What is the thALam structure for 'kuzhaloodhum kaNNanukku' and 'ninnukkOri varNam'? Both these songs have always fascinated me...
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What is the thALam structure for 'kuzhaloodhum kaNNanukku' and 'ninnukkOri varNam'? Both these songs have always fascinated me...
can someone please explain whats the structure of thALam for "vanakkuyilE kuyil tharum kaviyE" from the movie "Priyanka" ?
I was always fascinated by ARR's innovative use of mridangam in Nenjiniley nenjiniley song. For quite sometime, I was under the assumption that no one has tried to use rhythm instruments so differently before ARR. How wrong I was!
Just recently I paid some extra attention to "andhi mazhai pozhigiradhu" song. Amazing! Opening is so much like a western classical, and tabla sounds were beautifully crafted to fit into that WCM mode. Then gradually it fades into a gentle mridangam rhythm (similar to the one used in "poongathavey" song). Does anyone knw wat thalam it is?
The amazing thing abt these songs is that, as a casual listener, u will never know these subtle techniques being used. Its just the mood and emotion that hits u in the face, only on paying attention one gets to know such innovations that goes behind these songs, dat gives the overal feel.
What about the talam of the song Aruna kirana deepam from Guru (Malayalam)?
it is misrachapu.
genrally misra chapu has 7 beats or 14 beats[in the next speed of 7].raaja has done wonders in this thala.for example listen to the pallavi of the song kalidasan kanna dasan from the prabhu film soorakottai singakutty.the song is in misra chapu.every cycle of misrachapu has 14 beats as i said earlier.he has taken two cycles for the rhythm setup which becomes 28.then the rhythm has been arranged as 7 times 4 which is 28. so the rhythm progression on the mridangam goes like this.....
tham tham tham tham tham tham tham .every tham has 4 matras in it. so the sounding will be like a four beat cycle but the thalam is misrachapu that is 7.
generally in the film songs tht has a 7 beat cycle the percussion players play in the mode of 3+4.
but raaja 's innovative mind has thought diff and what we have is a classic song.
one more song has also the same rhythmic structure which i forgot now. will post as soon as i remember.
i dont know whether any one has written this in the forum earlier. if yes sorry about that.
thanks friends
ok, a naive question...is 'malaikkOvil vAsalil, kArthigai dheepam minnudhE' also misra chapu? ( This popular rhythm has 7 beats repeating "ching-gu-ching-gu-ching-gu-chA"):-)
Sun TV used to play this as their "starting music" when the channel was in test mode (or when it was still to start their 24 hr services)
no it is 4 beat cycle.
Yes, Arun, Now I get it:-) Thanks!
chingu-1, chingu-2, chingu-3, chA-4:-)) Must be the most popular beat cycle, I think.
Here's a good primer put together by a DF'er:
http://www.tfmpage.com/my/meter_thalam.html
This has the example of 'oLiyilE therivadhu dhEvadhaiyA' and explains how it's a 4/4.
rAsAththi onna & azhagu malarAda - both pallavi's appear to have 3 beat patterns...Is that correct?