Kirtan Audio Only - Hip-hop Style Anand Sahib

I wish I hadn't heard anything like that. The way it is sung is total mismatch with what Guru is saying. I wonder what Bhai Harjinder Singh ji has to say on this!

 

IS there any purpose of RAAG given on every bani how and why Guru ji gave importance to start a bani with special raag ?

 

I learn piano from some time now .. i dont have background of Indian classical music .. so learning western classical on piano was my first exposure to classical music. Indian classical music is actually much more complex then western classical and atleast for me diff ragas have different smoothness touching your brain in different way .. probably one of the reason that different writings are written in diff ragas. So ideally i think (writings + corresponding raga) will be most impacting and at the same time i dont know if Anand Sahib needs to be read using certain Raga. I think many Ragi's use different music backgrounds now a days for a shabad and some people say that it is good because u r singing like any other song but at the same time ur reading guru bani. My personal view is by reading guru bani and not feeling it .. u can just assume that some where some points are added in your account ;-). I think if u r reading bani and thinking of work or some song while reading that's not going to be that fruitful but again that's my personal view.

 

That's pretty much the "purpose" of Raag. Though it's not a purpose exactly, those set of notes when played in a particular way, and when sung with certain lyrics just happen to arouse particular emotions.

Raags work the right part of the brain, they open our mind up, provide clarity in perception, connect us to our body and this way they connect us to the divine.

 

Thanks Gyani ji yeah it totally was, I enjoyed every moment of it. When I was there I felt more at home than I did here, and now that I am back, I feel more at home here. Lol