Our Indian Music Stories And Anecdotes | Akbar And His Court Musician Tansen

One day Tansen sang one of the songs taught by his master and deliberately introduced a false note. It had almost an electric effect on the saint, his aesthetic nature received a rude shock. He turned to Tnnsen and rebuked him, saying, 'What has happened to you, Tansen, that you, a pupil of mine, should commit such a gross blunder?' He then started singing the piece correctly, the mood came upon him and enveloped him, and he forgot himself in the music which filled the earth and heaven and Akbar and Tansen them selves in the sheer melody and charm of the music. It was a unique experience. When the music stopped, Akbar turned to Tansen and said, "You say you learnt music from this saint and yet you seem to have missed the living charm of it all. Yours seems to be chaff beside this soul stirring music. Which word did Akbar use to describe Tansen's music?

One day Tansen sang one of the songs taught by his master and deliberately introduced a false note. It had almost an electric effect on the saint, his aesthetic nature received a rude shock. He turned to Tansen and rebuked him, saying, 'What has happened to you, Tansen, that you, a pupil of mine, should commit such a gross blunder?' He then started singing the piece correctly, the mood came upon him and enveloped him, and he forgot himself in the music which filled the earth and heaven and Akbar and Tansen them selves in the sheer melody and charm of the music. It was a unique experience. When the music stopped, Akbar turned to Tansen and said, "You say you learnt music from this saint and yet you seem to have missed the living charm of it all. Yours seems to be chaff beside this soul stirring music. Tansen's Guru rebuked Tansen because :

One day Tansen sang one of the songs taught by his master and deliberately introduced a false note. It had almost an electric effect on the saint, his aesthetic nature received a rude shock. He turned to Tnnsen and rebuked him, saying, 'What has happened to you, Tansen, that you, a pupil of mine, should commit such a gross blunder?' He then started singing the piece correctly, the mood came upon him and enveloped him, and he forgot himself in the music which filled the earth and heaven and Akbar and Tansen them selves in the sheer melody and charm of the music. It was a unique experience. When the music stopped, Akbar turned to Tansen and said, "You say you learnt music from this saint and yet you seem to have missed the living charm of it all. Yours seems to be chaff beside this soul stirring music. ''Tansen ...... should commit such a gross blunder." Here 'gross' means