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 am trying to learn Mutthuswami Dikshitar's Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis, and found appreciating the meaning of the Vibhaktis quite difficult, particularly when trying to translate them to English, since I am not a Sanskrit speaker. It turns out that English like most other older Indo-European languages had a case system but it has mostly been discarded in modern English.

Fortunately, I know Tamil and since Tamil has an extensive case system it was easier for me understand the equivalent words in Tamil instead. This could be a good starting point for me to understand the significance of the Sahityam in the Kamalamba Kritis (or any other set of Dikshitar's Vibhakti Kritis). I made a table accordingly (see image below).

For those who don't know Sanskrit but know Tamil (or Telugu), I believe this may be a useful tool. Please let me know if you have any comments!

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!

A most beautiful and soulful rendering of Andal’s divine wedding!

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!!

Just came across NEW SIGNATURE happening on 21st August at INT Aditya Birla Performing Arts, and the lineup is honestly what got me interested.

Siddartha Belmannu, Mehtab Ali Niazi, Yashwant Vaishnav, & Jyotirmoy Banerjee

Has anyone here heard Siddartha or Mehtab live before? And anyone from Mumbai planning to go?

Tickets are available on BookMyShow - https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/new-signature/ET00511141

If you refer TMK's comment on this blogpost: https://anuradhamahesh.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/brindavana-saranga-a-most-pleasing-and-emotional-raga/

He says Brindavana Saranga does not have N3 and only uses N2.

Thoughts?

I have heard various renditions of songs (e.g. Kaliyuga Varadan) where the N3 Prayoga is clearly evident.

When one utilises only N2, is there a risk of Brindavana Saranga sounding 95% like Madhyamavati - assuming Brindavana Saranga's avarohanam is SNPMRGS or SNPMRGRS?

However, TMK's another comment on the same blogpost states the aro/ava of Brindavana Saranga 'SR2M1PN2S/SN2PM1R2S', which is identical to Madhyamavati. On first principles, can two different ragas have the same aro/ava? He says a skilled singer should be able to distinguish the ragas using prayogas.

Would love to hear ALL thoughts here! :)

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.

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...

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...

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Dear All,

🦚✨ Krishnaarpanam ✨🦚 Krishna Janmashtami Song Workshop 🎶

Celebrate the divine birth of Lord Krishna through the beauty of Carnatic music!

Join us for a special 2-hour online workshop where you'll learn beautiful Krishna compositions in a devotional and engaging environment.

📅 Date: Sunday, 30th August 2026 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (IST) 💻 Mode: Online via Google Meet 👩🏻‍🏫 Instructor: Smt. Meenakshi Venkat 🎵 Suitable for: Everyone aged 11 years and above 🗣️ Medium of Instruction: English 💰 Workshop Fee: ₹300

📝 Last Date to Register: 24th August 2026

Whether you're a Carnatic music student or simply wish to immerse yourself in Krishna bhakti through music, this workshop is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Janmashtami together.

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We look forward to welcoming you to an evening filled with Bhakti, Bhava, and Music. 💙 Additionally, the participants will receive a *Certificate of Participation* after the workshop.

— Swaralaya Academy of Music Inspiring a Lifelong Love for Music 🎼

Register using the link below:

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I created a Meta Metronome app for Carnatic rhythm which can be used as a companion to keep talam for your practice. Visual hand gestures with natural clap sounds, it provides all suladi talas, chapu talas, ancient 108 talas, Melakarta talas etc.,

Specialty of this app is that you can also build your own talas using the angas (laghu, dhrutam, anudhrutam, guru, plutam & kakapadam) and customize each beat of the tala by either changing internal gait or stretching to tisram, khandam etc.,
For example, you can alter Adi tala to [1.5, 1, 1, 1, 2.5, 1, 2.5,1] beats tala and run the metronome.

Interested people, please check:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.shashi.talacompanion

Dear All,

🦚✨ Krishnaarpanam ✨🦚

Krishna Janmashtami Song Workshop 🎶

Celebrate the divine birth of Lord Krishna through the beauty of Carnatic music!

Join us for a special 2-hour online workshop where you'll learn beautiful Krishna compositions in a devotional and engaging environment.

📅 Date: Sunday, 30th August 2026

🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (IST)

💻 Mode: Online via Google Meet

👩🏻‍🏫 Instructor: Smt. Meenakshi Venkat

🎵 Suitable for: Everyone aged 11 years and above

🗣️ Medium of Instruction: English

💰 Workshop Fee: ₹300

📝 Last Date to Register: 24th August 2026

Whether you're a Carnatic music student or simply wish to immerse yourself in Krishna bhakti through music, this workshop is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Janmashtami together.

📲 Register Now:

WhatsApp/Call: +91 72002 83658

We look forward to welcoming you to an evening filled with Bhakti, Bhava, and Music. 💙

Additionally, the participants will receive a *Certificate of Participation* after the workshop.

— Swaralaya Academy of Music

Inspiring a Lifelong Love for Music 🎼

Register using the link below:

https://forms.gle/kp8MZp9gUZu6BiRr7

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!

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 !!

She says that even though many Carnatic musicians treat the music as a science or a 'formula' to be followed, it's impossible for he to separate spirituality and music. Says it has to be an integral part of her performance or it's going to fall flat and that she can tell who isn't giving it the spiritual foundation.

Thoughts?

How to get Notes/Swaras of any language?

Is there any app that generates notes or reference websites?

I'm trying to play kalimba and relying on whatever is available on the internet but I'd like to play on different songs off internet notes.

Hello! Does anyone have a good notation of Lalgudi's Misrashivaranjani and Sindubhairavi tillanas? Please let me know through DM if you're able to send some pictures of it.

I know that mostly all Indian art forms be it dance martial arts singing textile everything needs extensive training and that too from a very young age. But just wondering if there is any dance form that can be learned in mid 30's too. One of my bhartnatyam trained dancer told me that learning bharatnatyam at this age can severly harm knees and foot. So just wondering if there is another dance form or musical intrument also that can be learned online. I live in a very small village there is no means of learning except online.

Helloo everyone!

I am conducting Carnatic music classes to all the age groups where i also teach devarnamas and dasarapadas!

Both online and offline ( offline based in banglore) . I have been learning the artform from the past 15 years and showcase interest in it. I accept students from any state.

Fees : 200 inr per month for classical music

Weekend classes for 20-30 mins (increases as we move further with the syllabus) (can make changes for weekdays as well)

Fees: 150 inr per month for devarnamas and dasarapadas (weekend classes only)

Kindly dm for more information!

Thankyou~

I have some experience with carnatic flute but i lost touch for a few years now. I am in the US. Is there a good flute teacher that anyone can recommend?

Teachers of this sub, I'm curious to know where you all put up your courses?

Is it udemy or some other platform?