Uttar Pradesh Folk Music on Harmonica

This harmonica tune is folk music and is inspired by a melody called Monsoon - Utter Pradesh Kajari from a CD Eternity - A musical Journey The melody is based on folk music a genre of Hindustani classical music, popular in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.

The folk music of Utter Pradesh and most notably of Varanasi (Banaras) has class of its own. Keeping legends at bay, the word Kajari is possibly a derivative of Kajal that mean Kohl or Black in Hindi. Uttar Pradesh is a land that experiences sizzling hot summers and the only respite in that season are the black monsoon clouds that bring with them rain drenched with relief and great joy. Therefore typical of every season in India, monsoon too has its share of songs and dance and that is what Kajari is.

The uplifting sound of Shehnai (A double reeded flute) on the original melody on the CD is designed to capture that special Varanasi magic and its strong association with this instrument. By no means can I play harmonica as it is played with classical instruments Shehnai & Flute. Just that, this is my favourite folk tune therefore I have attempted my version on harmonica.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Harmonica
• Mouth Organ
• Monsoon Kajari
• Uttar Pradesh
• Folk Music
• Hindustani Classical
• Easy listening
• Varanasi
• Shehnai
• Fluite

[mbpvarma]

dear Sadashiv..ji

Very nice and a different one.... u did a wonder with harmonica.. Thanks

Varma (canada)

[Sadashiv45]

Dear Mr. Verma

Thanks for visiting my channel.

Your comment means a lot to me.

Greetings from England.

[wix900]

sadashiv that is just brilliant! Wix.Pakistan

[blazin436]

Waah, waah, kya kehne! Yeh bahut kamaal hai.

[apoorvabhatt60]

Sadashiv sab, First of all please accept my kudos in bucket fulls. Though I havent heard this song earlier, my brain tells me that every thing is going OK throught out the rendition. Late Mastro Resp. Milon Gupta used to play with this style in his Indian classical songs of Salilda. Thanks.

[ponnu1984]

nice1....

[ishan9489]

hey great tune..love the way u've played the harmonica......and is it a diatonic harmonica or a chromatic harmonica??

[vk92007]

You will be a musical star in no time!