Skip to content

Resources

Every item here was opened and checked: the page loads, the title and creator match, and the content is relevant. Items that failed are not shown. Cost labels are honest: "free-with-signup" means an account is needed. See how references are verified.

Last link check: · 450 references

450 of 450 shown

  • 175 Thalas explained!!
    Music Mitra · video · intermediate · en · free

    A video on the 175-tala system, going beyond the 35 common talas (judged from the title only; the description is brief).

  • 65th Melakarta Mechakalyani raga alapana: Vellore A.R.Srinivasan
    VelloreA.R.Srinivasan Classical musician& composer · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mechakalyani. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • 72 Melakarta Ragas: Formation with 12 Swarasthanas #isai
    Isai · video · beginner · en · free

    A video on how the 72 melakarta ragas are formed from the twelve swarasthanas.

  • 72 மேளகர்த்தா சக்கரம் | தரம் 11 | Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | P 12
    Channel NIE - தமிழ் · video · intermediate · ta · free

    A Tamil-medium school lesson (grade 11 music, Carnatic) on the 72 melakarta wheel. Judged from title and description only; the video was not watched.

  • 72 మేళకర్త రాగాలు, First Raga ,కనకాంగి రాగం(Kanakāṅgi rāgaṁ)
    Classical Guide · video · intermediate · te · free

    Telugu-titled start of a series on the 72 melakarta ragas, beginning with Kanakangi. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • A Brief History of Carnatic Music | MSN Karthik | Raga Riot
    Raga Riot · video · beginner · en · free

    A short video account of how history shaped Carnatic music over roughly two thousand years.

  • A Carnatic Journey ( ACJ with GV ) Episode 3 - MELAKARTA RAGAS
    Gayathri Venkataraghavan · video · intermediate · en · free

    An episode of a video series on the 72 melakarta scheme, crediting Venkatamakhin as the originator of the set.

  • A Comprehensive Guide to Tanpura : It’s Construction, Significance and Relevance in Indian Classical Music
    Baithak Foundation · article · intermediate · en · free

    A guide to the tanpura written from the Hindustani side: four strings, the first usually tuned to Pa but sometimes to Ma or Ni, the middle pair to Sa, the last to the lower Sa, and its role as a backdrop for the performer.

  • Abheri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Abheri.

  • Abhishek Raghuram | Raga Shanmukhapriya | Carnatic Vocal | Music of India
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Shanmukhapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Abhogi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Abhogi.

  • About - MS Subbulakshmi Biography
    msstribute · website · beginner · en · free

    A tribute-site biography stating that M. S. Subbulakshmi was the first woman musician to receive the Sangita Kalanidhi title, in 1968, from the Music Academy in Chennai.

  • Adi tala
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Adi tala, one of the talas of Carnatic music.

  • ADI THALA VARNAM (ആദി താള വർണ്ണം ) / Ragam - MOHNAM (മോഹനം) SAHITHYAM (സാഹിത്യം) - PART-5
    SVARASATTVA by Vedarashmi Anil · video · intermediate · ml · free

    Part 5 of a Malayalam-labelled series on an adi tala varnam in raga Mohanam. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • Ahiri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ahiri.

  • Alankaram 1 [SAPTHA THALA ALANKARAM (സപ്ത താള അലങ്കാരം)] Dhruvathalam (ധ്രുവതാളം )
    SVARASATTVA by Vedarashmi Anil · video · beginner · ml · free

    Malayalam-labelled first sapta tala alankaram, in dhruva tala. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • Alapana in Raga Keeravani | Jyotsna Srikanth | Carnatic Violin | Music of India
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Keeravani. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Alapana Lesson: Raga Madhyamavathi
    Vidya Subramanian - Topic · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Madhyamavathi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • All About Talas in Carnatic Music - Acharyanet
    Acharyanet · article · beginner · en · free

    A teaching page on tala: the three angas in common use, hand actions, the seven tala families, the five jatis (3, 4, 5, 7, 9), the 35 talas, the five gatis (nadai) and the total of 175 talas.

  • All you need to know about Ragas in Carnatic music. A detailed discussion.
    Music Mitra · video · beginner · en · free

    A long discussion of what a raga is: its notes, characteristic phrases, ornamentation and emotional flavour.

  • Amazing sounds of the Kanjira | G Guruprasanna | Carnatic Frame Drum | Music of India
    darbarfestival · video · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A demonstration of the kanjira, a small frame drum, by G Guruprasanna.

  • Amritavarshini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Amritavarshini.

  • AMS Easy learning methods - Gamaka notations
    Gaanapriya Foundation · video · intermediate · en · free

    A recorded lecture demonstration at IIT Madras on easy learning methods, including gamaka notation.

  • An Introduction to the Carnatic Raga Classification
    Anagha Murali · blog · beginner · en · free

    A music-school blog explaining arohanam and avarohanam, and the audava, shadava and vakra classes with examples. Its use of the vakra and varja terms is slightly inconsistent.

  • Anandabhairavi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Anandabhairavi.

  • Andolika
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Andolika.

