| Told by | Pt. Asit Kumar Banerjee |
| Obtained by | Suranjita Paul |
| Date | 27th August 2016 |
| Place | 62/36/1 Hari Pada Dutta Lane, Kolkata- 700033 |
| About the speaker | Pt. Asit Kumar Banerjee is an eminent Rudra veena player and representative of Dagarbani Dhrupad in Kolkata |
| Tags | Seven notes in one note, anataratma, bahiratma. |
| Language | Bengali |
Pt. Asit Kumar Banerjee speaks:
This recording presents a good example of many colors in one note, where Pt. Asit Banerjee unveiled a glimpse of the deep rooted traditional knowledge. – Editor
Verbatim:
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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
Suppose we are presenting this raga, Now just from Sa to Re we are taking the strain, It covers a small stretch, but within that there are seven notes where it can be put. Wait, I’ll just show you (Demonstrated ). Malhar, for instance. Or this m?. When I am playing Gandhar, I can’t go back with ga ma. For example… (Demonstrated). You see? (Demonstrated). Now, what is happening is, s? re – re has many variations. The note re has seven other notes. G? has other variations. In Gandhar (Demonstrated), one has to find the seven notes from the inside and come to the outside.Like Antaratma and Bahiratma so the m? is later transformed to (Demonstrated). This is different. First this (Demonstrated) The tanpura will help you, and these will help you from the inside, then you’ll get m?. You can’t play the note directly. Everything has this peculiarity. S? re g? m? p? dh? ni s?, s? ni dh? p? m? g? re s? – there are seven notes. Now if each of these seven notes have seven notes each, then, can you tell me how many times I have to be born to be able to master them all?
Translated by: Sarbajaya Bhattacharya
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
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