Harmonic minor 4th mode – singing and guitar

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A Harmonic minor. D is taken as the root.
It is again a minor :
Root, 2nd, minor 3rd, sharp 4th, fifth, 6th, minor 7th, octave.
Sa, Ri2, Ga1,Ma2,Pa,Dha2,Ni1,Sa.
All other notes who were ready to be sung or played are there too :)
I feel this raaga is good to express your 'yearning for something or one' really well.

p.s. you may here some time keeping going on. that is My Feet the Metronome

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ARRahman Monk Remix – Gulfishious monk

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'Ada' is not a very famous movie with ARRahman songs. Nokia happened to start a remix competition on a song – Gulfisha – from that movie. The following mp3 was done for that. The original vocal track as recorded by ARRahman, was provided.

The original song is straight – 4/4 common time. In this remix, the provided vocal track was edited appropriately  to have swing, 6/8 parts in the beginning which then gets to the straight one. It has some monk singing too.

And then … something happens in between that could make you sit straight and take notice or make your hand move. You will soon realize how it matches with the context in which the remix was originally made.

(this was done some time back and the sound has improved since. You may notice that this song has a slightly different sound than the newer ones in the site.)

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Madhava Guitar Vocals Video

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Carnatic song Madhava Mamava with enough chords behind and around it. Have a look…

Both video and audio recorded 1280 x 720 with a Canon Powershot sx200is camera.

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Nusrat’s Monk

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A more polished version may appear later.

Bassoon + Flute, Mridangam flute and piano, urdu poetry (nandlal pathak)

Mridangam, Reggae fills and other rhythms

Towards the end – String arrangement and drums French hip hop without any French at all except OUI.

 

Here is a 35 second clip of the main melody in flute and then accompanied by strings:

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Helpful books :

  1. The Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications, Vol. I
  2. Technique of Orchestration and CD Recording Package, The (6th Edition)
  3. Arranging Techniques For Synthesists
  4. A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life – Really :)

I love Bill Douglas's Music, who uses bassoons and flutes to make music that feels so intimate and close to what one feels inside. Listen to his album Circle of Moons – check out especially the songs "Island of Woods" and "Under the Moon".

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Flute Bach 01

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A small 35 second clip of a nice flute melody which is then accompanied by a chorale style string arrangement. (remember Jesu Meine Freude)

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This will become part of a song coming soon…

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