  • Angas for Chapu talas?
    rasikas.org community (thread started by sridharrajagopal) · website · advanced · en · free

    A 14-post discussion among Carnatic enthusiasts about whether chapu talas have defined angas and how they relate to the suladi talas, with opinions from a mridangam player and others.

  • Annamacharya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the fifteenth-century Telugu composer of sankirtanas.

  • Annamacharya- Venkateswara's Bard
    Sriram V · blog · beginner · en · free

    A history blog post on Annamacharya (1408 to 1503): Telugu songs to Venkateswara at Tirumala, about 32,000 attributed songs, about 14,000 surviving, and the copper plates recovered by the temple authorities in 1922.

  • Application of Gati
    kksongs · article · intermediate · en · free

    A page on gati (nadai) as the subdivision of each matra, with the five gatis, how they multiply the 35 talas to 175, and a worked example of adi tala. It uses the term gati, not nadai.

  • Appreciating Carnatic Music
    Prof. Lakshmi Sreeram · course · beginner · en · free

    A free NPTEL video course on Carnatic music by Prof. Lakshmi Sreeram, covering the basics of raga and tala, composers and the forms of improvisation. Only the certificate exam has a fee.

  • Arabhi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Arabhi.

  • Arabhi | Alapana | Fusion Music
    PR Sivaramakrishnan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Arabhi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Aravind Bhargav | Kharaharapriya
    MadRasana Official · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kharaharapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the vocalist often credited with shaping the modern concert format.

  • Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar: The Trailblazer
    Krithikaa Srinivasan · blog · beginner · en · free

    A blog profile of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar (born 1890) calling him the architect of the present concert format: a varnam, a few brisk kritis, a ragam-tanam-pallavi of about half an hour, lighter pieces and a closing tillana.

  • Arunachala Kavi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Tamil composer of Rama Natakam.

  • Asaveri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Asaveri.

  • Ata Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Ata tala, with its beat count, its parts (laghu, laghu, drutam, drutam) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Atana
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Atana.

  • Awake with Carnatic Music
    Surya Ambatipudi · article · beginner · en · free

    A first-person piece by a teenage student arguing that Carnatic music must be learned from a guru, with an account of progressing through lessons and learning devotion. A personal essay, not a study.

  • Bahudari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bahudari.

  • Beautiful Jugalbandi between Ghatam, Morsing & Mridangam - Transcendence - HCL Concerts
    HCL Concerts · video · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A concert recording of a three-way percussion exchange between ghatam, morsing and mridangam.

  • Begada - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Begada, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Begada Raga Alapana
    Sanjay Subrahmanyan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Begada. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Behag | Full Ragam | Alapana Series
    Visalakshi Nityanand · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Behag. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Bhairavi (Carnatic)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bhairavi.

  • Bhamaro: Carnatic Padam in Kedaragowla
    IndianRaga · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kedaragowla. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Bhavapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bhavapriya.

  • Bhupalam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bhupalam.

  • Bilahari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bilahari.

  • Bowli
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Bowli.

  • Carnatic Flute | Anubodh Bansuri Flutes
    Anubodh · website · intermediate · en · free

    A flute maker's page describing the south Indian flute (venu) as an eight-hole instrument, with fingering for Sa, Pa and Ma, and crediting its design to Sharaba Shastri, with Palladam Sanjeeva Rao and T. R. Mahalingam later popularising it.

  • Carnatic Flute | Anubodh Bansuri Flutes
    Anubodh Bansuri Flutes · website · beginner · en · free

    A flute maker's page describing the eight-hole Carnatic flute, its names, the Palladam school and T. R. Mahalingam, and basic fingering. The page also sells flutes, so treat it as a practitioner's view.

  • Carnatic music
    New World Encyclopedia · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article stressing that the tradition is voice-centred, with instruments imitating the singing style (gayaki), and outlining forms such as the varnam, kriti, geetham, padam and javali. Largely derived from Wikipedia.

  • Carnatic music
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia overview of Carnatic music: concepts, history, forms, concert format and instruments.

  • Carnatic Music
    Artium Academy · website · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A music-school theory hub for Carnatic music with short entries on swaras, ragas, talas and related ideas, linking to deeper pages for each.

  • Carnatic Music (Code 032), Class XII (Melodic Instrument), Session 2020-21, Marking Scheme
    Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India · paper · intermediate · en · free

    A school-board marking scheme (answer key) for a Carnatic music exam. Its model answers define the five chapu talas by unit structure (3+4, 4+3, 2+3, 1+2, 4+5) and name example kritis.

  • Carnatic Music Concert - Raga Arabhi by Ayamkudy Mani | Arohanam, Avarohanam & Alapana
    Natyasutra Music · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Arabhi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Carnatic Music For Beginners - Carnatic Music Lessons For Beginners | Sarali Swaras Lessons 1 To 3
    Saamaveda Music Academy · video · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A listen-and-learn beginner lesson on the first three sarali swara exercises.

