Harp

Yesterday we went to a children's museum (ImageinIt) in Atlanta. My daughter enjoyed it well. There were lot of toys, play areas, costumes, events and more, thrilling the kids. In one of the event they conducted, there was a special guest, a harpist. She, the harpist, first introduced the instrument (Harp) to the kids and then she was playing some melodies in her harp. She explained to the kids, how the harpists entertained the Kings in earlier days. And the she played some 3 tunes. One in very slow pace, to create peaceful mind, when the King feels so lonely, and others, in a medium and fast paced rhytm, to be create happy modes when the King is very happy. The harpist played, like a piano, the main melody in the right hand and the supporting melody and the bass in the left hand. This is the first time I saw a harp being played in live and it was very great.

This remembered me another event, Saarang '06, where in one of the guest performances, a celtic music performance, Chapmanstick was played. It was the first time for me to see a Chapmanstick played. It is really interesting and exciting to listen to such rare instruments and instrumentalists.

Below is a snap of the harpist when she was playing it.

'Mundhinam Paarthene' Guitar chord

I like the songs of Vaarnam Aayiram very much. After a long time I took my guitar and tried the chords for the song 'Mundhinam Paarthene' (music composed by Haris Jeyaraj). Ok here is the chord sequence I played.

Pallavi
-------

Mundhinam | Paarthene ...
|  E  |  E  |  A  |  A  |  E  |  E  |  A  |  A  |
|  A  |  A  |  G  |  G  |  D  |  D  |  A  |  A  |
|  E  |  E  |  A  |  A  |  E  |  E  |  A  |  A  |
|  A  |  A  |  G  |  G  |  D  |  D  |  A  |  A  |

Vaanathil...
|  E  |  E  |  Bm |  Bm |  E  |  E  |  Bm |  Bm |
|  E  |  E  |  Bm |  Bm |  E  |  E  |  Bm |  Bm |

Ippodhe ...             Vandhalenna
|  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  |  Am |  Am |  Am |  Am |
|  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  |  Am |  Am |  Am |  Am |


Saranam
--------
Thulaa...
|  A  |  A  |  Bm |  A  |  A  |  A  |  Bm |  A  |
|  A  |  A  |  E  | F#m |  E  |  E  |  Bm |  Bm |
|  A  |  A  |  Bm |  Bm |  A  |  A  |  D  |  D  |
|  A  |  A  |  Bm |  Bm |  A  |  A  |  D  |  D  |
|  C  |  C  |  E4 |  E4 |  E  |  E  |  E4 |  -  | 

update:

i) Modified the Em chord in the last line of the saranam to E
ii) Tried to record playing the chords. Below are two versions of the same.