With rigorous and systematic training, students of keyboardist and music teacher M.S. Martin have scaled great heights. Lalithasai reports
Every time they finish a class, students of keyboardist and music teacher M.S. Martin are left with a sense of having learnt something new. It may be a new composition or a new way of rendering a raga.
In his zeal to offer his students at Mellifluous Melodies, his music school, new insights into music, Martin does not compromise on cardinal rules. In fact, a firm grounding in the fundamentals is his students’ strength. “This helps build their imagination of ragas and swara prastharas,” says Martin. “I train my children to use the pitch blender in the keyboard to bring out the gamakas precisely.”
Originally written for The Hindu, read more at https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-downtown/key-to-musical-brilliance/article4681685.ece