Voice Culture in Karnātic Music – Basic

Voice Culture in Karnātic Music – Basic 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 [...]

Foundation course in Adavus

Foundation course in Adavus The uniqueness of Bharatanatyam is the special emphasis on “footwork” – even in the   midst of a composition a dancer would dance to “tha thei thei tham” with the percussionist drumming the beat away. Keeping the count of the beat with the legs adorned with anklets is central to “tha thei Read more [...]

Gīthams in Karnātic Music

Gīthams in Karnātic Music 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 [...]

Foundation course in Bhedhas and Hastha Mudhrās

Foundation course in Bhedhas and Hastha Mudhrās This is the course we strongly recommend for anyone wanting to get initiated into the majestic beauty of Bharatanatyam – the limb movements and hand Mudras are unique to the genre. They express a world of emotions; at all times sensuous and at all times devotional. They are numerous ways to improve Read more [...]

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