Quality V Quantity Singing - Page 2

Two good performances. I have always felt that to analyse something beautiful is to destroy it.

I honestly think that Amanat and Aneek were superb in the semi-classical round. I personally like Raja's voice quality better, but I got goosebumps from Amanat's and Aneek's classical performances (Amanat - 3rd time, Aneek - 1st time)

Originally posted by: iaminfrankfurt

I haven't read many threads since yesterday - this may already have been noticed by some. Was it my TV or was Amanat really breathing in too loud yesterday? I am not trying to take away anything from a brilliant performance. But I could really hear it everytime he was breathing in. Was it deliberate or insignificant?

It was deliberate. However, I think it hampered the flow of the song and made it less enjoyable for me personally (Ghazal aficionados may disagree)

I enjoyed Raja performance very much yesterday....
That said, I do think he can sing better......which only proves that bigwigs recognised that he has very good voice quality,
hence Jagjitji's comment that "I think you can sing better..."
I will not go in the comparison trip......but must say that I LOVED Poonam's second song.
Amanat with his soft voice did full justice to the themes yesterday. I enjoyed his Ghazal very much.
But like P.Jasraj said....Raja is the Raja........ 😊

Originally posted by: DoReMiFaSo

Quality V Quantity Singing

There is misconception in the minds of audiences that "More you sing, the performance is better". If You sing more Aalaps or Harqats, it doesn't imply you are capturing the audiences unless the voice has tremendous strength and depth. If your voice is not "Dumdar" enough then thousands of 'aalaps and harqats' go down the drain with no impact. This is actually Quantity singing.

In case of Quality Singing, one has to concentrate on composition, lyrics, expression, emotion, breath control, and the classical touch. In this scenario it is advisable to do full justice to the presentation in 3 mins song by mixing and balancing the blends of above in the right manner. It is always suggested that take only two harqats but do proper justice to it.

One has to really work hard to get the appropriate "WAZAN" in the voice to make the impact felt.

In yesterdays episode, Amanat and Aneek did quantity singing. They really need to work hard on doing the Riyaz in gaining the depth for their voice. "Halka fulka gana", "soft soft gana" doesn't help in long run at all. At times their songs were floating around like "Kati Patang".

Raja and Poonam did Quality Singing. They were crisp, precise, knew how much to present, what to present and When to present. Though Poonam was out of sur in "Kuhu Kuhu" the strong voice did help to create the impact.

I am sure fans may not like this thread, cuz there is a general tendency of people that they go GaGa over the Quantity singing. And normally react "Woow he sang classical so well". The classical touch has to be so subtle that it should be felt and not enforced. Hope I have made myself clear, with no offence to anyone.

Your views are always welcome.

You make ma laugh😆. Amanat did not over do it. Ismail Darbar mentioned that he modified the song for this show and Amanat did justice to it. I think every one did well. Aneek, Raja and Poonam were good too. Only Raja was a little weak in the lower surs. He was breaking at the lower sur. No offense to anyone. Just my thoughts.

Originally posted by: identt

You make ma laugh😆. Amanat did not over do it. Ismail Darbar mentioned that he modified the song for this show and Amanat did justice to it. I think every one did well. Aneek, Raja and Poonam were good too. Only Raja was a little weak in the lower surs. He was breaking at the lower sur. No offense to anyone. Just my thoughts.

I am sure the writer of this post is very glad that she could make you laugh.....

The most precious commodity of our lives.......

A smile & a laugh....what more can we ask of anyone.......😊

Originally posted by: Iloveapu

I am sure the writer of this post is very glad that she could make you laugh.....

The most precious commodity of our lives.......

A smile & a laugh....what more can we ask of anyone.......😊

well, there is such a thing as a sarcastic laugh. that's when you laugh at a stupid comment someone makes, not because it's funny.

Originally posted by: ummmmm

well, there is such a thing as a sarcastic laugh. that's when you laugh at a stupid comment someone makes, not because it's funny.

he he😆the post from amanat also made me laugh. in a sarcastic way btw,he he

Stand Apart to Know - Swami Vivekananda

I know this post is pretty bold for all the members. This is written with no bias at all. I dont want make any one laugh, neither my TV is bad nor my ears are deaf. I have not picked up or pointed at simple individual mistakes. PERIOD. But overall, the package of song supposed to be for Quality and Quantity singing, has been quoted with examples.

I stand by what I have quoted. If i had to pin point singular mistakes, Amanat went off sur so much so that it changed the Raga of the Song. So lets not get into the intricasies and postmortem each song.

Short and sweet is always better, where you demonstrate each faculty mentioned in the post and finish the song.
Again, even if you modify the song the mentor and the mentee has to do self introspection whether these many harqats suit the Voice and Mentee. Shankar Mahadevan and sonu Nigam take lot of harqats but they have ripe voice and do make the correct impact. So as a mentor and a contestant with classical technical base should know how, when, what to present.

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Originally posted by: ummmmm

well, there is such a thing as a sarcastic laugh. that's when you laugh at a stupid comment someone makes, not because it's funny.

Oh really.....???

Glad you told me....I would have never guessed!!!

Originally posted by: Iloveapu

Oh really.....???

Glad you told me....I would have never guessed!!!

alright, great. i helped a poor soul out.

the only reason i mentioned the whole sarcastic laugh thing was because you seemed pretty straightforward in what you meant. it seemed that you didn't realize that she was being sarcastic with the laugh.