  • Carnatic Music lesson 1-Sapthaswarangal (കർണാടക സംഗീത പാഠം -1 : സപ്തസ്വരങ്ങൾ ) By Vedarashmi Anil
    SVARASATTVA by Vedarashmi Anil · video · absolute-beginner · ml · free

    Malayalam-titled first Carnatic lesson on the seven swaras. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • Carnatic Music Lesson| How to sing the 72 Melakartas with correct gamakas| Chitravina N Ravikiran
    Acharyanet · video · advanced · en · free

    An excerpt of a lesson on singing the 72 melakartas with their gamakas, taught by Chitravina N Ravikiran; the full lesson is on the publisher site.

  • Carnatic Music: Svara, Gamaka, Motif and Raga Identity: T. M. Krishna
    CompMusic · video · advanced · en · free

    A recorded research-workshop talk by T. M. Krishna on svara, gamaka, motifs and what gives a raga its identity.

  • Carnatic Music: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
    National Institute of Open Schooling · course · beginner · en · free

    The page of the national open-schooling board's secondary-level Carnatic music course. It links the free theory book (origin and history, key concepts, composers, practice pieces, concert forms, instruments, notation) and the practical book with notated pieces.

  • Carnatic raga
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on Carnatic ragas, covering the melakarta and janya system and classification by the number of notes in ascent and descent.

  • Carnatic saxophone: Raga Keeravani
    Prasant Radhakrishnan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Keeravani. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Carnatic Vs Hindustani Music: Know Difference | Artium Academy
    Artium Academy · blog · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A teaching article contrasting the two traditions. It says Carnatic music has a strong focus on the voice and that most of its songs are meant to be performed in the gayaki (vocal) manner.

  • Chakravakam (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Chakravakam.

  • Chakravakam (Raga) at Millennium Park | Dr L Subramaniam
    Dr L Subramaniam & Kavita Krishnamurti · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Chakravakam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Chakravakam Ragam | Swararaaga Sangeetham | Vikku Vinayakaram | Vikku TV
    Vikku Tv · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Chakravakam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Chalanata
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Chalanata.

  • Charukesi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Charukesi.

  • Charukesi raga alapana by Vellore A R Sinivasan
    VelloreA.R.Srinivasan Classical musician& composer · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Charukesi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Charukesi Raga at Royal Albert Hall | Dr L Subramaniam
    Dr L Subramaniam & Kavita Krishnamurti · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Charukesi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Chaturdandiprakashika
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on Venkatamakhin's treatise and its mela scheme, with notes on the earlier and later contributors.

  • Chitrambari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Chitrambari.

  • Contributions Of The Saint-bard
    Sruti · article · intermediate · en · free

    A Sruti Spotlight post, which presents excerpts from T. V. Subba Rao's book Studies in Indian Music, on Purandara Dasa's teaching system: the scale chosen for first lessons, and the graded series of note exercises, janta exercises, alankaras and gitas.

  • Course 1: Sarali Varisai | Carnatic Vocal Basics
    Learn Carnatic Music · lecture-series · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A playlist of beginner vocal lessons built around the sarali varisai exercises, aimed at voice control and pitch accuracy.

  • D. K. Pattammal
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the vocalist D. K. Pattammal.

  • D. K. Pattammal | Indian Classical Network
    Indian Classical Network · website · beginner · en · free

    A profile of D. K. Pattammal (1919 to 2009) saying she learned directly from Papanasam Sivan among others, popularised his works and those of Subramania Bharati, and formed the female trinity with M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari.

  • Darbar (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Darbar.

  • Darbari Kanada
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Darbari Kanada.

  • Devagandhari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Devagandhari.

  • Dhanyasi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Dhanyasi.

  • Dhanyasi Raga Alapana | Vivek Sadasivam
    Vivek Sadasivam · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Dhanyasi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Dharmavati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Dharmavati.

  • Dharmavati Raga Alapana and Kriti by Spoorthi Rao
    Spoorthi Rao · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Dharmavati. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Dhatuvardhani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Dhatuvardhani.

  • Dhavalambari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Dhavalambari.

  • Dhenuka (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Dhenuka.

  • Dhruva Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Dhruva tala, with its beat count, its parts (laghu, drutam, laghu, laghu) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Did You Know Certain Ragas Are Meant for Specific Times of Day? Discover the Raga Time Theory
    Furtados School of Music · blog · beginner · en · free

    A school blog explaining the raga time theory (samay siddhant) and seasonal links, noting that it is applied more strictly in Hindustani music and that Carnatic music is less strict.

  • Differences between a Padam and a Javali | Kuchipudi Vaibhavam
    Kuchipudi Vaibhavam · blog · beginner · en · free

    A dance blog post comparing the slow, intense padam with the livelier javali sung in madhyama kala, noting that both come before the final piece of a recital and that javalis have no anupallavi.

  • Digital Veena Concert-06-Alapana-Raaga Simhendramadhyamam
    Radhika Rajnarayan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Simhendramadhyamam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Divyamani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Divyamani.

