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Candlelight Practice (Jyoti riyaaz)

In olden times, many ustads and pandits used to practice by candlelight, also known as jyoti riyaaz.  What exactly is candlelight practice? Two major concepts should be kept in mind when practicing in candelight:
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Playing with Pandit Rasiklal Andharia

It was 1979 or 1980.  I was working as the youngest tabla teacher of the city at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, one of the oldest music institutes in Ahmedabad.
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Some thoughts on Kayda and Paltas

A beginner kayda like Dha TeTe, Dha TeTe, I might have taught more than a thousand times.  The more I taught the kayda, the more familiar I became with it. Whenever I teach it, it comes with in a new form (paltas or design).   Every composition has its own mood, identity.  To maintain the basics elements of the composition and create paltas of the composition is the greatest fun.
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My First Meeting with Pandit Saxenaji

It was a evening in the month of February in 1971.  My father told me that a big music festival, called Baiju Festival, was going on in the city,

 

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