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This time, we are looking at Ustad Amir Khan's Bageshri. I found this recording on the late Subrata Chowdhury ji's YouTube channel. If you have not gone through their videos, it is a digital treasure trove of recordings. Wah! Highly recommend deep-diving there.
I do not have much information on this particular concert. I found a few other versions of his Bageshri with the same bandish. However, some are actually the same recording. I'll link to one below here though that is a full concert that I want to go through later. That recording says the 1970's, but i'd only be guessing for the one I went over.
Here is the link to that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRohI59Xzw4
Timings:
00:00 - Intro & Raga Info
06:00 - Limitations of Theory
07:52 - Concert
11:50 - Approach to Raga & Breakdown & Questions
15:46 - Concert
18:59 - Heart Phrase, Scale & Differing Approaches & Gharanas -- A Ramble
23:54 - Concert
26:48 - Brief Look At Ektal
27:20 - Concert
31:26 - The Re, Bageshri Kanada, Mood & Bigger Questions
36:42 - Concert
45:14 - Nuances Around the Pa/Re & approaching the Scale
50:46 - Concert
52:25 - Adapting Vocal Movements on Your Instrument & Dynamics
55:45 - Concert
56:45 - Kheyal Ornaments - Questions - Fast Ornaments
59:45 - Concert
01:01:02 - Ending lines with Re -- Implying Sa, or...?
01:02:16 - Concert
01:04:57 - Using Saragam to Help You Study Taans
01:06:00 - Concert
01:12:00 - Space Between Lines
01:13:59 - Kshudita Pashan
01:18:01 - Film Songs, The Study Never Ends, & Final Thoughts
01:21:12 - FIN
-- More Links --
Ustad Amir Khansahib's Bageshri Recording In This Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrMV7Erd144
Kshudita Pashan Full Film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YXnexOJKI
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