BHAJAN SINGING IS NOT JUST LIP MOVEMENTS…
August 22, 1997
Swami asked one of the Institute teachers…
Swami: How was yesterday’s drama?
Teacher: Swami, very nice.
Swami: Nice? Not rough! (To a schoolboy) How was the drama?
Student: Very good, Swami.
Swami: But there was one mistake in the drama. Dialogues were spoken very fast.
Dialogue rendition must be slow. Then everyone can understand clearly. It
should not be fast. (To a student who acted in the drama) What happened
yesterday?
Student: Swami, we had less time to practise.
Swami: Why practice? You are not small boys. All these should come naturally
without practice. (Swami paused for a moment and said) I am also an Actor-not
very low, not very high, but medium!
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Swami then spoke about the Hyderabad boys. He told about their way of singing
Bhajans, adding that even with 500 boys, the singing is not loud enough. The
Hyderabad boys are coming for the past 15 years. They are very good boys. Some
of them are our old students. This morning they sang Bhajans in the Mandir.
Bhajan singing is not just lip movements. One should sing from the heart with
full vigour. Keertanam is what M. S. Subbulakshmi (the famous exponent of
Carnatic music) sings. (Here Swami rendered a few lines from one of her
Keertanas) Sankeertanam is important.
Teacher: Swami, Sankeertanam is done by many people.
Guru Nanak
Swami: That is Samuhika Keertanam (Group Singing). Guru Nanak started this type
of singing.
Source:Students with Sai Conversations: Part 1 (1991-2000)
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