Shloka Singing Styles/Tunes

[Usha Sanka]

Hariom. 

नमस्ते to all the parishad scholars.

Happy to write after long time regarding some interesting work. 

I would like to share an experience and seek help.

I was teaching some students some shlokas and one of them suddenly asked - "How many shloka singing styles are there?" 

I thought for a little while, and said- Many! Some belong to North India, some South, some to Maharashtra, some traditional, some created by films and singers. Then the organizer of those lesson-sessions requested me to prepare something in detail to share with the students. 

Then with the help of youtube, and other sources, I prepared this PPT (attached with next mail for limitation of MBs). Right now just for Shloka meter- that is popular Anushtup, not any other vrtta.. (I tried to take only one shloka and sing, but it was difficult; hence samples are a little varying.) And one more limitation is that I belong to South India, so lot of North is missed! And just now it struck- are there any NRI tunes/videshi tunes?

Thanks to the questioner! His question opened doors into new area of thinking for me. I realized while working on this, that I am totally unaware of tunes which are Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Himachal Pradesh etc. and many more sources might be there. I also wrote a small write-up with my limited knowledge- which I just copy pasted below. Much can be added to make it complete. Eg. how to people get to some tune? How do they originate? Actually get propagated? 

One thing I wanted to keep away for classical music.. exclude the Ragas. I just wanted tunes that mark something, and flew into the people at large.. not like someone sang somewhere and it remained there.

Now the help that I seek from this learned parishad is- please provide me audio samples from missing places. (I mean that not included in the audios in the PPT.) Let me have any more information upon this subject, and please let me know if such an endeavour has been made before by anyone- please provide the links and names and if possible, the work also. Further light on classification could also help. Any aspect of this area would be helpful in increasing my knowledge. 

This is purely out of interest.. nothing academic. :)

Thanking you in advance-

--शिवमस्तु

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Shlokas- (Write-Up)

Shlokas are the most popular texts that are meant to learn, memorize, recite, chant and teach. They are eight-worded, four-lined, Samskrt metered-poetry that have been passed on from generations from above.        
 

Music was added to it- to make it interesting, and avoid the dryness in reciting plain way. Some tunes are just traditionally sung by elders and picked up the next generation. Some are developed by individual people by their interest. Some are made for music sake for worshipping the divine and sometimes for commercial purposes.
            In the process of getting passed on to the next generation, some tunes got fixed to some particular places. On hearing the tune of the shlokas one can say – to which area the chanter belongs to.
            Tunes are sometimes generated by some popular film makers and they get to the people so much that we start to believe that this must be traditional tune. Some musicians also introduce some good tunes for shlokas.
            Tunes can be divided into – 1. Traditional tunes 2. Tunes developed by individuals. Then one more classification is like- 1. For recitation 2. For chanting. Most of the times the classical music element involved in shlokas, long drawn musical notes,  is only for beautification and mostly avoided by general people.

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[Usha Sanka]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbi5a4qluidn7kw/ShlokaSingingStyles.pptx?dl=0

It's not attaching- So I give dropbox link here- Please download.

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[विश्वासो वासुकेयः]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63uIhJxWbgi4-l2f_BzNrnoQGvRR_Xki इति मया पुरा सङ्गृहीतम्।

On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 5:37:49 PM UTC+5:30, उषाराणी सङ्का wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbi5a4qluidn7kw/ShlokaSingingStyles.pptx?dl=0

It's not attaching- So I give dropbox link here- Please download.

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[विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki)]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 10:53 AM विश्वासो वासुकेयः <vishvas...@gmail.com> wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63uIhJxWbgi4-l2f_BzNrnoQGvRR_Xki इति मया पुरा सङ्गृहीतम्।

On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 5:37:49 PM UTC+5:30, उषाराणी सङ्का wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbi5a4qluidn7kw/ShlokaSingingStyles.pptx?dl=0

It's not attaching- So I give dropbox link here- Please download.

 

Then with the help of youtube, and other sources, I prepared this PPT (attached with next mail for limitation of MBs).

Somehow I am unable to hear the audio on your ppt. Can you please upload the audio files into an archive.org item and share the link?

