Friday, August 04, 2006
Folllowing the footsteps of Baba Gurpal Singh Ji
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!Like Baba Gurpal Singh Ji I have decided to move to Wordpress as it is much easier to sort the posts out by topic. I intend to write about some of the books I have read in addition to sharing about kirtan so I thought it would be best to move to a more organized blog.
Please make the necessary changes to your book marks.
http://www.singhangad.wordpress.com/ is my new blog address
Guru Fateh!
Angad Singh
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Gurmat Sangeet: Bhai Davinder and Mohinder Partap Singh - entire collection
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
In my last post I spoke a little bit about the jatha of Bhai Mohinder and Davinder Partap Singh Ji. Amardeep ji gave me some information about them and I would like to share it with you.
In these recordings you will get a chance to listen to lovely puratan compositions. Some of them are played in the lesser know taals like Madh taal ( 9 beats), Char taal ki Savari( 11 beats), Jai taal( 13 beats) and Inder taal ( 19 beats). In addition to singing well, the jatha also made it a point to explain the shabad and the reet.
To download the collection please click here.Please download them and share them with the sangat.
Guru Fateh!In my last post I spoke a little bit about the jatha of Bhai Mohinder and Davinder Partap Singh Ji. Amardeep ji gave me some information about them and I would like to share it with you.
Bhai Partap Singh, the father accompanied his three sons in this tour. He used to do keertan in Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib at Delhi before migrating to US with his sons. Now his son Bhai Davinder Partap Singh is the lead voice of the Jatha. In these recordings you can hear a shivering voice in the background and this is of their father Bhai Partap Singh.Inspite of this frustration the jatha went on to sing their hearts out. In one of the tapes Bhai Mohinder Partap Singh Ji says it does not matter if people listen or not its our job to do kirtan the way the guru sahib has ordered us as we will continue to do so with his blessing.
They did keertan at Gurudwara Katong Sahib in Singapore for a whole week and the sangat consisted of barely 8-10 people on every day. One day I requested Bhai Sahib to play the Dilruba instead of the Violin (which he plays very well) and it was sad to hear him pour out his frustration at the attendance of sangat in Katong Gurudwara. His reply was that what difference would it make if he did play the Dilruba? After all the 8-10 who were regularly attending were already aware of Dilruba. I could understand his sense of frustration and agreed that I should only be a silent listener and enjoy the keertan the way they best felt to present.
In these recordings you will get a chance to listen to lovely puratan compositions. Some of them are played in the lesser know taals like Madh taal ( 9 beats), Char taal ki Savari( 11 beats), Jai taal( 13 beats) and Inder taal ( 19 beats). In addition to singing well, the jatha also made it a point to explain the shabad and the reet.
To download the collection please click here.Please download them and share them with the sangat.
Angad Singh
