Malkauns Tarana by Chandra Courtney

This is an Indian classical raga known as Malkauns. This style, known as tarana is a type of scat singing found in India. It is sung by Chandrakantha Courtney. It is accompanied by David Courtney (tabla), Giridhar Kalamangalam (guitar), Narendra Sanghavi (harmonium), Siraj Parmer (harmonium),and Masood Raoofi (Tanpura). It was performed at the "Artery" in Houston TX on May 5, 2007.

Information on tarana may be found at:
http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/tarana.html

Chandra's Bio may be found at:
http://www.chandrakantha.com/biodata/chandra.html

David's Bio may be found at:
http://www.chandrakantha.com/biodata/david.html

Category:

Music

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• Raga
• Malkauns
• world
• music
• India
• tarana
• tharana
• david
• chandra
• chandrakantha
• courtney

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

@chikapuli yea thanks for the esthetic critsicm..

but no one cares about what you have to say..

a person can sit however they are able...what it he has a physical condition that causes him to sit like that.

Your rules are Indian formality BS.

[studer3500]

Thank you, a very difficult passage......Please lets have some more.

[samali108]

Mesmerising!

[shukla56]

just excellent !

[mohanudiavar]

TRULY GREAT. I HAVE HEARD RAAG MALKAUNS RENDERED BY MANY MASTERS, BUT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TARANA FIRST TIME. I AM PROUD YOU WERE IN HYDERABAD THIRTY YEARS AGO.

[amilal1234]

awesome as usual!!! U probably dont recognize me :P .. im amritaa from a long time ago. :D.... i love this tarana.. i remember when I sang this tarana for aunty. It is my favorite tarana!

[amilal1234]

awesome as usual!!! U probably dont recognize me :P .. im amritaa from a long time ago. :D.... i love this tarana

[vidaripollen]

very commendable effort .try to avoid wrong notes coz it can be jarring.

[vidaripollen]

very commendable effort .

[kishoriray]

Absolutely stunning. congrats dear friends.