Raga Shankarabharanam has all the seven notes. Arohana has S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 Ṡ, Avarohana has Ṡ N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S. Singing of exercises helps in getting an idea about the swara sthanas or places of notes. Nottuswarams are the small songs which resemble western melodies composed by Sri Mutthuswami Dikshitar in the language Sanskrit.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 Prashanth (Mridangam).