The classes used to start at six-thirty or seven. He was very punctual. He would always ask us, "If you are going to be late, why do you wear that watch?" He used to mainly teach us kritis in the classes. Everything else we learnt by listening to him in his concerts. He would teach us kritis beautifully. He would dictate the notation, and we would write down. Then he would sing. He would make sure we understood every minute nuance, what sangatis to sing, which ones to avoid, how to pronounce the sahityam, how the swaras are treated in the kriti, how the raga is interpreted by the composer. His concerts were just like classes for us. - Trichur V. Ramachandran on Guru GNB.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:40:54 +0000
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