Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jun 20th, 2013 | 0 comments
If you are a music connoisseur or just a layman wanting to know the intricacies of Karnatic music – its grammar, basic notes, scales, Raga (musical scale) and famous composers and their compositions this is the course for you.
We at eAmbalam have designed a course combining both the textbook and
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Online Courses, Wellness
on Jun 20th, 2013 | 0 comments
This course promises the benefit of two streams of Indian heritage: yoga and music. A musician has special needs – her/his ears, mouth, throat, vocal chords are put to stress day in and day out. Or you may be an actor or a playback singer. This course is more than just asanas and breathing. It’s
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Dance, Online Courses
on Jun 20th, 2013 | 0 comments
The beauty of Bharatanatyam is the use of limbs, eyes, head, and neck for expressing emotions: love, devotion, anger, confusion and every feeling known down the ages. A classical dancer can be expressive by a mere shake of a head or rolling the eyes or different Mudras using hands and legs. The grace
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jun 19th, 2013 | 0 comments
Being born to a tradition and not knowing its grammar can get petty embarrassing. You attend a concert or watch TV on Marghazi Utsavam. You watch some rasikas transported to heaven – they know the beat, they tune it to the bhava (emotion) of the singer, and know the composers and lyrics. It could be
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Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in eAmbalam Musings
on May 29th, 2013 | 0 comments
202 - not out! .. 202!..What’s that?!.. Just a number? Hmm.. na.. .then, what? ..Well… let me begin..
Suzanne, 32 year old fit and smart young and tall well built lady, who happened to be my instructor at the basic mountaineering course came over to Chennai to do a bicycle ride from Chennai to
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