r/Carnatic

I have been learning the violin for a while now and am at the varnam level. Lately I have been listening to veena concerts and the sound is absolutely beautiful to me. I want to start exploring the veena, and have found the contact of a local teacher too. Should I wait for a few years and hone my violin playing before starting the veena? Or is it possible to learn both instruments simultaneously without getting overwhelmed? How do multi instrumentalists or vocalist-instrumentalists structure their practices? Do you practice both daily?

I found that Binksternet deleted sections of kalyani raga page that classified film songs and other compositions to that raga. I undid his changes and asked for his reasons, apparently those classifications violated policy as they were not referenced… clearly some non expert is now erasing lots of hard work the community has put in…
He has reverted my changes few times and it got escalated to edit wars. You can see the comments below.

Thoughts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kalyani\_(raga)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User\_talk:\~2026-44879-63?markasread=350817166&markasreadwiki=enwiki

I have written this exam twice now and i have not come across one proper channel or a person who is actively guiding on youtube, i have tried self study with the help of notes , books and music archives but I haven't been able to pass this exam. I have done well in the general paper ( self taught it ) even the common music part but not the main paper 2.... There are always questions that jump over me... The margin gets bigger due to this and I'm targeting the ones where they ask about compositions and authors.

Lately this entire section has been so unapproachable, it scares me at this point. I've tried preparing for these questions by listening , remembering making notes and memos but the list is neverending , there is no syllabus for these...making it nearly impossible to crack. If anyone has figured a way out PLEASE let me know

Hi! I’m 25f from Kanyakumari and I’ve completed my Master’s in Carnatic Music. I’ve been teaching Carnatic music online for the past two years—currently with an online academy in the evenings and freelancing during the rest of the day.

I’m planning to move to Chennai and am currently looking for opportunities as a Carnatic music teacher. I’m comfortable teaching up to the Varnam/intermediate level.

I’m preferably looking for opportunities with music academies rather than schools.

If you know of any academies that are hiring or have any leads, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you!

I’ve been getting some mixed opinions about wearing black when performing on stage, particularly for Carnatic concerts and especially in Chennai.

Some people have told me that wearing black can be interpreted as showing support for the DMK, while others have said that during the Sabarimala season it’s completely normal because devotees commonly wear black.

Personally, I don’t attach any political or religious meaning to it I just genuinely like wearing black and think it looks good on stage.

I’m curious what others, especially performers and rasikas, think about this. Is there actually a cultural or political association with wearing black on the Carnatic stage? Would you avoid it, or is this something people generally don’t care about anymore?

Would love to hear different perspectives!

I'm 26M and wanna have carnatic vocal training. I'm from Hyderabad but I prefer online sessions. Any suggestion for good institutes that I can join? I've seen few youtube playlists and all but they're all not well organised. I saw voxguru and shankar mahadevan academy but the latter is I'm confused whether to take and the former is too pricy!!

1. Raga which can mean 'good conduct/character' ❤️

2. Raga which shot to fame in a blockbuster song (in multiple languages) of a fantastic movie released a year ago, the raga in which Thyagaraja's famous song 'O Rama, we do not know the path of devotion' is set.

3. Ragas similar to Madhyamavati (name 3, ideally 2) :)

4. Ghana, Naya (Rakti), and Desya form a traditional structure for classification of ragas. Name a song (clue: rare raga song) in which these words appear.

I am a beginner veena player ( I learnt until geethams a couple of years ago). I moved abroad for studies and I think getting a veena right now is difficult as I need to keep moving. I have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. Learning to play Carnatic music on guitar has always been on my list. I think my Veena basics will help me learn guitar faster and I would love to know people with similar background who could advise me on how to go about this.

guys , i am new to this page , basically a fusion violinist who wanted to learn carnatic music ...recently i wanted to try some songs which comes with either percussion or drums , with a violin lead and found this...

https://preview.redd.it/1lhzd5blj6jh1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e643a2dcaf7b821ed884d6f7f0e4c8348f020d1

but i couldnt decrypt it into swarams..can anyone help out...ig it is a slight deviation from kaapi raaga as films songs cannot be classified into a single raga composition...

Hello everybody I'm an Italian music enthusiast and for a while I've been deeply interested in Hindustani classical music but recently one of my Indian history professors suggested me to look into Tamil history, language and culture.

So i thought why not start from music? Can anybody reccomend me some names to start from? I'm looking for classical music and basically I'm asking for the must-know artists.

Thanks!

It's an 3 hour concert and she will be singing Ragas around Monsoon. May be we'll get to hear jasrangi as well :)

Link of event in comments

Hi everyone, I am a serious and dedicated learner looking for an affordable vocal teacher to help me learn semi classical, bollywood and light music singing (leaning towards western style and techniques) with a goal to sing alongside guitar/Keyboard.

If anyone is available and can help me to reach my goals then please let me know !!

Thank you !!