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Category: Music
Govinda Marar (1798 -
1843), more famously known as Shadkala Govinda Marar was a Carnatic (South
Indian Classical) singer from Ramamangalam, near Tripunithura, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He was also adept in
playing musical instruments like Mridangam, Chenda, Edakka and Thimila in any
odd timing. His expertise in singing in six degrees of speed (around 32 notes
per second) earned him the title ShadKaala (shadkaala= 32nd notes; Demi Semi
Quaver speed). He took to singing from a very early age and received his
musical lessons from Haripad Ramaswamy Bhagavathar. He is said to have used a
Tamburu having seven strings (conventional Tamburu has four strings). At
the age of 21, he left his home to begin a life for music and was wandering. He
is believed to have sung in many important temples in India and desired to meet
the legendary Singer Saint Thayaga Raja Swamikal, who was residing in the state
of Tamilnadu. But he was laughed at by musicians including the disciples of Thyagaraja Swamikal. When the Saint heard that
somebody had come to meet him, he called him and requested to sing a song for
him. Then he sang a classical song, improvised the Swaras (notes) and reached
the highest speed. The Saint is said to have saluted him and composed his
famous song then and there in "Sree Ragam". The song named
"entharo mahanubhavalu" has deepest meaning in it: That 'there are so
many GREAT SOULS in the World in different fields and I salute all those
people'. After leading a life devoted for music, he reached the temple of Panduranga (Pandharpur in Maharashtra). He was revered as
Paramahamsa Govinda Das. The temple records note that he attained samadhi
(died) in 1843
Many people write to
me that playing fast Bass is not music. But the aforesaid facts reveal that
musicians used to attempt to sing and play notes at higher pace even centuries
before. So I believe that there is nothing wrong in playing music at higher
pace, and there is meaning in it, though music is not playing fast alone. But I
always love to groove than playing fast.
Jayen Varma
India
Ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadkala_Govinda_Marar
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