  • Dvijavanti - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Dvijavanti, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • eduppu - rasikas.org
    rasikas.org · website · advanced · en · free

    A forum discussion among practitioners on eduppu as the offset of a melody's start from the samam. Posters describe atita eduppu as starting before the samam, and note that many desadi kritis begin on the last two aksharas of the previous cycle.

  • eDuppu | eAmbalam
    eAmbalam · website · beginner · en · free

    A glossary entry defining eduppu as the place in the tala where a song or phrase begins, including sama, atita and anagata starts and the notation marks for fractional eduppu.

  • Eka tala
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Eka tala, one of the talas of Carnatic music.

  • Eka Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Eka tala, with its beat count, its parts (one laghu) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Enneramum Undan - Ragam Devagandhari | Audio Song | MS Subbulakshmi | Carnatic Classical Music
    Saregama Carnatic Classical · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Devagandhari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Features of Pada Varnam and Tana Varnam in Carnatic Music
    Artium Academy · blog · beginner · en · free

    A teaching article on the two kinds of varnam: the two halves with pallavi, anupallavi, muktayi swaras, charanam and chittaswaras, the swara-focused tana varnam, and the slower pada varnam with words throughout, central to Bharatanatyam.

  • Fun with Carnatic music : A Primer on Pallavi Singing
    Vidya Subramanian · video · intermediate · en · free

    A primer on pallavi singing that eases newcomers into the improvised ragam-tanam-pallavi item.

  • Fundamentals of Melody - Acharyanet
    Acharyanet · article · beginner · en · free

    A teaching page that lists the sixteen note names with their variant numbers, says Sa and Pa are constant while the other five notes have variants, notes that R2/G1, R3/G2, D2/N1 and D3/N2 coincide, and defines the 72 parent ragas and the ascending and descending paths.

  • Fundamentals of Rhythm
    Acharyanet · article · beginner · en · free

    A short page, drawn from a Level 1 Carnatic book, on laghu and its five jatis, the gatis or nadai, the basic and 35 talas, and the chapu talas as abridged forms. It does not cover eduppu.

  • Gamaka (music)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on gamaka, the ornaments and oscillations of Indian music.

  • Gamanashrama
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gamanashrama.

  • Ganamurti
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ganamurti.

  • Gangeyabhushani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gangeyabhushani.

  • Garudadhvani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Garudadhvani.

  • Gaula (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gaula.

  • Gavambhodi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gavambhodi.

  • Gayakapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gayakapriya.

  • Geetam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the geetam, described as the simplest Carnatic form, with simple devotional songs in a steady tempo and several types including samanya, lakshana and suladi geetams.

  • Geetam - Wikipedia
    Wikipedia contributors · website · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the geetam, the simplest Carnatic song form, taught after the note exercises and alankaras, with one note per syllable and no repetition or sangatis.

  • Geethams & Varnams | Artium Academy
    Artium Academy · website · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A teaching page that places the geetham after the varisai exercises as the first real songs, with one note per syllable, no repeats and no ornament, and describes the varnam as a two-part piece that concentrates a raga.

  • Ghatam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the ghatam.

  • Ghatam Lessons Online | Classes | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the ghatam: a clay pot with metal filings made at Manamadurai, with a narrow neck and open mouth, held against the abdomen on the lap and struck with fingers, palms and heels of the hands, as a secondary percussion partner to the mridangam.

  • Gopalakrishna Bharathi - ChakraFoundation.Org
    ChakraFoundation · blog · beginner · en · free

    A short biography giving his life as 1810 to 1896, birth at Narimanam near Nagapattinam, the kathakalakshepam Nandanar Charitram, and a meeting with Tyagaraja.

  • Gopalakrishna Bharati
    IndiaNetzone · article · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia-style entry saying he was born in 1810 at Narimanam, composed in Tamil, wrote the Tamil opera Nandanar Charitram, died in 1896, and was a contemporary of Tyagaraja.

  • Gopalakrishna Bharati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Tamil composer of Nandanar Charitram.

  • Gourimanohari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Gourimanohari.

  • Govindacharya
    sreenivasarao · blog · advanced · en · free

    A blog tag page whose main entry is Music of India - a brief outline - Part Nineteen (a 22-part series), on Govindacharya and his Samgraha-chudamani. It notes how little is known of him, his role in the 72-mela scheme, and a scholarly dispute over his sources. A personal blog, not peer-reviewed.

  • Gr 13 Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | இசையின் அடிப்படை- சப்த தாளம், 35 தாளம் | L 16 | LMDMU
    LMDM Unit · video · intermediate · ta · free

    A grade 13 Carnatic music lesson with Tamil title on the seven talas and the 35 talas derived from them. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • Graham and Jaathi of Tala - Classical Music Mridangam
    Sriram Venkataraman · blog · intermediate · en · free

    A mridangam-learning blog chapter on graham (eduppu) and jati. It says a song starting on the first beat is samam, one that begins before the tala beat is athitha eduppu and one that begins after the tala has started is anaagatha eduppu.

  • Guru–shishya tradition
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the guru-shishya tradition of teacher-to-student transmission across Indian arts and learning.

