Tell me one easy method of remembering all the 72 Melakartha ragas sequentially....without memorising them

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You have to learn the Katapayathi Sankya . The no. in 2 digits is first reversed say.. 65 i reversed to 56... The no. 5 is assigned to letter ma..and letter cha..is assined the no. 6 .. so when combined it is ma..cha..... which is a good cue for mecha ...leading to mechakalyani....you may try out...
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You have to learn the Katapayathi Sankya . The no. in 2 digits is first reversed say.. 65 i reversed to 56... The no. 5 is assigned to letter ma..and letter cha..is assined the no. 6 .. so when combined it is ma..cha..... which is a good cue for mecha ...leading to mechakalyani....you may try out with all 72 Ragas and this works... Please go thro any theory site that explains the KATAPAYATHI SANKYA rule. Any way you need to have a rough idea of the names of the Ragas read less
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Indian Classical / Carnatic & Western Classical violin classes, band

Katapayadi system forms the basis of deriving different ragas. You can make your own pneumonic codes to remember. Eg: Kanakangi, Ratnangi, Ganamuti (KRG) for the first cycle and so on.
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There are only 2 ways - one , you should memorize (or) two, you should be a prodigy. There are no shortcuts. I remember one occassion when Ravikiran (now gottuvadyam exponent) was a child surrounded by vidwans and wizards in Music Academy. Each vidwan asked in different permutations like - what ragam...
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There are only 2 ways - one , you should memorize (or) two, you should be a prodigy. There are no shortcuts. I remember one occassion when Ravikiran (now gottuvadyam exponent) was a child surrounded by vidwans and wizards in Music Academy. Each vidwan asked in different permutations like - what ragam is 67th Melakartha ; what is the name of 3rd ragam in 6th chakra etc. etc.. Without a wink, he casually told the answers and was playing. So, if you are very particular in reciting or spelling out the melakartha ragas , then you have to memorize just like any other poems we did during our schooldays. Finally, what is the purpose you need to remember the melakartha ragas and their technical details. Are you preparing for any competitions or any other ? Fundamentally by looking at the arohanam and avarohanam, you can nearly find out the chakra and the melakartha number. Then you can refer the chart.for the name of the ragam. read less
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Carnatic Vocalist

Well initially when you see 72 melas together you might think that it is difficult to memorize them all, but believe me it is not difficult at all. Look at the 72 melakartaragapattika , you can see it is divided into different sections like First 36 ragas called poorvamelaragas( shuddha madhyama ragas)...
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Well initially when you see 72 melas together you might think that it is difficult to memorize them all, but believe me it is not difficult at all. Look at the 72 melakartaragapattika , you can see it is divided into different sections like First 36 ragas called poorvamelaragas( shuddha madhyama ragas) and rest 36 ragas called Uttaramelaragas (prati madhyama ragas.Then again these are divided into 12 chakras So i would suggest you to memorize one chakra everyday according to the series/serialwise , in this case u can learn 6 ragas per chakra with their raga name and numbers also chakra name and swarasthanas of each ragas. read less
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Carnatic Vocal Music with 10 year of experienced and certified Vocal instructor

Sorry sir you need to practice more and more times. Then you will be able to remember those
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Katapadi system will only help you to identify the raga number. There is no shortcut to remember the names. You will have to work on them sir.
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Learn Art and Science of Carnatic Classical Music

In chemistry we study one group in periodic table every year and by the time we reach inter we get it by heart without making any special effort. there are no short cuts. only persistence pays. memorise one chakra every day and listen to those ragas uwill have it. some ragas are not popular -so are...
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In chemistry we study one group in periodic table every year and by the time we reach inter we get it by heart without making any special effort. there are no short cuts. only persistence pays. memorise one chakra every day and listen to those ragas uwill have it. some ragas are not popular -so are difficult to remember read less
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Veena Artist

Perfectly said Mr Sudhakar! Or to learn Paranatharthihara song by Maha Vidhtanatha Sivan
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Home tuition for Guitar

The most easy method is practice .
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Carnatic Classical Music Vocal Tuitions

Hello Sir, there is no shortcut as all the other Gurus have said. You have to memorize the names, but once you memorize the Chakras and their ragas, it will easily help you identify any raga and their Swaras. Thanks.
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