Saxophone-Nadaswaram: A Cross-cultural Encounter 

That's the Asana of Acharya. The disciple should sit in the posture of Sri Saravanan, which is right. Further the right leg should be placed on the left. Only during meditation Padmasana to be practiced. This is for information, as thought to me, by my Guru. 🙏🌹

Its very true.

namaskaramandy rao karu

These are originates from Pannisai TN and Sadir Attam to carnatic.

Exactly I like the way they present and preserve it

​@@Gauth1990 carnatic music originated in karnataka first sang by puranadara dasu

Yes ! Thats the thing I like very much about tamilians

This is the genius of our architects

Beauty of architecture mastery

Which part of country it is?

@@rudrapratapsingh7292 tamil nadu

@@KakashiHatake0071 i was not sure but i know that

@@rudrapratapsingh7292 Temple is in kumbakonam one of the district in tamil nadu

Indian? Lol

But fisher man in india are not indians right

Hey ..how do you get this name Joseph.. r u taken any rice bag?

@Kaushik Kurudi im bruhh ur mom

Thank you so much for your words of appreciation for the Tavil player. Typically in Indian, particularly in South Indian music, Taal (rhythm) does not get mentioned in any serious commendation. With the exception of a very very few, Tavil or any rhythmic instrument players do not shine in the public or have any identity, even less than those who play second fiddle - almost to the point that they become part of the backdrop. Thank you again.

@@narayananmuthusamy6905 I LOVE the rhythm instruments of Indian music! I own a madal. Some day I'll learn to play it. :-)

Everyone in this world is still an Indian

Hlw...Mr. Kevin....both are amazing... but i want to say one thing. He is Indian. and thats all

@@detectivesdelhi but we need visa lol

That beat instrument played with Nadhaswaram is called Thavil. Mridungam is a different instrument.

@@krithinarayanang thanks for the clarification bro😃

Wow

Mridangam=only made of jack fruit tree Tavil=tree parts with goat leather

It's thavil

isn't it ! it's extremely sad the position it holds in today's society. A family tradition that's fast dwindling

Thanks to Hoysala empire and Vijaynagara empire .

@@dcmhsotaeh Its a CHOLA temple . Plz learn more

@@Vicky-sl4tc yes agreed But a time came in history when even the great chola and pandyas dynasties were ebbing and delhi based sultans came swooping down. .But Hoysala king Veera Ballala protected Tamil temples when khilji army.attacked and the temples after the weakening of the earlier great chola and pandya empires . Vijayanagara kings and vijayanagara nayaka chieftains protected Tamil temples when attacked by Northern sultans .

@@Vicky-sl4tc yes Vicky, Mahesh is historically correct, we should be very greatful to the Vijaya Nagara kings of Humpi. They revived Hinduism not only from the Islamic forces, Vijaya Nagara empire revived the arts and cultural attack from the Jain and Budhist attacks also

@@dcmhsotaeh vijayanagara dynasty established to safeguard Hindu dharma but how veera ballala protected Tamil temple who could not save his own capital?

What makes it so difficult?

@@hanseldsilva2393 your breath control you must breath in such a way that every exhalation n inhalation produce art..

@@sacredflames07 aah. I understand now. That would definitely be tough to master

@@hanseldsilva2393 and you can't make the music in piano

@@hanseldsilva2393 are you kidding or what ?!