  • Hamsadhvani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hamsadhvani.

  • Hamsanadam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hamsanadam.

  • Hamsanandi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hamsanandi.

  • Hanumatodi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hanumatodi.

  • Harikambhoji
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Harikambhoji.

  • Harikambhoji Raga Alapana
    Sanjay Subrahmanyan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Harikambhoji. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Hatakambari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hatakambari.

  • Hemavati (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hemavati.

  • Hindolam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Hindolam.

  • Hindustani classical music
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the northern classical tradition, useful for seeing how it compares to Carnatic music.

  • History | Music Academy
    Music Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    The Academy's own history page: it grew out of the December 1927 Congress session in Madras, was inaugurated on 18 August 1928 at the YMCA Auditorium, began annual conferences in 1929, and is known for the December season.

  • History of Purandaradasa in Carnatic Music | Must-Know Facts
    Artium Carnatic · video · beginner · en · free

    A video on the life of Purandaradasa, one of the important figures in Carnatic music.

  • How is Carnatic Music different from Hindustani Music?
    Spardha Learnings · blog · beginner · en · free

    A music-school blog comparing the two systems on origin, ornamentation, language, composition, raga classification, talas and instruments. Some claims are simplified.

  • How Ragas in Carnatic Music Reflect the Natural Rhythm of Time? Understanding Their Mood and Emotions
    Artium Academy · blog · beginner · en · free

    A music-school blog on raga, mood and time. It says Carnatic music does not assign ragas to fixed hours, describes loose time and mood associations with example ragas, and calls them informal and cultural rather than codified.

  • How Ragas in Carnatic Music Reflect the Natural Rhythm of Time? Understanding Their Mood and Emotions
    Aruna Sairam · blog · beginner · en · free

    A blog post saying Carnatic music does not fix ragas to hours, then offering an informal list linking times of day with moods. The article itself calls the list informal and uncodified.

  • Huseni - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Huseni, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Incredible Carnatic Percussion | Mridangam & Ghatam | Asian Arts Agency
    Asian Arts Agency · video · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A performance of a mridangam and ghatam duet.

  • Indian Instruments | Computational models
    Music Technology Group · website · intermediate · en · free

    A research-project page describing instruments of Indian music: the drone instrument, the veena with brass frets set in wax, the violin as the main melodic accompaniment to the voice, the flute and the two-headed mridangam.

  • Introduction to Laya and Tala - Carnatic Music Lessons
    Sunadam · video · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A beginner video explaining the terms laya and tala as used in Indian classical music, both Carnatic and Hindustani.

  • Introduction to Saptha Tala Alankaras, Tala Angas and 1st Alankaram - Chaturasrajaathi Dhruva Talam
    Dr. Madhu M · video · beginner · en · free

    A short introduction to the seven tala alankaras and the angas that make up a tala, ending with the first alankaram in Dhruva tala.

  • J. B. Sruthi Sagar - Shanmukhapriya Raaga Alapana | Kalakendra #RaagamSeries
    Kalakendra Music & Dance · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Shanmukhapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Jalarnavam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Jalarnavam.

  • Jana Ranjani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Jana Ranjani.

  • Janya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on janya ragas as derived from the 72 parent scales.

  • Jatiswaram to Varnam: Evolution in Bharatanatyam
    Anuthama Murali · article · advanced · en · free

    A research-based article on how the jatiswaram, swarajati and varnam developed, noting that swarajati and varnam belong to the Bharatanatyam repertoire and to Carnatic training and concerts, and citing Syama Sastri's three swarajatis.

  • Javali: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the javali: a light, romantic form at a medium to fast tempo, a later and lighter counterpart of the padam, used after the padam in Bharatanatyam and as a lighter concert item.

  • Jayamanohari - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Jayamanohari, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Jayanthi Kumaresh | Raga Kamavardhini | Saraswati Veena
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kamavardhini. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Jhalavarali
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Jhalavarali.

  • Jhampa Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Jhampa tala, with its beat count, its parts (laghu, anudrutam, drutam) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Jhankaradhvani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Jhankaradhvani.

  • Jyoti swarupini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Jyoti swarupini.

  • Kalpanaswaram
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on kalpanaswaram, improvised sequences of swaras sung after or within a composition.

  • Kalyanavasantam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kalyanavasantam.

  • Kalyani (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kalyani.

  • Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti. Kshetrayya: The Making of a Telugu Poet. The Indian Economic and Social History Review, vol. 56, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 253-282
    Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti · paper · advanced · en · unknown

    A citation page for a 2019 journal article arguing that Kshetrayya was not a historical figure but a literary persona shaped into a poet-saint over three centuries. The page gives the abstract only.

  • Kamavardhani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kamavardhani.

  • Kamavardhini or Pantuvarali - Introduction
    Music Mitra · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kamavardhini. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Kambhoji
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kambhoji.

  • Kanakangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kanakangi.

  • Kanjira
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the kanjira.

  • Kanjira: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the kanjira: a small frame drum of jackfruit wood about seven inches across with metal discs, a traditional lizard-skin head (synthetic heads now used), held in one hand with the other striking the head, played with the mridangam and ghatam.

