i can assure u now itself that this piece WILL NOT BE much of an interesting read,unless
1.u belong to my violin class or,
2.u have all the time in the world or,
3.u take pity on this poor little gal for typing such a BIIIIIIIIIG blog!!
p.s.:-if not,there's always this 'x'(close button) at the top of ur screen,ur mouse can reach anytime:-)
now its time i guess to proudly talk about my violin class!what do i have 2 say about it? read on.....
if not already,at least now u get to know that I'm learning this beautiful,stylish instrument on earth~~
VIOLIN! it's the loveliest of all that I've heard or seen-fine that's my point of view....i simply love every damn thing about it--starting from the name,the spelling,the style,the music--man created it in the best of his moods.i chose it outta some reason,god-knows-why but developed an ardent interest!lemme not delve into all that,its time introduce my violin class friends here...to start with,
ARAVIND anna:-
i mention his name 1st coz i thought he deserves it.his abnormal pace itself deserves a separate post.i need not worry that i'll go wrong while i play with him coz he'll manage and make the song pleasant to hear despite my presence along with him....i blink every minute looking at those swift finger movements trying to follow him,but lo! behold!there he goes playing on and on......not noticing his poor junior posing a blank face!! of course his "
bhavam","rhythm" are developing on a major scale off late that he has taken this responsibility of a big-bro in the class teaching us few nuances while sir is away.....I've never seen him even talking a little louder also-i know it's quite a contrast to my way:):) he exhausts all possible-humanly-thinkable permutations of playing the notes that there is nothing we can do except look at him with awe!! i feel elated when sir reminds him--"
aravind?! sindhuja laam iruka illa?paavam la ava?konjam speed koraichuko"he is such a dedicated student that my master can proudly tell--"
i've only 1 student and he is aravind!"
GANAPATHI anna:-
If there's someone in the class who can make me get this feeling of satisfaction,it's none but ganapathi anna! he's this peaceful soul who can play at my pace or at least feels I'm so dumb and reminds me that he's there to save me! thanks anna! 1 major difference between him and me---that he plays slowly but with finest of all perfection,but i?.well.....i too play slowly...but then..huh..huh..when sir tells that he has improved a lot,despite his speed being low,i know what sir thinks in his mind --"
sindhuja! avana paarthaavadhu kathuko!" but my sweet sir never tells it openly 2 me:) nice to enjoy
OC drops in the auto! right anna?:):)
BHARATHI akka:-
what do u call people having beauty with brains?i would call them-BHARATHI! yup!she is this amazing digital damsel who knows 3 things in the world--
FAMILY,MUSIC,HARD WORK--with family and music blended together in her blood that she'd give up anything( but family right?)for that! she has got a real gr8 potential,i can assure u that if tried,she can scale greater heights.......i still wonder sometimes why she stopped with an engineering degree.may be it's destined she should take up music in the long run for her career:) there are certain things you can never replace by anything else--for her those are music and family!! especially after her wedding she has become this "
i am-there-always-at your service-bahu" to her in-laws,that she manages everything like a trapeze artist on the rope! i'm not against being bonded to the family but still...........whatever!
PRAKASH anna:-
i cant elaborate a lot on him,coz due 2 his busy work,he does not get the time to attend class that regularly,but still he manages to play the notes correctly with minor mistakes here and there...
"till now",he has not upset me with his pace.....on the whole---gud anna!
JANANE!!!:- (sorry cant call her
akka)
she is my best buddy in the class! has this fascinating passion for music....she annoys me every time she chooses to play "
kanchadhalaaya dhaakshi", 1 among the many songs i can
PROUDLY(???) accept that i play badly..........(oh! where r the superlative forms?:):))but she?---yo!she is damn amazing when it comes to this song particularly......she forgets the no. of times i've pleaded her not to choose this song,when promptly she'll remind sir about how long it's been since we played it! she is an aspiring violinist,C.A.(not much of a combination i know:)) supposed to be elder than me but then behaves so childishly that she can be
oatified even by an auto man...:) the way she bargains for an auto is too cute u know--"
iruvathanju(25)rooba dhan...chance ae illanga....adhuku mela laam thara mudiyaadhu...." she literally looks kiddish with the way she
kenjifies the autowaala...lol..dont u dare think she is a
chamathu gal.........i know the KD inside her!
