Wednesday, September 2, 2009

CQ 50

Identify this piece and its raga.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

CQ 49

Quick Carnatic Crossword - 3



















Across:

7. Fourth chakra (4)
8. Manohara, if you can adjust , you can go up easily (8)
9. She is born to dharmavathi, but follows kamala, abhaya, meena et al (6)
10. A thevaram sung without oriental help completes a cycle (8)
11. Dikshitar's famous surati is about him (8)
13. Koluvai _________ (6)
16. & 15. Hana the purist, without a point sounds dissonant (9)
17. Tansen is often referred to as (4)
18. One type of nadaswaram (6)
19. Arre oh sambha, vigilantly listen to this janyam of sucharitra (8)
21. Auspicious (8)
24. Maintain a gamaka without nishadam (6)
25. GKB and MMD made him immortal (8)
26. Hindustani practice (4)

Down:

1. To listen to this doyen, mess with magudi 'n' lose direction (10)
2. Marry Mary? No, not until i hear raja's saramathi (4,4)
3. KB's favourite raga but 'this veena does not know' how to play it (6)
4. & 6.Basic elements of indian music (4,4)
5. A koundar somehow sang kalyani at the end of shankarabharanam in lieu of bilahari (8)
12. Say Madhyama differently , upside down, to meet this composer (5)
14. A divine note (10)
16. Keep dancing hana till you come to form (8)
17. Ghanam krishna iyer's atana is as sublime as this great mountain (8)
20. Chandram bhaja _______ (6)
22. One of the chakras is inverted (4)
23. KL saigal's classic bhairavi, Babul ____ (4)

Friday, July 31, 2009

CQ 48

Identify the ragas involved in this song.

Friday, July 24, 2009

CQ 47

Quick Carnatic Crossword - 2



















Across:
4.The Lord of the First Dhivyadesam in South Africa, is an offspring of Kalyani (7)
6. & 3 dn. Lakshmi and Parvathi, who share Ramanan (3,3)
7.Hindustani Shankarabharanam (7)
10.hari, i could not find food even if i sing it from the right(5)
11.Disciple of MLV (5)
13. see 8 dn.
14.Girl singing this subtle swaram (3)
15.Vaas used to sing this raga while getting a tan (7)


Down:
1.Parvathi of 'Thiruvilaiyadal' is a daughter of harikambodhi (7)
2.The path in 'Dur Marga Chara' is upside down (5)
3.see 6 ac.
5.A Bihar medley is a majestic melody (6)
8.& 13.ac : Put flowers before Slumdog heroine, and she will sing this raga (6,7)
9.Tisram is represented by ______(7)
12._________ Krishnaswamy Pattammal (5)
14.A difficult talam, without roman numbers (3)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

CQ 45


Identify this famous piece, its raga and the artist.




Sunday, July 12, 2009

CQ 44

Identify the kriti played by V.K.RAMAN and the raga.



Saturday, July 11, 2009

CQ 43

Identify the kriti and the raga.

CQ 42

Identify the raga played by mandolin shrinivas. Also identify the accompanying violinist.



Tuesday, July 7, 2009

CQ 41

Enjoy this crossword puzzle by K.ARUN.

Monday, July 6, 2009

CQ 40

Enjoy Nagumomu in the divine voice of MS and list out the other compositions of Thyagaraja in Abheri.

CQ 39

Identify the artist, the instrument and the raga.




Saturday, July 4, 2009

CQ 38

Identify the composer involved in this chart .

CQ 37

Identify the kriti, artists and the raga

Thursday, July 2, 2009

CQ 36

Identify the composer and the raga.



Wednesday, July 1, 2009

CQ 35

Identify the kriti played by Dr.Ramani, its composer and the raga.

Friday, June 26, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 34

Who is the composer of this kriti?

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 33

Identify the composer, kriti, artist, and the raga.



Tuesday, June 23, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 32

Identify the composer, artist and the raga.

Monday, June 22, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 31

Identify the composer and the raga.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 30

Identify the artist, composer, kriti and the raga.



Saturday, June 20, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 29

Identify the artist and raga.


CARNATIC QUIZ 28

Identify the artist, kriti, composer and raga.



Friday, June 19, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 27

Identify the kriti, composer and the raga
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CARNATIC QUIZ 26

There are some Carnatic music forms or techniques used in this song. Find out at least 2 of them.

Monday, June 15, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 25

Enjoy the humour talent of Revathi Shankaran and identify the ragas.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 24

Identify the raga and the composer.



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CARNATIC QUIZ 23

Identify the artist and the raga.










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Thursday, June 4, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 22

IDENTIFY THE TALA IN WHICH THIS SONG IS COMPOSED.

CARNATIC QUIZ 21

IDENTIFY THE COMPOSER AND THE ARTIST

Saturday, May 30, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 20

IDENTIFY THE RAGA IN THIS CLIP AND THE COMPOSER OF THIS RAGAMALIKA.

CARNATIC QUIZ 19

WHAT IS COMMON AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THE FOLLOWING MIX.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 18

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, ARTIST, RAGA AND THE TALA

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 17

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, ARTIST, RAGA AND THE TALA

Monday, May 25, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 16

ENJOY THE GENIUS OF S.BALACHANDAR AND IDENTIFY THE COMPOSER, THE KRITI AND THE RAGA.

CARNATIC QUIZ 15

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, ARTIST, RAGA AND THE TALA

Sunday, May 24, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 14

IDENTIFY THE ARTIST AND THE RAGA

CARNATIC QUIZ 13

IDENTIFY THE PERSONALITY.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 11

IDENTIFY THE ARTIST, RAGA, TALA AND THE SONG

CARNATIC QUIZ 10

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, ARTIST, RAGA AND THE TALA

Thursday, May 21, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 9

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, ARTIST, RAGA AND THE TALA

CARNATIC QUIZ 8

IDENTIFY THE KRITI, COMPOSER, RAGA AND THE TALA

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 6

IDENTIFY THE RAGA AND THE ARTIST

CARNATIC QUIZ 5

IDENTIFY THE ARTIST

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 4

IDENTIFY THE COMPOSER

CARNATIC QUIZ 3

IDENTIFY THE RAGA, TALA AND THE COMPOSER

CARNATIC QUIZ 2

IDENTITY THE KRITI, RAGA, COMPOSER AND THE ARTIST(S)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

CARNATIC QUIZ 1

I WELCOME ALL CARNATIC MUSIC LOVERS TO THIS QUIZ. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CATEGORIES. PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY YOURSELF. FEEL FREE TO COMMENT.

CARNATIC QUIZ 1

WHO IS THE COMPOSER OF THIS KRITI?


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