[Mārcis Gasūns]

On Wednesday, 15 April 2020 08:23:41 UTC+3, विश्वासो वासुकेयः wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63uIhJxWbgi4-l2f_BzNrnoQGvRR_Xki इति मया पुरा सङ्गृहीतम्।

Vishvas, thanks, I have not seen the playlist before. Listened to it now.

In महाराष्ट्ररीतिः, kerala rItiH I can understand where it comes from. But in तरलरीतिः I hardly can. Please advise - was the idea close to what Usha wrote? साङ्गीतकः- singing mode? अवध रीतिः- from Avadha? 

shankara rItiH - geographically not contected? मुफ़ाइलुन् is a name of a person? 

नारायणि-स्तुतिः is a sample of genre, not of style, right, or? Same style in मगध संंवाद रीतिः, that means it comes from Magadha?

Thanks for such a great list and forgive me my questions.

M.

[विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki)]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 3:07 PM Mārcis Gasūns <gas...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday, 15 April 2020 08:23:41 UTC+3, विश्वासो वासुकेयः wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63uIhJxWbgi4-l2f_BzNrnoQGvRR_Xki इति मया पुरा सङ्गृहीतम्।

Vishvas, thanks, I have not seen the playlist before. Listened to it now.

In महाराष्ट्ररीतिः, kerala rItiH I can understand where it comes from.

But in तरलरीतिः I hardly can.

Fickle/ fluid style

 

Please advise - was the idea close to what Usha wrote?

I can't comment on that till I hear her audios..

 

साङ्गीतकः- singing mode?

yes 

 

अवध रीतिः- from Avadha? 

right.

 

shankara rItiH - geographically not contected?

Yes, just how a friend by that name recites.

 

मुफ़ाइलुन् is a name of a person? 

No - that's not a shloka exemplar - rather a Persian metre. मुफ़ाइलुन् is their way of remembering the short-long-short-long pattern.

 

नारायणि-स्तुतिः is a sample of genre, not of style, right, or?

Just a name I've given to the recitation style employed there.

 

Same style in मगध संंवाद रीतिः, that means it comes from Magadha?

It comes from a Magadha person I once heard and imitated. So the name.

 

Thanks for such a great list and forgive me my questions.

M.

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[Mārcis Gasūns]

On Wednesday, 15 April 2020 13:03:01 UTC+3, विश्वासो वासुकेयः wrote:

In महाराष्ट्ररीतिः, kerala rItiH I can understand where it comes from.

But in तरलरीतिः I hardly can.

Fickle/ fluid style

Thanks.

 

 

Please advise - was the idea close to what Usha wrote?

I can't comment on that till I hear her audios..

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rsjbkcftvcw5zx5/AADk5lmey-Vx01P2AcSgJJXna?dl=0

 

 

साङ्गीतकः- singing mode?

yes 

 

अवध रीतिः- from Avadha? 

right.

 

shankara rItiH - geographically not contected?

Yes, just how a friend by that name recites.

Great.

 

 

मुफ़ाइलुन् is a name of a person? 

No - that's not a shloka exemplar - rather a Persian metre. मुफ़ाइलुन् is their way of remembering the short-long-short-long pattern.

Persian metre, oh.

 

 

नारायणि-स्तुतिः is a sample of genre, not of style, right, or?

Just a name I've given to the recitation style employed there.

Yeah, what else can we do, as there is no official name, place on Earth at best.

 

 

Same style in मगध संंवाद रीतिः, that means it comes from Magadha?

It comes from a Magadha person I once heard and imitated. So the name.

Thanks,

M. 

[Usha Sanka]

भ्रातः, नमो नमः

https://archive.org/details/shloka-singing-styles

ध्वनयः अधुना सपदि प्राप्यन्ते इति मन्ये। कृपया सूचयतु। 

भवता प्रेषितं सङ्केतमपश्यम्। अहो, सम्यक् प्रयत्नः। आनन्दः अनुभूतः। 

धन्यवादाः 

Namaste to Parishad,

I have uploaded the 11 audios here- PPT is there as well for guidance in what is what.

Hope things will get easier now. 

शुभमस्तु।

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