Anandamrtakarshini (Amrtavarshini) : 'Oh Devi Amrteswari! I pray for rains (to relieve the misery of people in this drought-stricken area)'. Muthuswami Dikshitar's song brought in copious rains on his way to Ettayapuram. |
Venerable Subbarama Dikshitar, in his Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini deals in extenso with Sangita Lakshana Prachina Paddhati and recounts as many as twenty-four points to be avoided by vocalists. Try & identify the specific name given to each of these actions or mannerisms.
One who while singing appears like biting/clenching his teeth -
One who sings in a harsh, loud voice -
-One who salivates or sweats profusely -
One who sings with fear or timidity -
One who sings rapidly and with uncertainty or diffidence -
One who sings shaking his body -
One who sings with notes swerving from their sthanas or rattles -
One who sings out of tala -
One who sings in a tone resembling that of a camel -
One who sings shaking the cheeks like a goat (cheek shake) -
One who sings in a manner that the veins protrude out in the neck -
One who sings closing his eyes -
One who sings without relishing the taste and mood of the raga &
tune. -
One who sings out of sruti and out of swarasthana-
One who sings altering and concealing the real voice -
One who sings without paying heed to the positions of the three octaves
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One who sings deviating from the respective swarasthanas -
One who sings making a medley of raga -
One who sings deviating from the gamaka sthanas -
One who sings with a nasal sound -
One who sings with the sound 'ooz' -
One who sings terribly gaping the mouth or screwing up his visage -
One who sings bulging the cheek like a gourd -
One who sings with a dry, rough and harsh voice like that of a crow
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One who sings with mannerisms such as awkward shakes of the hands and
other limbs without musical expressions -