Hi, I'm a guitarist and want to learn vocals. Which one should I go with? Is it western, Indian ,Carnatic? And what is the difference between them?

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Siddharth Viyyapu

10 years of playing guitar and now formally working with Furtados School of Music.

Do all the three in the following sequence.Western, Hindustani, ClassicalLearn Western for its simple structure and the knowledge of harmony.Hindustani for various rages that help you understand and express a range of emotions.Carnatic for microtonal knowledge and proficiency.
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Learn hindustani classical music. It will build up Your vocal base strong and do practice more and more your efforts make you perfect
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Teacher Less Education is Blind Education

Hi Vinci, in my suggestion, you are already a guitarist. In which form are you learning guitar? You proceed vocal also in the same form then you will shine great.
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Hii vinci if i suggest go for classical because it's base of music after learning all the details about notes and everything you can switch to any genre you like than you can sing comfortably .
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Purcussionist playing Tabla and Drums for almost 20 odd years

Hi I am a purcussionist. I would suggest you should get an introduction to Indian Classical Music. The basics introduced in Indian Classical Music form a strong foundation to learn varied forms of vocals.
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Hi Vinci,It's nice that you already know the guitar. You may go with learning any music, whether it's western or Indian or Carnatic. However, managing singing Carnatic music while playing the guitar could be difficult because the genres of music have a lot of variation in their style. However, both western...
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Hi Vinci,It's nice that you already know the guitar. You may go with learning any music, whether it's western or Indian or Carnatic. However, managing singing Carnatic music while playing the guitar could be difficult because the genres of music have a lot of variation in their style. However, both western and Indian music will go well. Indian music can help you do fusion and also sing Bollywood songs very comfortably as it creates the base. You may go for western music at a later stage depending on your passion for singing pure western songs. read less
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Hi Vince, according to my opinion, we could analyse the base (whether western, indian etc) soon after we are thorough with all basic fundamentals of singing and effective breathing techniques.
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It's your choice. I can tell you that both are ridiculously complex and beautiful. But if you want me to suggest then Indian classical would be my Answer. There are many resources available these days for both serious and casual students of Indian classical music.
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Learning Carnatic Music was never this easy

It really depends on your interest. If you wanna know about music in depth, learn any form of classical music (Carnatic, Hindustani, western). You gotta be super committed and it is a lengthy process. If you wanna learn vocals just to perform movie songs/ light songs with your guitar, then light music...
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It really depends on your interest. If you wanna know about music in depth, learn any form of classical music (Carnatic, Hindustani, western). You gotta be super committed and it is a lengthy process. If you wanna learn vocals just to perform movie songs/ light songs with your guitar, then light music is prefferable. read less
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A professional guitar player with 15 years of experience.

Depends on your interest or requirement. Western and Indian form of music has got a completely different approach.
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