I wants to learn bases of carnatic music . I am from europe

Vedic · Post by **Vedic** » 16 Jul 2009, 20:01

Harihi Ohm!.
I am new on forum . I 'm " Vedic "

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 17 Jul 2009, 02:24

Welcome to the site.

Do you think we could have those questions one or two at a time?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 17 Jul 2009, 04:36

>Are these parts thalam are some accent ?.

One may think that given all this elaborate and mathematically complete combinatorics, there would be some musical significance to laghu, dhrutham and anudhrutham.
I thought so too and in fact instintively believed so. When I asked many knowledgeable people in this forum about this, the answer is, quite shockingly for me at that time, 'not really'. Here is what I learnt.

- Mridangists do not really care too much about laghu, drutha and anudrutha etc. while playing. There is no requirement in Carnatic Music for them to provide different accents for different angAs. In North Indian music, there definitely is such a requirement, but not in carnatic music. In CM, mridangists have no obligation to indicate even the beginning of the thalam. For mridangists, the total cycle length is significant among a few other things.

- There is one major well known exception to this. That is called the arudi or padagarbam. That is usually near the mid point of the thalam and acts as the fulcrum balancing the initial half of the thala and the latter half of the thala.

- There is a pronounced stress/accent at the arudhi point.

Can someone provide a table of where the arudhi is for the 7 thala types?

For Triputa thalam, it is the first beat of the first drutha. ( for example, it is the 5th beat for chathusra jathi triputa and 6th beat for kanda jathi triputa etc. )
Like this, it will be good to have a table for the other 6 thala types.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 17 Jul 2009, 04:57

How to eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Why not start with one question?

Music · Post by **Music** » 17 Jul 2009, 20:15

> 7. Where do foundling lessons for introduction : , information about theoy, druming and voal incarnatic miusic.?

Some on youtube for learning about playing mridangam:

This is part 1 and then you can look up others:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKuGl8MX ... re=related

This video series might answer your question number 5. too. ( Is carnatic rhythm described in notes ?)

Music · Post by **Music** » 17 Jul 2009, 20:20

>8. I need a book about carnatic miusic . Format PDF.

I don't know of any online PDF book, but this site should help:

http://www.carnaticcorner.com/library.html

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 17 Jul 2009, 21:03

One can always start with this one "Carnatic Music Primer": http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse ... nts3_1.htm

Vedic · Post by **Vedic** » 22 Jul 2009, 23:34

It thanks for answer. I began reading :
Connection interests me Thalam from rhythm mridanga's / drums.
I made transcriptions . I recorded with notes .
I do not know this is Carnatic rhythm.
I can give mp3. I can make a mistake .

http://vedicdemigods.bloog.pl/foto,9040 ... .html#next

I apologize. I. Mridangam thanks for lessons. I read book ( plays on Miridangam) , author said that :"

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 23 Jul 2009, 00:31

Vedic, if you know German, Ludwig Pesch's web site (and classes) may be helpful:
http://home.planet.nl/~pesch082/Deutsch/index.html

Good luck!

Vedic · Post by **Vedic** » 25 Jul 2009, 21:26

Thanks for All!!!!. I try. With greetings!!
Vedic.
Thanks For All!

rasikaranjan · Post by **rasikaranjan** » 27 Jul 2009, 15:22

you can get a copy of "easy ways to enjoy carnatic music in 6 volumes" E-Mail your requirement to tanjoresangitashramam@yahoo.com.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 27 Jul 2009, 15:48

oh!my GOD, The affection for cm and taalaam of this gentleman from Poland is adorable . wish him all the best!!!wish to see him play insome of the sabhas soon in chennai, God willing gobilalitha

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Jul 2009, 17:33

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Jul 2009, 23:21

I have a Russian colleague and he is very much interested in India, whether it is music, dance, philosophy, language, religion, meditation and overall history and geography. When he was in Russia, Raj Kapoor was quite well known to him

since indian movies were always quite popular there. Over the years, he has acquired quite a wide perspective about India. It is quite amazing at the detailed and sensitive level to which he can relate to India. Currently, he is reading a biography of Gandhiji and asking me questions. I had to refresh a lot of things so I can talk intelligently to him.

sruthilaya0 · Post by **sruthilaya0** » 30 Jul 2009, 09:02

Hello!

http://sruthilaya.sqweebs.com/

I would like to take the help of this forum to introduce our site, Sruthilaya, to all the members in this forum who are interested in learning carnatic vocal. There are many Krithis and also beginner lessons and the site is constantly being updated for more and more Krithis and other songs. There are mp3 files for all the lessons and Krithis along with notations.

The mp3 files are in a format that would help novice singer to learn carnatic music in a very systematic way. Please visit

http://sruthilaya.sqweebs.com/

to take full advantage of this site.

Thanks,

Sruthilaya Team.

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 30 Jul 2009, 14:06

The dedication of people from abroad is no less than the learners of our region and that is one of the basic quality of any learner. I teach in person and through skype too. I have been enjoying the various aspects involved in the process of teaching and answering to their sharp questions (pariprasnam) based on their observation skills and the thirst for knowledge.

William Malatesta, a guitarist from marryland http://www.musicamalatesta.com/percussion.html,

Jon singer a drummer from New york http://jonathansingermusic.com/?page_id=4,

Scott Robinson a frame drummer http://www.nscottrobinson.com/southindiaperc.php, who has published a seperate page for South Indian percussion,

Jonathan Bernard of Van Couver, who plays gamelan, marimba and percussion for Orchid Ensemble, Devarajan Mag of France, Glenn Rogers of Australia, John Hadfield, a faculty in NY university...

What is common among these performer-learners are, their sincere listening to what a guru says, what is taught for the day, to check whether a thing is understood properly, doing the home work, a quest to be heading towards the next stage etc.

Vedic · Post by **Vedic** » 14 Sep 2009, 01:11

Thanks Thanks Thanks for All!. My Dear Frends!. I am veary happy. I read book's ebaut carnatic miusic.