As adults, we neither have the time nor give it the priority to take up a formal training in music. But if there was a flexibility to learn just some simple songs at our own slow pace, that would be great ... Online classes seem a very good choice but even that becomes a commitment hard to keep. So, these youtube videos are really great - even the ones uploaded by amateurs. In fact, personally I prefer the amateur ones because they do not have any accompaniments and generally, it is the simpler version of the original song. It is with that in mind that I upload my own videos hoping someone might find it useful and I myself can use as a reference.
Once I stumbled upon this 'Pattu class' when searching for 'Prabho Ganapathe'. It was a recording of a nice 'Paattu Class' apparently a program broadcasted on Raj TV in India.
I was so thankful to the uploader and I realized, it takes at least four times less time and patience to learn a song from a teacher than all by ourselves even if it is a recording!
Actually there were other episodes with nice songs but alas when I searched again, all of them have been made private. I wish I had not put off hearing all especially 'yaathum aagi ninrai kaali' and that they come back soon...
Though I felt very frustrated, I learnt a lot about the teacher through the search - a multi-faceted professor cum dancer cum singer Dr. Ambika Kameshwar. See, when there the videos were there, there was no info about the videos themselves and I had made no effort either to know further...
You learn more only when you seek more; if it is readily available thats the end.
No wonder she so beatifully explained these two lines
thedi thedi engo odugindraar ulle thedi kandu kollalaame stressing on 'Ulle'. Even in other popular versions like O.S. Arun's this 'Ulle' is missing. The first time I heard those, I even wondered what it could possibly mean 'thedi thedi engon odugindraar unnai thedi kandu kollalaame' !
A knowledgible Thinker Singer indeed!
My learning from this Paattu Class is
here ...enjoy...