she is so sweet,lovely friend,with a cute smile.guess what? sometimes i've bunked classes simply coz she wasn't coming!! she gets pissed off when ever there r vocal and "
swarams" session.....both of which i enjoy!!! she has this musical family,especially her dad and uncle both of whom r music freaks(how else will u call those ,who make STD calls at mid-night to talk about a ragam-tanam-pallavi of lalgudi??:))
i've had innumerable discussions with her during those 5 mins breaks in the class....she is so benevolnt u know--she drops me ever other day.....(hey am calling her sweet,cute and everything which deserves dropping me an entire month without those chuckles of "
bayama iruku di.....ingaye erangikaraya?") fondly called "
akka" by sir,this female has huge talents still unexposed.......OH WORLD! wait a while!she is yet to come outta of herself!!!!
VANDANA:-
supposed to be my junior at school which she often forgets:):) she puts in lotsa effort( who can forget those 10 pages of notes that she prepared taking sir's words seriously!!!!!) guess her pass time in the class is to tease me! she is talented and good at night time chatting....(or shud i call it early morning?) 1 gr8 thing i shud learn frm her is her regularity to class!!! very sincere and a recent addition to my batch:)
SUKANYA:-
a chutti gal of my class whose
"throat goes somewhere'" after attending vocal sessions.......gud at trying new cine songs.....especially
kuththu songs(?) she uses the violin to play the guitar more than violin! often irritates sir.lol......has got a mom who looks no more than a few yrs than her!! (btw,shud i call her aunty or akka?) the proud violin--researcher-cum-lawyer of the future is busy writing her 11th std quarterly exams now:)
SHREYAS:-
another
chutti kid of my class. i guess "WHAT IS UR NAME?" is the only question he'll answer you without consulting his mom!! such an obedient guy! good at grasping "
swarams'" ....sir himself has told us how much talented he is....."
neraya homework iruku......maths tuition poganum" guess this is the only thing he talks:) poor kid....gets scolded for silly reasons sometimes...i'am sure he'll scale gr8 heights thru his work to fulfill his (mom's) dreams!!!
p.s:-- i like his shirts a lot:)
Mr.SRINIVASA MURTHY:-
last but not the least---my guru!! THE DIRECT DISCIPLE OF THE GREAT VIOLIN MASTERO
LALGUDI.G.JAYARAMAN!the most sincere person u can ever see!! he does not count the classes per month...he keeps as many as he can to seek perfection......he does not even move to the next song without perfecting the present!he is amazing and when he takes up the instrument in his hands,i dont even blink my eye 4 a min!!!! such a wonderful sir!
he is so so so so so sweet that he has managed to run the class successfully despite ME being there in the class which is an achievement by itself! he can drift through any topics ranging from cricket to his coll days to his child's prank to indo-pak fights to his guru's words to almost everything and promptly come back to where we left:):)he has such a tolerance and patience ,that he atleast tried to hide the irritation, i'm sure he does get when sees that i play the notes as wrong as anyone can,after teaching me the same for god-knows-how-many-times!!!! "
sindhuja---innoru dhadava vaasi?...aan...ipdi dhan vaasikanum,munnaadi vaasichadhu thappu..puriyardha?doubts irundha kelu" are the only words that come from his mouth!
cheers to this dedicated teacher without whom i would not have even dreamt of music!!! hats off!!!
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hmmm...wait till i tell her name...she is a lovely chamathu gal of the violin class who
1.never touches the violin at home.
2.comes sharp in time at 7:15 pm for a 6:45 pm class.
3.is never scolded by sir(touchwood!)
4.talks the maximum with friends in the class that aravind anna has to remind her everytime that it was high time she shuts her mouth and stretches her hands hands to open the violin box.
5.slightly "okay" at grasping
"swarams" but never makes use of it.
6.loves to compete with aravind anna's and janane's pace and ends up in a mess.
7.gets comfortably dropped by someone at most of the times
8.despite all this continues to go to class for the sheer passion 4 music!!
9.thinks u r really dumb if u cant figure out that those "*"marks at the start stand for "SINDHUJA":-)
