Music Lesson - 2

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Music class always starts with

S

P

S*

P

S

You tune your voice in a shruti


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SWARAVALI

These are the sapta swaras- 7 swaras that are back bone of music


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Shruti and Thalam( or Layam) are the Mommy and Daddy of Mu

We practice Swaravali --meaning--some simple arrangements of

swaras

It is in Ragam :- Mayamalava Gowlai

Thalam:- Adi Thaalam

It has 8counts

We sing in three speedsSloweach count, one swara

Mediumeach count, two swara

Fast

each count, four swara


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Each lesson from now has 4 lines with 8 counts each

1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

||1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8||1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

||1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

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Clap Pinky ring middle | Clap turn | Clap turn ||

1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8 ||


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11 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

||21 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8||31 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

||41 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8

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Always 2ndline is ---S R G M P D N S*

Always 4thline is --- S N D P M G R S*

Only the 1stand 3rdline will vary

1stand 2ndline is climbing up

3rd

and 4th

line is coming down the stairs ofsaptaswara

Each lesson from now has 4 lines with 8 counts each


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S R S R | S R | G M

||S R G M | P D | N S

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S N S N | S N | D P||S N D P | M G | R

S||

LESSON 2

Line 1Repeat the first two swaras i.e S R twice while climbing up the stairs

Line 3Repeat the first two swaras i.e S N twice while climbing down the stair


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S R G S | R G | S R

||S R G M | P D | N S

||

S N D S | N D | SN||S N D P | M G | R

S||

LESSON 3

Line 1Repeat the first three swaras i.e S R G twice while climbing up the stai

Line 3Repeat the first three swaras i.e S N D twice while climbing down the s


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LESSON 5

S R G M | P , | S R

||S R G M | P D| N S

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S N D P | M , | S N||S N D P | M G | R

S||Line 1climb up till P and again come down to S and climb up againLine 3Come down till M then again go up to S* and come down again


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S R G M | P D | S R

||S R G M | P D | N S

||

S N D P | M G| S N||S N D P | M G | R

S||

LESSON 6

Line 1climb up till D and again come down to S and climb up again

Line 3Come down till G then again go up to S* and come down again


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S R G M | P D | N ,

||S R G M | P D | N S

||

S N D P | M G| R ,||S N D P | M G | R

S||

LESSON 7

Line 1climb up till N and again come down to S and climb up again

Line 3Come down till R then again go up to S* and come down again


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Theory

SSaShadjamSound of a peacock ( cry)

RRiRishabamSound of a bull

GGaGaandhaaramSound of a goat

MMaMadhyamSound of Heron bird

PPaPanchamSound of a cuckoo bird

DDaDaivathamSound of a horse ( neigh)

NNiNishaadamSound of a elephant ( Trumpeting)


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The two major forms of indianclassical music are Hindustaniand

Karnataka Sangeeth.

They are originated from vedas ( Rigand sama vedas)

Vedas are written in Sanskrit

language. Vedas were written many thousands

of years ago in india.

Origin of Indian Classical music /shastriya

sangeet


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Indian Classical Instruments

Tanpura/ TamburaGives shruti

Violine

Veenai/ Veena

String

instruments


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Wind instruments

Flute

Harmonium

Nagaswaram


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Percussion instruments/ rhythm drums

Mridangam

Tavil

Gatham


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Famous Musicians

M. S. Subbalakshmi

Lata Mangeshkar


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Bhajans

1. Parvathi nandan bala ganesha,

vigna vinasha varada ganesha,

sura muni vanditha sumukha ganesha,

sundara vadana gyana ganesha


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Sharade Sharade veena vaanisharade

Sharade Sharade Pustaka paani

sharadeSharade Sharade Manju bhashini

sharade

Sharade Sharade Mangala dayinisharade


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Daya karo bhagawan shankar

krupa karo bhagawan

Trinethra dhari trishoola dhari

Ganga dhari daya karo(3)

Parvathi Ramana Pannagabhooshananeela kantha daya karo (3)


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Raghu pathi raaghava raja

ram

patit paavan sita ramsita ram sita ram

bhaj pyare tu sita ram

ishwar allah tero nam

sabko sanmati de

bhagawan


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shlokas

Gurur brahma, gurur vishnu

gurur devo, maheshwaraha

gurur saakshaad parabrahma

tasmay shree gurave namaha


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Rhymes in

swaras1) Jingle bells

G G G , |G G G , |G P , S , R G , ||

GG M M M| MG G G G | P P M R S|| P!

Jingle bells|jingle bells|jingle all the way||

Oh what a fun| it Is to ride in a|one horse opensleigh|| Hey!

P P G R S PDashing through the snow

P P M G R Nin a one horse open sleigh

P P M G R POver the fields we go

D P G R SLaughing all the way!!


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Bye

!

See you all in the next class on

January 6th, 2014

Happy Vacations!! Merry

christmas and a Happy NewYear!!

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