Sunday, February 12, 2023

Chand Baaliya - Uncharacteristically Romantic!

I would have had no clue about this lovely number if not for the numerous reels on Instagram which used to play this on the background. I always passed it off as perhaps a recent film song from a Bollywood movie and it took me awhile to actually know that it was in fact a solo single which by chance ended up becoming viral.

The song as such is not extraordinary by any means but has an instant feel good factor going for it. You just cannot be not sucked into it once you give it a listen. There is a charming innocence in it which has the requisite tricks to draw you over. Even without knowing much about it, it has left me with a smile many a time.

I have been itching to try this on the instrument ever since I got hooked on to it by humming it's catchy tune. Just attempted some guitar strums and all on the veena to try to make it look uber cool and all :). There is a little bit of improvisation to this number and this song is structured in such a way that you can certainly play around with it a wee bit.

A small ode on the veena for this supposedly sheepish romantic number and needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed recording this one.