About this session

In this series of 4 episodes, participants will learn to sing verses of four well known poets of the Nirgun tradition. 

The Nirgun tradition is one among the two important bhakti (devotional) traditions of India; the other being Sagun. Verses in this series are written by some of the most famous poets of the time and speak of the Formless and Eternal. 

The poets in this series are:

Kabir

Dharamdas

Yaari Sahab

Sahajobai 

DURATION: 2 hrs

Description

1. Each episode in this series is between 20 and 35 minutes each.
2. Each episode begins with information on the poet, their style, the metaphors and imagery of their poetry, the meaning of the verses, followed by a line by line teaching of the composition.
3. Each of these compositions have been set to tune by Shubha Mudgal herself.
4. The verses include Brajbhasha, Awadhi as well as mixtures of several dialects of Hindi. Every episode has captions in the Devanagari and English script, making it easier for participants to follow and sing-along.

For who

Anyone with an intermediate-level understanding of Hindustani classical music, the concepts of raag and taal, or simply a flair for music, will find these sessions useful.

Special note of thanks

All verses translated into English by Ragini Pasricha

This ticket allows you access to all 4 episodes in the Nirgun series.

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