  • Kantamani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kantamani.

  • Kapi (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kapi.

  • kApi rAga AlApana by Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan
    VelloreA.R.Srinivasan Classical musician& composer · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kapi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Kathanakuthuhalam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kathanakuthuhalam.

  • Kedaragaula
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kedaragaula.

  • Kedaram
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kedaram.

  • Keeravani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Keeravani.

  • Keeravani Raga Alapana
    Sanjay Subrahmanyan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Keeravani. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • keertana | eAmbalam
    eAmbalam · website · beginner · en · free

    A glossary entry defining the keertana as a usually devotional concert piece with a pallavi, optional anupallavi and one or more caranams, with weight on the lyrics and a belief that it predates the kriti.

  • Khamas (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Khamas.

  • Kharaharapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kharaharapriya.

  • Kharaharapriya|Raga alapanam|Ranjani Gayatri @bharatsangeeth #carnaticmusic #2023 #kacheri #new
    Bharat Sangeeth · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kharaharapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Know A Raga | Raga Atana | Alaapana | Listen and Learn Series
    Nadayoga - The Veena Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Atana. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Know A Raga Series | Melakartha Raga 16 | Chakravakam
    Nadayoga - The Veena Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Chakravakam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Know A Raga Series | Melakartha Raga 8 | Hanumatodi
    Nadayoga - The Veena Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Hanumatodi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Kokilapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kokilapriya.

  • Kosalam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Kosalam.

  • Kriti (music)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the kriti form and its sections.

  • Kriti: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the kriti: pallavi, anupallavi and charanam, the pallavi as refrain, sangati variations, optional extra sections such as chittaswaram, and devotional texts such as Tyagaraja's.

  • Kshetrayya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Telugu padam composer.

  • Kurinji - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Kurinji, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Lalita - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Lalita, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Latangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Latangi.

  • Legendary Figures: Shyama Shastri, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, South India's Holy Trinity
    Jameela Siddiqi · article · beginner · en · free

    An article by a Darbar writer on the three composers and the royal patronage of Thanjavur in which South Indian classical music thrived.

  • Legendary Figures: Shyama Shastri, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar, South India’s Holy Trinity
    Jameela Siddiqi · article · beginner · en · free

    A short profile of the three composers of the Trinity: their years (1762 to 1827, 1767 to 1847, 1776 to 1835), their languages, the pen-name Guruguha, and the sizes of their repertoires, under the Thanjavur court.

  • List of Janya ragas
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An alphabetical table of hundreds of janya ragas with the ascent and descent of each, using subscript notation, with notes on foreign swaras and Hindustani entries.

  • M. S. Subbulakshmi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi.

  • Madhyamavati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Madhyamavati.

  • Madras Music Academy
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Chennai institution and its annual December festival.

  • Major Instruments used in Carnatic Music
    Gokul · blog · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A music-school overview of the main Carnatic instruments: the veena, violin and flute for melody, and the mridangam, ghatam and kanjira for rhythm.

  • Malahari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Malahari.

  • Malayamarutam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Malayamarutam.

  • Manavati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Manavati.

  • Manirangu - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Manirangu, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Mararanjani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Mararanjani.

  • Master Sapta Talas & Adi Tala in Carnatic Music | Step-by-Step Guide
    Artium Carnatic · video · beginner · en · free

    A step-by-step video on the seven basic talas and the popular Adi tala: their structure, angas and usage.

  • Matya Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Matya tala, with its beat count, its parts (laghu, drutam, laghu) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Mayamalavagowla
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Mayamalavagowla.

  • Mayamalavagowla-Raga Alapana
    supriya achuath · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mayamalavagowla. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Mela Pocket Guide (katapayadi and the 72 melakartas)
    CarnaticStudent.org · website · beginner · en · free

    A short PDF that lists the 72 melakarta names with the number each decodes to under the katapayadi code, and marks the names that need the code read in a special way.

  • Melakarta
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article that sets out the 72-parent raga scheme, names the 12 chakras and lists every melakarta by number with its scale in a table.

  • Mohanakalyani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Mohanakalyani.

  • Mohanam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Mohanam.

  • Mohanam raga aalapanai by Latha Ramprasad at the Carnatic Fest of Parsippany NJ in Jan 2009
    Latha Ramprasad · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mohanam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Morsing
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the morsing.

  • morsing - Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection - Grinnell College Libraries
    Gaelyn Hutchinson · website · intermediate · en · free

    A college museum catalogue entry on the morsing: a steel tongue fitted to a steel frame, held in the hand and pressed against the teeth, plucked, with the mouth cavity changing the overtones, and used in Carnatic music as a surrogate drum that accompanies the mridangam.

  • Movva
    Ratnakar Sadasyula · blog · beginner · en · free

    A history blog post about the village of Movva and the composer Kshetrayya: his birth name Varadayya, his temple travels, the Muvva Gopala signature, roughly 4,000 padams, and two legends about his life.

