Carnatic Music

In this class, I’ll give you a brief overview of what my Guru emphasised  on so I learnt the fundamentals correctly and effectively and also enjoyed the lessons. 

Indian Carnatic music or Karnataka Sangitam is very interesting and very systematically arranged. It is also full of creativity and imagination.

In the first few weeks, I focus on the fundamental. Fundamentals include the Sarale Varase (Sarali varusalu), Janti Varase (Janta Varusalu), Taggusthayi Varase, Dhaatu Varase, Taarasthaayi Varase, and Alankaara.

For a beginner, one of the very first lessons that a Guru teaches is Sruti. Sruti plays an integral role in the music. This is considered as the 'key' in western music. Eventually, Sruti is known as the soul of Carnatic music. One of the very first forms of Carnatic music is the Saralivarisai. This is also known as the exercise that makes people extremely familiar with the Swaras and the Sruti.

This assists in learning various combinations of the Swaras that are possible. Then it comes to the Jantavarisai which is the next level of Saralivarisai. In this specific exercise, you are going to be trained properly on how to sing with Sruti and what is the major way of handling the Swara correctly. After that, the Guru teaches Swarajathi. It is known as the whole combination of Swaras and songs.

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