Music has no religion but indian classical music always have been open ended which can achieve divinity through transcendental way....Like the philosophy of Hinduism, God exist whin ourselves and we can achieve the divinity by uniting ourselves with supreme God brahm in different ways. Indian music has evolved the same way. Idol worshiping doesn't mean just make any statue and stand in front of it and start praying but idol worship includes worshiping of anything through which you can achieve divinity whether it's statue or musical instruments or any tradition we fallow in Hinduism....the more deeper you go the more divinity you achieve and we can not fuse it with western world where God exist out of this universe somewhere and they can not achieve divinity through idol praying or anything exist in this world so basically they fallow the closed ended philosophy or commandments which isn't rooted in their culture and tradition so they always just fallow limited form of whatever commands they have got... Its a sin in their culture even if you say that you can achieve divinity by music or idol praying or by exploring your own self within you..... Even it is sinin their culture if you claim the divinity can achieve by anyone except Allah of jesus nobody can be divine....So better stop fusing indian deep rooted holistic music with limited farm of third world fantasy coz it is going to distort the purity of Indian classical music as its quite visible now days.....i am not opposing the concept of god all god are same but the view of god existence and divinity is different in western and Indian, so the secularism up to an extent is okay till their understanding of divinity falls within our criteria of definition of divinity but it is just opposite to us as they think it is sin or kafur while we call it divinity... fuse indian with western music only if they accept the our view on god and divinity which they never do......conclusion- fuck fake secularism and maintain the divinity and holistic form of Indian music its not fusion but distortion.....

@@ajay2734 I concur... Fuck Secularism! I don't think it's fusion here though... It's just they are using a western instrument to play "Indian music" 🤔 Its like how Carnatic and Hindustani music uses the violin... It's held and played very differently than the west

There is a difference between religion and Dharma.

Should I say Temples of India were acoustically designed 😁 I would love to hear from an audiophile how this Nadaswaram and Saxaphone Challenge sounds. Not to forget the Thavil who is being the thump.

@Varmaji soriyar 🤣

If you referring gamakas of carnatic music, it i achieved by breath control and blowing control. You can do these western wind instruments. He is struggling in gamaks as he is not trained or heard enough to make it natural in his training. But his pitch is good. Still Carnatic Music decades to perfect. It is very rigorous. We must thee cheers to ths saxophonist.

S.K. Mani Also the saxophone has keys so you can not change the pitch gradually like you can do with the nadaswaram. Like to slide from a ga to ri you on nadaswaram you slide your finger away from the ga note whereas you cannot slide on saxophone as it’s like a button. But you are right for the tonality of the sound and instrument

@@shasthavishnuhan5270 Yes that was my point too with the limitations of the instrument compared to Nadaswaram he did pretty good.

I think it is Clarinet not sexophone

Shripad H I’m pretty sure it’s a saxophone. It’s in the title. It’s a different type of saxophone.

which temple where it is located

Excellent excellent you have past good samskaras (impressions) from your past previous births

@@raghavgn5459 Airavatesvara Temple Hindu temple of Dravidian architecture located in the town of Darasuram, near Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It's common all over south india not just tamil nadu

@@soumyadipmukherjee6627 where did I say it happens “Only” in Tamil Nadu ?

@@azharudeen06 u said tamil weddings but it's. Not only in tamil weddings it's followed in all weddings of whole South india 🙏😁

@@soumyadipmukherjee6627 yes because I predominantly do Tamil weddings. And by the way, Nadaswaram was originated from Tamil Nadu. We take the pride.

@@azharudeen06 yes take the pride . when I told that it didn't originated there? Take pride why to tell me this bro ?

Very common in south indian temples🤷

All south Indian temples play Nadaswaram, Mridangam, and Tavil. Sometimes accompanied by more instruments.

It's common in South India

Am aware- but it is a dying art. Not all temples play it. I grew up in Mylapore and lucky to see it being played from then till now there. But dont think all temples r keeping up the vidwans thriving.

@@missbond7345 dying art? Nope. Carnatic music lessons are so immensely popular among Tamil kids. Every temple has this. Not sure what temples you've been going to. Heck, even temples in Singapore (where I live) have daily nadaswaram, tavil playing.

Nice👍

நீங்கள் தமிழ் எழுத்துருவில் வாழ்த்தியதே ஒரு பெருமை தான் ஐயா.

ஐயா அந்த இசைக் கருவி கிளாரினெட் அல்ல. Soprano வகை சாக்ஸபோன்

Nothing except life...and love and respect for fellows

No reason to bring this up

To be honest, religion has had a fair share in development and nurturing of music in India. Bharatmuni's natyashatra or bhatkhande's writings on Indian classical music starts with invoking ganesha and saraswati.

