Thanks for the tip Anish - this is fascinating! I've always felt a keyboard with a pitch-bend wheel did not do justice to the kind of intricate gamakas and intonations Rahman puts in his music. The continuum fingerboard sounds pretty darn amazing, seems rather hard to learn (reminds me a bit of the Hawaaian slide guitar in terms of the accuracy requirements for hitting a note) and entirely appropriate for Rahman :)
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Anish Gupte <musimax2...@...> wrote: > > Hi Ravi, > This is Anish..Im from Mumbai (but currently studying in US)...Rehna Tu also > happens to be , not just my fav song from the album of Delhi 6, but it ranks > in Rahmans top 10 compositions..the 2 min musical section at the end is > played using an instrument called 'Continuum'..u can read abt this at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument) > One can now guage the greatness of Rahman..and what a genius he is...when > the song concludes u can sense the goosebumps on ur flesh (but this feeling > will disappear on repeated listening)....happy listening! > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Ravi Subramanian <beem...@...> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I've been away from this list for *years* now, though I have indeed > > been listening to Rahman's music during this time. Slumdog's selection > > and the two Oscars were the LONG overdue recognition he deserves - my > > wife and I were high-fiving at our homes watching the Oscar show :) > > > > But I'm writing today after all this time to share the ABSOLUTE joy I > > felt listening to Rehna Tu in Delhi-6 this morning (I had not been > > able to listen to this album till now). When the song segues into the > > electronically enhanced Carnatic raaga in the end, I could not control > > my tears of joy - I don't think I've felt this way since I heard the > > Bombay theme in Roja. Did anyone else feel this way? (or am I the only > > bleeding heart around here?) :-) Also, does anyone know what raaga > > this is and what instrument has been modified electronically to > > produce this most intriguing bit? > > > > He is such a genius, I cannot begin to describe the pride I feel in > > being a lifelong fan of his and hailing from the same city as he :) > > > > Rock on! > > > > > > >
