U Srinivas - Tiruvadi Saranam (1/3)

Tiruvadi Saranam - Kambodhi
Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Adi talam

U Srinivas : Mandolin
Delhi P. Sunderarajan : Violin
Vellore Ramabhadran : Mridangam
E.M. Subramaniam : Ghatam

Courtesy of Sri Ranganathan

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mandolin
• srinivas
• tiruvadi
• saranam
• carnatic
• karnatik
• kambodhi
• vellore
• ramabhadran
• delhi
• sunderarajan

[tristanlaing]

Fine, he's great, obviously. I'm just saying it would be impossible to play this on a regular mandolin (with corses). And, it would be relativily easy to play something like this on a regular electric guitar. Well, not relativly easy, but possible.

My point is, he's a great player, but his instrument is closer to a regular electric guitar than a mandolin.

[ShootMyMonkey]

Well, that may be true -- it's called a mandolin if for no other reason than its genealogy. There were also others around the mid 20th century who were trying similar things with classical guitars. Srinivas simply started with the mandolin, developed it further borrowing things from guitars and violins, and in being the first to achieve a certain stature as a vidwan, set the stage for others to follow. You can find videos of people playing Carnatic music on an ordinary electric guitar.

[tristanlaing]

You are idiots. It isn't a mandolin. It has six strings and they are not tuned in courses (two string together of the same note).

It's just a small electric guitar. A million people can play like that.

[ShootMyMonkey]

You should read up on the history a bit. The fact is that what he originally started with was an ordinary acoustic mandolin which he ultimately modified to this state. A normal mandolin isn't really suited to Indian music because there are no absolute pitches or definitives to intervals. The definition of a note in Carnatic music is a shape, and not a pitch. The only certainties are the tonic(sa) and the fifth(pa), which is why he tunes the strings to pa-sa-pa-sa-pa.

[ShootMyMonkey]

BTW, there are 5 strings and the 6th peg is unused (it's only there because the head is indeed borrowed from a guitar). The 5th string in this case serves mainly to extend the range. Secondly, Srinivas' stature in the field as with many others held as "giants" is not solely a matter of skill, but also of his understanding and knowledge which enables them to develop the art further and innovate as well as perform deeply *thoughtful* improvisations.

[vidaripollen]

what fine music.he must b a ghandharva.

[ananthonline]

Ah, to sit in the warm muggy Chennai air and listen to a kutchery (concert) in Mylapore again. I grew up there, and I never appreciated this music. Only now, after so many years do I see how sublime this is.

[gusheneshin]

the melodic material is to be the same as the north indian now almost extinct raga Kamboji, still sung by the Dagar family, plus raga Jhinjhoti and much of the Khamaj thaat ragas.

[tanapp]

If one wants to learn to elaborate on a melody, one should listen to Mandolin Srinivas. So much depth and beauty in the note movements. See how he brings the Kambhoji stamp by starting with P...D2 M1 G3..P D2 G3 R S..N2 D2 P..one of the DATTu (non linear) note movements of Kambhoji, which is instantly differentiating it from Yadukula Kambhoji and Bilahari...Kambhoji is a very emotive melody,with high emotional quotient...but it requires high IQ to understand and play/sing!

[guitarjur]

thanks :)

[facuac99]

Tambura :)

[shankyxyz]

wow nice kambhoji.

[sonny19xx]

This kriti of Gopalakrishna Bharti is my forever favorite and in the hands of the master U Srinivas it attains ethereal levels . THANKS ShootMyMonkey

[fretboardyoda]

Wow, just Wow, I wouldn't care if he was playing a guitar synth hybrid, it is beautiful , spiritual music, and a very unique sound.

[Hannahsmith20]

Forget about what it is and what it is not, it's beautiful man.

Long live!