chakraborty (khayal vocals & tanpura)
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