I am notoriously known as a very rigid follower of the theoretical side of Carnatic Music. Many of my friends and relatives have scorned at my rigidity.
Yes, I am inflexible.
What kind of of rigidity do I have?
To teach with technical details of a ragam, without straying from its subtlety. I have heard many a musician singing Mohanam with very prominent Kakali Ni and Prati Ma. I have heard a famous musician sing Kharaharapriya with a noticeable Antara Ga. I see it as a sacrilege!!
Can you call this rigidity?
Maybe I was groomed in such a way that the treatment towards a ragam should be based on the Arohanavarohanam. (Except in the case of Bhashanga Ragas.)
I may be among a very few who adhere to such rules strictly.
I like it that way.
To be a black sheep!! To be different!!!
narayanan.desamangalam 