RaRa VeNu Gopala - An Alto Saxophone performance
Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 11:25PM Jr. has been practicing RaRa VeNu Gopala on her Alto Sax on and off now. It started first week of October as an attempt to peform at Navarathri golus, but she got busy and never got past the first half.
Today she practised the whole thing and did it after 35 minutes of takes and retakes.
She made me very proud today because she stuck to it and got it done. She had first given up on this because she learns Carnatic music (south Indian classical) with the Indian notation and all her Saxophone lessons are in sheet music and western notation! There is a big conflict in her head when she reads the notation because even the Indian notation is written in the English alphabet for her. When I was a kid used to learn with the notes written in Tamil alphabet.
So what happens?
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ni Sa gets written in her book as S R G M P D N S
When I translate the carnatic notes for her to Western, I have to go with a G to G scale and write it as
G A B C D E F G and the problem is G and D are there is both the representations.. poor thing had to practice it many times to get things going.
Now she is on a roll. Going to get some of her other favorite Tamil Songs converted to her notation so she can play it.
For what it is worth see the pics of the notes made for her.
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We will definitely have a few songs ready by next Golu!
ps. On a side note, this is part of the basic Carnatic music lessons. Some guy is trying to claim Copyright to Raravenu Gopala and is claiming this is infringing on his copyright! Have filed a dispute. These days it is getting ridiculous.
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Reader Comments (7)
very cool.
If you can use music notation software and write it like sheet music, this would be very useful to a lot of people.
will see if I can get my hands on that software and do it..
:)
I came across your sheet music translated for saxophone. I am rookie to alto saxophone and have been playing for the last year. I made an attempt to convert your two sheets into a western sheet music with treble clef. I want to thank you for posting the sheet. It has given me enough enthusiasm to start translating other karnatik melodies to be played on an alto saxophone. If you would like a copy of the RA RA VenuGopala sheet music (this is my first cut so there may be some errors), I can send it to you via email.
will see if I can get my hands on that software and do it..
superb post
Awesome post very thanks
Hello!
Just happen to stumble upon this and very glad to see another youngster interested in trying to play carnatic music on alto saxophone, just like my 13 year old son does! He's a quick learner and I've been trying to keep up to his enthusiasm!
Would like to know if she's learned or tried any other songs and thru a guru who knows the nuances of the instrument? Greatly appreciate any leads, advise and suggestions regarding a guru, notes and all that's relevant.
Thanks a bunch!,
Best regards,
Sreemala.