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Welcome to www.mandolinsureshkumar.com |
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Welcome to www.mandolinsureshkumar.com the personal website of Suresh Kumar, the foremost disciple of Mandolin Wizard, Maestro U Shrinivas. The website provides a detailed insight into the performances of Suresh Kumar, his contribution to the world of mandolin, his innovations and experiences in the form of articles written by him on mandolin and other related music related topics. The website also contains information on mandolin designs, techniques of playing the mandolin, mandolin lessons from Suresh Kumar, photo gallery, live songs from Suresh Kumar and tons of articles on mandolin literature.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 February 2007 )
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Suresh Kumar's innovative approach to music, his adherence to 'bhava' (the feeling & emotion expressed by the composer through the composition), his ‘gayaki' style of playing the mandolin, and the introduction of many western fingering techniques like the two-handed tapping, virtual harmonics, etc. to Classical Carnatic have found acclaim with connoisseurs and the press alike.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 16 February 2007 )
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In his album “Meditative Mandolin”, Suresh Kumar has come out with innovative styles of presentation. A unique feature of this album is a presentation by Suresh Kumar of a mandolin rendition with accompanying vocals. This is perhaps the first time in contemporary Classical Carnatic Music rendition that an instrumentalist has himself rendered accompanying vocals highlighting the ‘ gaayaki' style of playing.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 February 2007 )
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Suresh Kumar's The DRAGON G2 SK-1 |
Suresh Kumar has come up with a design of his own for the mandolin, christened ' Dragon '. This design offers greater flexibility and a choice of rich tones. The 'Dragon' was successfully launched in one of Suresh Kumar's concerts in Mumbai, in September 1994. The launch of 'Dragon' was covered by 'Sruti' and also by The Times of India in a review of the performance.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 19 February 2007 )
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Bass Guitar in Carnatic Music |
Suresh Kumar has, for the first time in the world, introduced bass guitar as an accompaniment to Classical Carnatic Music. For this he has, after extensive research and analysis, developed a new system in bass guitar playing which uses melody as the basis for composition of bass notes, instead of the usual chord patterns. This unique system which judiciously blends the Jeeva Swaras of Raagas and the complex laya patterns of Classical Carnatic Music, has been well appreciated by the Trinity College of Music, London.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 February 2007 )
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