Hi Guys,
I've been staying very busy here. I have lessons a few times a week where I learn to sing from my teacher. Her name is Madhumita Saha but I call her Guruma. Guru means teacher and Ma means...well you probably understand that. Her husband -I call him Guruji- is a great musician also and he takes me to his concerts in many different places. Sometimes they are in Kolkata -the very big city where I am staying- and sometimes they are outside the city. For example he will be traveling to Pakistan to play some concerts at the end of January. And for another example, both Guruji and Guruma will be coming to the US (and Canada) in the fall to play concerts and teach. I hope you guys will get to meet them.
When I have lessons I learn to sing raags. Raags are like scales but they have many different rules about which notes go with which others and which notes are sung or played the most and which are played the least. Each raag has a certain mood that it makes everyone feel, maybe joyful or sad (or many others), or a mixture of different moods.
Ok here are your scavenger hunt questions:
Older students: What do taals in Indian music and measures in Western music have in common?
Younger students: When someone improvises in music, what are they doing?
I've been staying very busy here. I have lessons a few times a week where I learn to sing from my teacher. Her name is Madhumita Saha but I call her Guruma. Guru means teacher and Ma means...well you probably understand that. Her husband -I call him Guruji- is a great musician also and he takes me to his concerts in many different places. Sometimes they are in Kolkata -the very big city where I am staying- and sometimes they are outside the city. For example he will be traveling to Pakistan to play some concerts at the end of January. And for another example, both Guruji and Guruma will be coming to the US (and Canada) in the fall to play concerts and teach. I hope you guys will get to meet them.
When I have lessons I learn to sing raags. Raags are like scales but they have many different rules about which notes go with which others and which notes are sung or played the most and which are played the least. Each raag has a certain mood that it makes everyone feel, maybe joyful or sad (or many others), or a mixture of different moods.
Ok here are your scavenger hunt questions:
Older students: What do taals in Indian music and measures in Western music have in common?
Younger students: When someone improvises in music, what are they doing?
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