Is Ilaiyaraja an Isaigyani ?

 

Yes, I believe so. "Isaigyani" means knowledgeable of music. Genius in music.

He gave hit songs in his first movie itself. "Machanai paartheengala" from "Annakili"

He made a breathless song "Mannil Indha Kaadhal"

He composed a happy song and a sad song both with the same melody and same tempo but changed background music. "Povoma Urgolam" and "Nee Enge"

He composed Bharathiyar songs. Lyrics pre-written were set to music. "Manadhil Urudhi Vendum" and "Nirpathuve Nadapathuve".

He composed a classical song only in Aaroham (crescendos). "Kalaivaaniye".

He composed a song on three notes only. Sa, Ri, Ga only. This is an exceptional achievement. Using only three notes and that too starting notes and composing start, middle and end all in three notes. Composing end are a difficult task. "Raagam Rasamayya" song

He used two rhythms in pallavi. Three rhythms in charanam. "Maman Kodukkum Seeru"

He has composed "Nothing but Wind" album with Hari Prasad Chaurasia.

He has composed "How to name it" album.

He has composed syphonies with foreign musicians.

He composed Coca Cola anthem.

He was so terrific in regional understanding that he made Coimbatore songs. Madurai songs. Salem songs. Thanjavur songs.

All these point to one thing only. He is an exceptional genius. 

Hriday song

 

 

Shri Hanuman Chalisa

 

Prelude to Hanuman Chalisa

Shri guru charan saroj raj Nij mann mukaru sudhaari

to be repeated for 3 more verses

Main Hanuman Chalisa

Jai hanuman gyaan gunn sagaar Jai kapis thiyu lok ujaagar

Ram dooth athulith bal dhama Anjani putra pawan suth naama

to be repeated for 38 more verses

The conclusion

Pawan tanay sankat haran; mangal murthi roop: Ram Lakhan Sita sahit; hridaya basau sur bhoop

My attempt to the composing of Hanuman Chalisa is because of two reasons. One, I wanted to use 7 notes. Second, I wanted composition similar to Bach. Music notes made now for prelude, main stanzas and the conclusion. The prelude, main stanzas and the conclusion all have 7 notes. And the prelude, main stanzas and the conclusion all have point and counter-point style reminding us of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Rendering of Hanuman Chalisa

The conclusion is not rendered vocally. Recording was done prior to composing the conclusion. And I do not have advanced sound mixing software.

I have deep bhakti for Shri Hanumanji. Let there be no doubt at all. All the seven notes are there in the music part. But the rendering vocally may not. This is because I have limitations.

Hanuman Chalisa now made complete. With prelude, main stanzas and the conclusion.I subscribed to Audio Mixer and managed to merge audio files.

Notes of Hanuman Chalisa

Prelude

P M M  G G G  R S

P P P P. D D D N S

Main Stanzas 

S R R  G M  MGG  R S

S S N D D N  D P  M G

Conclusion 

S S  N N. DD. P P

D D D. P P P. M G

S  R R. G  M P

D D D N N N S S

10 favorite songs from Bollywood

 These are my favorite 10 songs from bollywood

1. Dard-e-dil, Mohammad Rafi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal

2. Kai din se mujhe, Shailendra Singh, Ravindra Jain

3. To jahaan jahaan chalega, Lata Mangeshkar, Madan Mohan

4. Tumhe ho na ho, Runa Laila, Jaidev

5. Pal pal dil ke paas, Kishore Kumar, Kalyanji-Anandji

6. Zindagi ke safar mein, Kishore Kumar, R D Burman

7. Diwana hua badal, Mohammad Rafi, O P Nayyar

8. Yeh raat bheegi bheegi, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Shankar-Jaikishan

9. Utte sab ke kadam, Rajesh Roshan

10 Phoolon ke rang se, Kishore Kumar, S D Burman

Have a nice day, all the sisters in India and all my brothers of Indiia.

Bose 500 back after repair

My Bose 500 got repaired.  Then I contacted Bose. They arranged the service of Servify.com.  Servify.com took the repaired Bose 500 from my quarters in Ranchi,  took to Kolkata,  repaired in Kolkata and brought back my Bose 500 back to Ranchi. 

Listening to 'Elangathu veesudhey' by Ilaiyaraja. 

My 6 preset Bose 500 stations are

1. Bollywood 60s

2. Bollywood 70s

3. Bollywood 80s

4. Bollywood 90s

5. Bollywood 2000s

6. Bollywood 2010s

Repenting Me

 This is my new melody. This is my repentance and accepting Jesus as my savior.

Thou are my Maths, O My Lord

G# G# G F  F F F

Thou are my expressions, O My Lord

G# G# G FF  F F F

Thou are the light, O My Lord

F F G G#   G#G#G#

Your kingdom is my home, O My Lord

G# G# G F  F F F

A bad man

I think I am a bad man. And selfish.  And uncouth. 

Here is a song I keep singing in my heart. The lyrics and notes.

Jesus Christ is living in my soul

GGG G#  FFD# CD#

I love him love him fully and in whole

C  GGG G# FFD# CD#

Please do comment below.