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Swarajathis in Karnātic Music

Swarajathis in Karnātic Music Swarajathis are similar to Jathiswaras (SwaraPallavi) but with a critical difference: Swarajathi includes the Sahitya (lyrics) that a Jathiswara does not. These are learnt after learning Geethas and before Varnams. These are scholarly compositions and their Dhathu has the Raga Bhava. So this gives Read more [...]

Jathiswarams in Karnātic Music

Jathiswarams in Karnātic Music Jathiswaras, also called Swara Pallavis are more sophisticated than Geethams. They are compositions in AbhyaasaGaana where students get to sing for the first time phrases where more than one swara are sung to a beat, or example two and four. These compositions help the students in improving their knowledge Read more [...]

Affect of Music on Mental Health – Srujana Vanguri

Affect of Music on Mental Health – Srujana Vanguri Hi friends, while I was surfing the net I was able to find some research points about how music affects our mental health. I felt that I should share them with you all. — >Few Researches on Affect of Music on Mental Health: • According to research at Tufts University, post-surgery patients Read more [...]

Swarasthhāna in Karnātic Music – Basic

Swarasthhāna in Karnātic Music – Basic The strength of a building depends on how strong the foundation is. Any learning starts from alphabets, progresses to simple words, before common sentences are introduced. Didn’t all of us not learn basic colours, or animals or vegetables at school where colourful charts started to make sense?  So Read more [...]

Voice Culture in Karnātic Music – Advanced

Voice Culture in Karnātic Music – Advanced Some voices simply spark the divine in us. Like MS? Yesudas? Muhammad Rafi? Adele? There is a quality about a voice that haunts us, remember Lata Mangeshkar in that “Tera Saaya, Mera Saaya”. Every great performing singer had the basic voice ingredient; pitch, amplitude, flexibility, voice control, Read more [...]

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