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Introduction to Raag Brindavani Sarang

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This is an introductory course on Raag Brindavani Sarang in Hindustani music. The course contains videos explanations for important concepts in the raag followed by practice sessions for you to repeat after the guru and internalise the concept. While singing you will receive instant visual feedback so you can correct immediately and improve your performance. Concepts covered: Aaroh, Avroh, Pakad, Chalan, Alaap and 4 Bandishes in both sargam Geet and lyrics. Enrol now Practice Of…

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Introduction to Raag Bhimpalasi

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This is an introductory course on Bhimpalasi in Hindustani music. The course contains videos explanations for important concepts in the raag followed by practice sessions for you to repeat after the guru and internalise the concept. While singing you will receive instant visual feedback so you can correct immediately and improve your performance. Concepts covered: Aaroh, Avroh, Pakad, Chalan, Alaap and 4 Bandishes in both sargam Geet and lyrics. Enrol now The course contents…

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Introduction to Raag Bageshree

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This is an introductory course on Raag Bageshree in Hindustani music. The course contains videos explanations for important concepts in the raag followed by practice sessions for you to repeat after the guru and internalise the concept. While singing you will receive instant visual feedback so you can correct immediately and improve your performance. Concepts covered: Aaroh, Avroh, Pakad, Chalan, Alaap and 4 Bandishes in both sargam Geet and lyrics. Enrol now The following are…

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Introduction to Raag Yaman

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This is an introductory course on rāga yaman in Hindustani music. The course contains videos that explain the basic melodic concepts and characteristic aspects of rāga yaman. Each video is followed by an appropriate audio lesson to internalize and practise the concept. While practising a student will receive instant feedback based on the performance. This course covers concepts such as āroh-avroh, nyās, vādi-samvādi, chalan of rāga yaman. A student will be able to practice sapāt…

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Patterns in Kalyan Thaat

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

In Hindustani 101 singing course, you’ve learnt the fundamental patterns that are set in Bilawal thaat. This course brings these patterns with svaras from Kalyan thaat. These exercises will help you get the hang of svaras of Kalyan thaat and would ease learning of raags that fall under this thaat. These are highly recommended before taking any other course on raags of Kalyan thaat going forward. Enrol now This course consists of the following learning and…

Carnatic music courses

Know your nottuswarams

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

Nottuswarams are the small songs which resemble western melodies composed by Sri Mutthuswami Dikshitar in the language Sanskrit. They are among the first songs learned by Carnatic music students. The nottuswarams in this course are all in Raga Shankarabharanam, which has all the seven notes. This course is brought to you by SaPa. Tutors and contributors for this course include K. Shruthiranjani, Gayathri Prakash,Vivek Sadasivam and Abishek Sridhar (Voice), Ambi Subramaniam (Violin) and B S…

Carnatic music courses

Learn to Sing Patterns

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This course “Learn to sing patterns”, comes packed with various exercises of Carnatic singing patterns divided into Sarali, Janta and Dhatu varishais/svaras, along with videos that explain these concepts and their importance. On practising each exercise, the student gets instant feedback to improve from. These exercises help you learn the fundamental abilities that enable you to sing complex melodies later on. Sarali svaras are simple patterns with increasing level of complexity. Janta svaras teach you…

Carnatic music courses

Carnatic 101

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

Carnatic 101 singing course comprises of the fundamental exercises that are needed to get you started with a lifetime of learning singing in the Carnatic style. It consists of videos introducing you to the concepts of sruti, tanpura, svara and svarasthana, exercises to practise single svaras and sarali svaras of different complexities. All the exercises are in the scale structure of the raaga Mayamalavagowla. These are the first exercises any student of Carnatic music would…

Student stories

The singing aspirations of a small towner

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 15, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

This story of Mr. Somidh Roy, a resident of a small town called Nainpur in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India, is nothing short of inspiration for aspiring singers everywhere. Do you remember the last time you made a new year resolution? Oh yes, we were all there at least once, aren’t we! Making a resolution is the easy part, but following up on them time and again to see it bear fruit…

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Patterns in Bhairavi Thaat

By Gopala Krishna Koduri | July 3, 2018November 9, 2018 by Gopala Krishna Koduri

In Hindustani 101 singing course, you’ve learnt the fundamental patterns that are set in Bilawal thaat. This course brings these patterns with svaras from Bhairavi thaat. These exercises will help you get the hang of svaras of Bhairavi thaat and would ease learning of raags that fall under this thaat. These are highly recommended before taking any other course on raags of Bhairavi thaat going forward. Enrol now This course consists of the following learning and…