Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jul 17th, 2013 | 0 comments
What comes to mind when you hear the voice of MS? Yesudas? Muhammad Rafi? Adele?
These artists were blessed with a voice, heavenly and everything right about it: the pitch, amplitude, flexibility, voice control, bright, breezy, resonance and more. Even if an individual is blessed by nature with the
Read more [...]
Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jul 3rd, 2013 | 0 comments
A beginner starts with Sarali, Janti, and Alankara; at the stage the student gets a fair mastery of the seven notes and a voice flexibility to sing the basic notes; ascending, descending, doublets, different speeds. These are much like the alphabets we learn in kinder garden.
Geetam is the simplest
Read more [...]
Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jun 25th, 2013 | 0 comments
What is music? Is it the sound between the beats or the silence? It is a combination and what makes anything musical is its adherence to a rhythm. It is like the heart beat of the human being. Rhythm represents nothing but time which is measured in terms of beats.
Without a conscious effort, many a
Read more [...]
Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jun 25th, 2013 | 0 comments
Swarasthana basic gives a firsthand experience of Swara (Note), Raga (musical scale), Tala (Rhythm). Swarasthana Advanced takes you down further: you’re convinced that Carnatic music suits you and wish to know more than alphabets.
We introduce 16 Swaras (Notes), 72 Melakartas, Gamakas and much more
Read more [...]
Posted by Usha Balasubramaniam in Music, Online Courses
on Jun 22nd, 2013 | 0 comments
Theories in Karnatic Music for Intermediate level are an extension of the basic course. It is standalone course. Or it is a stepped up version for any student who opted for the basic course. The rudiments of Carnatic style is covered to a greater depth. The Swaravalis, Jhantis, Alankaras now progress
Read more [...]
