fellow rasikas....
i have been playing the guitar for 4 1/2 years now and i have learnt rock and blues basics.
But i have decided to switch entirely to carnatic.
i can play some basic gamakas and i am convinced that with my kelvi-gnanam i can bring out any kind of gamaka/raga. but i want to learn it the proper traditional way..


help me in finding a guru...are there any carnatic guitar gurus? i tried prasanna but he went commercial and has an expansive college off OMR and i cant afford the money and the time..

i stay in Tambaram Chennai bTW

* expensive college...*

Vijay Arun who plays Carnatic very well on the electric guitar. I have an old email ID vvarun@hotmail.com but not sure of it is still valid.

still havent found anyone. i am willing to learn singing and then convert it to the guitar.

Hello,

Dr. Uma Ramasubramaniam, student of Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar is handling skype lessons for carnatic music students and has been running a carnatic music website with other members, http://www.ragasurabhi.com, which is aimed towards making raga identification easy through simple audio clips and demonstrations. You may please visit the website to hear a sample of recordings. In case, you are interested to learn, please drop a mail to ragasurabhiATragasurabhiDOTcom with a subject line - online music lessons.

Raga Surabhi Team.

Puru,

Are you male or female ?

How much time can you give for learning ?

I can suggest based on above.

Male.
I can give upto 4 hrs on classes every week and upto 15hrs of practice every week.

I am well-versed with all the theory but have tried out very less in terms of gamakas and stuff.

Puru,

I suggest that you should have firm foundation in vocal ( as is required for any other instrumentalist ) . Would you like to learn in the formal knowledge acquiring method or you just want quick pointers for the instrument ? You have to decide fast. You don't seem to have a mail id ! I can suggest two very standard names for either of the two options above. Tell me if you are interested.