  • Mridangam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the mridangam, whose section on talam says that combining the tala families, jatis and gatis gives 175 possible talas.

  • Mridangam Lessons Online | Classes | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the mridangam: a jackfruit-wood barrel drum with a smaller treble head carrying a permanent black syahi and a larger bass head, tuned with leather lacing and wooden blocks, keeping the tala and leading the percussion solo.

  • Mukhari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Mukhari.

  • Multiple vaggeyakara mudhras in kritis - rasikas.org
    rasikas.org · website · advanced · en · free

    A forum thread about composers' signature words in kritis. One poster notes that the word tyagaraja, which also names the Tiruvarur deity, is Tyagaraja's own ankita mudra.

  • Music in Vijayanagara
    IndiaNetzone · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia-style entry saying Ramamatya discusses about 70 ragas under 20 principal melas, although strictly his melas number only 15, and describing music under Vijayanagara patronage.

  • Music Season 2015 - Raga Harikambhoji
    Charulatha Mani Official · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Harikambhoji. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Music therapy: Shubhapantuvarali ( Carnatic) or Todi thaat ( Hindustani)...Vellore A.R.Srinivasan
    VelloreA.R.Srinivasan Classical musician& composer · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Shubhapantuvarali. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Muthuswami Dikshitar
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Muthuswami Dikshitar and his compositions.

  • Nadanamakriya - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Nadanamakriya, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Nadaswaram
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the nadaswaram.

  • Nadaswaram: South India's Iconic Classical Wind Instrument
    HCL Concerts · blog · beginner · en · free

    A concert-series blog post on the nadaswaram: a Tamil Nadu double-reed instrument with a strong wooden body and flaring bell, seven finger holes, played in pairs with the thavil, with a very loud sound suited to temples, streets and weddings.

  • Naganandini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Naganandini.

  • Namanarayani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Namanarayani.

  • Nasikabhushani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Nasikabhushani.

  • Nata (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Nata.

  • Natabhairavi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Natabhairavi.

  • Natakapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Natakapriya.

  • Nattakurinji
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Nattakurinji.

  • Natya Shastra
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the ancient Sanskrit treatise on performing arts and the debate on its date and authorship.

  • Navaneetam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Navaneetam.

  • Navarasa kannada
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Navarasa kannada.

  • Nayaki - Darbar
    Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust · website · beginner · en · free

    A page on the Darbar festival organisation's site for the raga Nayaki, tagged Carnatic and built around a video of a musician presenting the raga.

  • Neela Ramgopal: Bhairavi Raga Alapana
    AradhanaCalicut · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bhairavi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Neetimati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Neetimati.

  • Niraval
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on niraval, the improvised elaboration of a line of a composition within the tala.

  • Padam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the padam, a slow, expressive song form closely tied to dance and sung in concerts.

  • Padam: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the padam: a slow, expressive form on romantic poetry sung in a heroine's voice, tied to Kshetrayya and Muvva Gopala, central to the expressive part of Bharatanatyam and sometimes sung as a lighter concert item.

  • Papanasam Sivan
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the twentieth-century Tamil composer.

  • Pavani (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Pavani.

  • Performance Format for Carnatic Concerts: sections of a Kutcheri
    Darbar · article · beginner · en · free

    An article walking through the usual sections of a Carnatic concert in order, from the opening piece to the closing mangalam, with a note on the main item and the percussion solo.

  • Performances of Carnatic music
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the format of Carnatic concerts.

  • Personalities | Thanjavur Parampara
    Thanjavur Parampara · website · beginner · en · free

    A directory of Thanjavur personalities. The Arunachala Kavi entry gives 1711 to 1779, birth at Tillaiyadi and the musical drama Rama Natakam.

  • Pharaju
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Pharaju.

  • Pocket guide to Carnatic music: The kutcheri
    V Ramnarayan · article · beginner · en · free

    A short guide by a Sruti writer to the running order of a Carnatic concert: varnam, kritis with improvisation, a main item with room for the percussionists, ragam-tanam-pallavi, lighter pieces and a closing mangalam, in about two and a half hours.

  • Poornachandrika
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Poornachandrika.

  • Popular ragas by number of songs
    karnATik · website · beginner · en · free

    A table of the 100 ragas with the most compositions, counted over a list of 38,000 songs, with the count for each raga.

  • Practice four widely used Carnatic talas
    carnaticstudent.org · website · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A page of spoken rhythm exercises for Adi tala, Misra chapu, Khanda chapu and Rupaka tala, with the syllables of each and links to recordings and a hand-gesture sheet.

  • Punnagavarali
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Punnagavarali.

  • Purandara Dasa
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the sixteenth-century Haridasa composer, with the disputed birth year noted.

  • Purandara Dasa (1484-1564) - Carnatic Composer | Artium Academy
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A composer profile giving his years as 1484 to 1564, Hampi, Kannada, the title Sangeeta Pitamaha and the teaching path of sarali varisai, janta, alankarams and geethams.

