PoottukkaL Pottaalum - Piano Solo

This waltz is composed by Ilayaraja for the Tamil movie "Chatriyan". Hope you enjoy my piano arrangement of this beautiful song "PoottukkaL Pottaalum VeettukkuL Nirkaathu Kaatru". It means "You cannot lockup breeze in the house" :) The heroine (Bhanu Priya) dances with a group of kids and the feeling is reminiscent of the "Raindrops on Roses" song from the "Sound of Music" movie.

My favorite part is the 1st interlude of the original song. Beautiful arrangement..

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Music

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• Tamil
• Song
• Piano
• Transcription
• Naveen
• Jebaraj

[jeyaisrael]

It is my favourite tune! Well played Naveen!

[rachelnaveen]

That's nice uncle.. Thanks.. I thought that you like only songs from 50's and 60's.

[violinvicky]

Indeed the first interlude is a maze. The route which Ilaiyaraaja takes here is very interesting. He anchors on note C (which happen to be a main note of D7th) and through this sub D7th he enters the domain of G (relative major). Wow! Further when he moves from G to Am to a chord of D+Ab+B (Which chord is it, Ab dim?), D min and then finishes at A#.

From here he goes into the domain of F major and returns to G.. During all these times the chromatic bass are a joy of its own.

Contd..

[rachelnaveen]

D+E+G#+B is the 3rd inversion of the E7th chord. The chord progression is Am - E7 - Am - C7 then the F major key change (ie. modulating from G major to F major). I believe I played G minor 7th as the transition chord. Just noticed the strings C note sustained throughout the transition bar!

[twinzeechubby]

great job naveen bhaiya!!!!!11

[dharshini6]

very nicee =)

[mkarun99]

matchless performance by Raja. But when i heard when you play it sounds even better.

[trajendran86]

Wow!! You just bring out the essence of the song in all its beauty. I have no clue about western classical music but this is a beautiful reproduction. Ilayaraaja is my favourite Indian composer. Just a question, you seem to have an intricate understanding of the nuances of western classical music, so I ll ask you this. Where would you place Ilayaraaja as a composer?

[ngopalca2411]

Excellent stuff. Thanks naveen.

well i don understand this major minor stuff, u & vicky talk abt. But i do understand the rise and fall of my soul for Raaja's compositions. Very few like this song. But i love this song and it had already part of the "forever" folder in my mobile.

The way he used piano and bass is literally great. I've never seen any composers (including contemporary western composers) using the bass guitar like him. Heard Anjali songs? What a composition? Especially bass guitar

[ngopalca2411]

Excellent stuff. Thanks naveen.

well i don understand this major minor stuff, u & vicky talk abt. But i do understand the rise and fall of my soul for Raaja's compositions. Very few like this song. But i love this song and it had already part of the "forever" folder in my mobile.

The way he used piano and bass is literally great. I've never seen any composers (including contemporary western composers) using the bass guitar like him. Heard Anjali songs? What a composition? Especially bass guitar

[saraks]

Your rendering of Raaja's songs helps me understand/appreciate the dynamics of these songs better. Thanks and Bravo!

[arvndv]

Awesome... Your fingers are magical

[tanaand]

just u did it great, mindblowing, half an hour i am watching, post more songs in 60's

[paulanandl]

Wonderful Naveen. I guess I have to play it in slow motion to observe the fingers jumping on the keys : ) Great.