Round 11: Alka Yagnik - Page 4

Beautiful singing by Alkaji, I know the song isnt difficult ,but for me the main thing is the way alkaji sang the song I really felt connected with her voice throught.

Another masterpiece by MM kreem 👏..the pathos he brings out in his songs be it sur, Zakhm or Jism are unparallelled !!!! everybody who sang his soft romantic numbers gave hits ...He is a musical genius who remained always underrated..

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Good singing by Alkaji!

Nice sweet voice all throughout the song. Great expressions. And great voice quality as usual. Nonetheless, I felt she struggled in the high pitches. Her voice got screechy. It was a difficult song, that required a lot of high pitches, but unfortunately Alka didn't do so well in the difficult parts required by the song.

Overall, great expressions and good overall voice quality, but the high notes sounded too screechy.


Rating: 7/10

Please watch this exceptional live performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF5vU2rSaDs

Great composition, with a soulful melody dedicated to the CHAND! Love the use of traditional instruments like sitar, tabla, sarangi and shehnai 👏 And let's not forget the inimatable lyricist of this song, the late Anand Bakshi saab. ⭐️

The song has a very difficult tune. It is less common to find film songs in which the chorus is in descending notes. The lyrics dont help the tune either, since the 'hard' 'g', 'ch', 'd', 'n', 'k' make the chorus quite staccato - to sing the chorus so smoothly is a challenge.

And as everybody has mentioned, the reason we connect to this song so well is the expression. We have heard the smile in her singing may times but here Alkaji was able to show some versatility in expression, as the antara has an interesting transition in mood, from sad to happy:

Ye Naina Bin Kajal Tarse
Barah Mahine Badal Barse 😭
Suni Rab Ne Meri Fariyaad
Gali Mein Aaj Chand Nikla 😍

Or the exquisitely emoted second antara, which brings out the feeling of anticipation in the lyrics:

Maine Tumko Aate Dekha
Apni Jaan Ko Jaate Dekha 😳
Jaane Phir Kya Hua Nahin Yaad
Jaane Phir Kya Hua Nahin Yaad
Gali mein aaj chand nikla

The song also has a good mix of straight notes and murkiyaan here and there. The minimal use of murkis and harkats makes the song sound more conversational, but there are some aptly placed harkats on words like 'yaad' for emphasis. I would have preffered these harkats to be more defined. But otherwise, as Kuhu said, she didn't go overboard at all - I particularly liked the way Alkaji sang 'Barah mahine baaadal barse' - she lengthened badal just perfectly, so it didn't seem overdone.

But SSK is correct in saying that the high notes were all over the place. It's not that the notes weren't hit, just that the voice lost clarity and precision in the high sections. And there were many high sections. The fact that the song is a solo means that Alkaji can sing at the female scale (probably somewhere around A or A sharp) - she ought to be comfortable in the high notes in such a scale. In Teri Ore, Shreya sang with RFAK and had to sing at a higher scale...

Could have been a 9/10 performance. But I'm going to be mean and give it 8/10 for the flaws.

^^^DANG Mr. Anu ji. What an analyis! 😆 👏

Originally posted by: Cutiepie Rani

^^^DANG Mr. Anu ji. What an analyis! 😆 👏

Thank you, thank you very much.

oh and thanks for the video too! =]

A really sweet song..Hhmmm..

The subtlety of Alka ji's voice is quite evident, it is calm and cool. The throw should have been more pronounced, I feel. There is a fading beauty here, which makes it more beautiful. But, I think that expressions are too mellow, could have been more strong. The lyrics are romantic and happy, but the singing does not sound that happy. Overall, a really nice performance, soothing. But, could have been better in a few places.

I would like to give an 8 out of 10 to this performance.