Yes...till it gets over🤣😂 After that religion,caste nd the bloody speech comes back nd makes everything ugly as before 🤣😂

@@lucyslegacy27 What's caste has anything to do with it? Only a sick person and self-loather like you would vomit this type of poison midst such beautiful music.

7.2k likes 72 dislikes. Statement still holds true.

Genius 👌

Lol😂

Donkey doesn't know the smell of good things. That 64 are .......

I TOO FEEL THAT

sax solo starts with charukesi, I think.

followed by kapinarayani by nadaswaram

@@kssuresh1959 classical itself is so twinned up with different things....It's hard to say what's been played unless the player commits it....isn't it 😅

Athu clarinet illa saxophone

Not sore spelling mistake it was superb

It’s also impressive the saxophone guy is very humble and willing learn and try out Carnatic music 🎶

And I personally don't think that the nadhaswaram vidwan for even once want to over perform or outshine his co-performer. They are just in their own beautiful world enjoying what they do. Love that.

In Kerala aswell

Sir, How I wish the younger Carnatic musicians learnt and rendered the music like the oldies did. That passion and depth are missing.

Oh c’mon, Prabhu! Indians learn western classical music, pop , rock etc and perform way better than this white guy! The way Indians are appreciating the sub standard performance of the White man, I understand that the need to get validation from whites is still a part of our culture. I appreciate him trying to learn an art form that is completely new to him and he isn’t bad but he’s nowhere worthy of the oohs and aahs that I see in the comments!

Dumb, music is neither their or ours. It's everyone's.

@@Suraxa1970 sub standard performance...? Hypocrisy knows no bounds?

@@mrshankara lets not blame them.Who in the society has the patience to go to a katcheri and ;listen. The society fostered artists and got the best of them. They looked after them.Today very difficult right? so why expect ?

Organic music?!!!! Is that a pun or extension of corp speak?

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Bharat 🚩

Oh my god!I was like who is calling me

In all south Indian temples u can listen Nadaswaran. It is also played in marriages.

Clarinet....not Saxophone.

@First Name Last Name And he did! Very beautiful 🙏

The 'english guy...' is Jonathan Kay and he has studied and performed Indian traditional music on stage for nearly a decade.

ఔను అన్న ఔను

Flute is the only instrument still keep its purity .... especially bamboo flute ...it reminds our beginning, what we are, it brings close to nature...may be because it was one of the first invented music equipments...

@@devgowri yes mam. I am at my 28. I am learning Carnatic flute myself. The thing is how we observe the music.

@Aditya Bharatharaja Iyer I'm talking about instruments created by HUMAN BEINGS...first discovered flute is made of bone...

@@loneranger334 Wow... great....👍

All jazz either is or was at some time, fusion. Introducing a new instrument makes it fusion essentially by definition, but doesn't make it any less jazz. Tabla is probably the most popular Indian Instrument outside of Indian music. It is used for jazz often; Zakir Hussain is a big name in the jazz world. Sitar is popular but is not suitable for jazz for many reasons. Classical music could mean either music from the classical period - in which case, no, there were no European composers in the eighteenth century writing music for Indian instruments - or music from the classical music tradition, in which case yes, there are many pieces that have more recently been written for Indian instruments, many of them by Indian composers. Again, choosing to reject them as 'fusion' is your prerogative. Arranging existing western music for Indian instruments is fairly common. However, it is also common when doing this, to incorporate stylistic elements from the instruments' own tradition into the arrangement. Does that make is 'fusion'? idk, you decide. I think it boils down to the fact that western music doesn't care about this 'purity' you are after. It is not seen as a virtue, or necessarily considered at all. Especially in Jazz.

Check out Charlie Mariano. He played nadaswaram on some of his albums in the 1970s. I think Reflections is one such album?

No

Saxophone is woodwind instrument

And he is playing a soprano saxophone

Please see the description box details is given darasuram Kumbakonam.

@@nithyat4504 thanks

Type nadhaswaram on utube..It's tamilan culture was mesmerizing ..