  • Purandaradasa: Father of Carnatic Music | Life, Legacy and Compositions
    Aakarshini V · blog · beginner · en · free

    A blog post about Purandara Dasa: his life, his Kannada devotional songs, and the Sarali Varisai teaching exercises attributed to him. It gives his birth only as the 15th century.

  • Raaga Rasika Episode 61: Featured Raaga Alapana -- Atana -- Part I
    Vidya Subramanian · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Atana. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the raga concept across Indian music.

  • Raga : Anandabhairavi @ NewYork
    Flute Raman · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Anandabhairavi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga (Research Starter)
    EBSCO · article · intermediate · en · free

    A research-starter article on raga covering rasa, the belief that some ragas suit certain times of day or seasons (emphasised more in Hindustani music), and example time assignments.

  • Raga Alapana - Kharaharapriya
    Smt.R.Vedavalli - Topic · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kharaharapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Asaveri: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Asaveri. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Bageshri - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Bageshri, naming its parent melakarta (Karaharapriya) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Behag - Thillana | Dr L Subramaniam
    Dr L Subramaniam & Kavita Krishnamurti · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Behag. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Behag Aalapana | M.L. Vasanthakumari | T.M.Krishna | T. Muktha | S. Sowmya | Carnatic Music
    Saregama Carnatic Classical · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Behag. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Bhoopalam of Carnatic music on Violin by Jayadevan | India Video
    indiavideodotorg · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bhoopalam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Bhoopalam: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bhoopalam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Bilahari, Krithi: Ekadantam Bhajeham | Raga Series: Veena 015
    indiavideodotorg · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bilahari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Bilahari: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bilahari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Chandrakauns - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Chandrakauns, naming its parent melakarta (Keeravani) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Deva Manohari - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Deva Manohari, naming its parent melakarta (Karaharapriya) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Dhanyasi | Malladi Brothers | Carnatic Vocal
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Dhanyasi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Gauri Manohari by S. Sowmya #shorts #GauriManohari
    HCL Concerts · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Gaurimanohari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Gowri Manohari: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Gaurimanohari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Hamir Kalyani - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Hamir Kalyani, naming its parent melakarta (Kalyani) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Huseni - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Huseni, naming its parent melakarta (Karaharapriya) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Jaganmohini - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Jaganmohini, naming its parent melakarta (Mayamalavagowlai) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Jayanthashri - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Jayanthashri, naming its parent melakarta (Natabhairavi) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Kalavati - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Kalavati, naming its parent melakarta (Chakravakam) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Kamala Manohari - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Kamala Manohari, naming its parent melakarta (Sarasangi) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Kedaragowla | Veena Recital by Jayalakshmi Sekhar Lesson 7 | Carnatic Music Raga Series
    Natyasutra Music · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kedaragowla. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Kedaragowla by Jayalakshmi Sekhar | Raga Series: Veena 002
    indiavideodotorg · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kedaragowla. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Kurinji - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Kurinji, naming its parent melakarta (Shankarabaranam) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Madhyamavati: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Madhyamavathi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Manirangu - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Manirangu, naming its parent melakarta (Karaharapriya) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Mukhari by Shri S. Mahadevan II Veena Recital (Carnatic) II National Programme of Music
    AIR Raagam · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mukhari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Nadanamakriya - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Nadanamakriya, naming its parent melakarta (Mayamalavagowlai) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Nagaswarali - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Nagaswaravali, naming its parent melakarta (Hari Kambhoji) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Nalinakanthi - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Nalinakanthi, naming its parent melakarta (Sarasangi) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Natabhairavi: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Natabhairavi. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Nayaki - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Nayaki, naming its parent melakarta (Karaharapriya) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Pantuvarali: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kamavardhini. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Punnagavarali: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Punnagavarali. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Sama - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Sama (listed on this site as an alias of Shyama), naming its parent melakarta (Hari Kambhoji) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Saranga - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Saranga, naming its parent melakarta (Kalyani) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Saraswathi - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Saraswathi, naming its parent melakarta (Vachaspati) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Shubhapantuvarali | Ranjani & Gayatri | Music of India
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Shubhapantuvarali. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Simhendramadhyamam: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Simhendramadhyamam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Sowrashtram - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Sowrashtram, naming its parent melakarta (Suryakantham) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Raga Sowrashtram: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Sowrashtram. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Vachaspati by Jayalakshmi Sekhar | Raga Series: Veena 003
    indiavideodotorg · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Vachaspati. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Varali: Arohanam, Avarohanam and Alapana | Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Varali. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Raga Vijayanagari - Raga Surabhi
    Raga Surabhi · website · beginner · en · free

    Raga Surabhi's page for Vijayanagari, naming its parent melakarta (Dharmavati) and giving its ascending and descending scales.

  • Ragam Shankarabharanam - Carnatic Violin Recital - Raga alapana
    THE CARNATIC FIDDLER · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Dheerasankarabharanam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Ragam Tanam Pallavi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the improvised ragam-tanam-pallavi item.

  • Ragam Thanam Pallavi - VijayaDhwani - Institute of Carnatic Music
    Vijayasri · blog · intermediate · en · free

    A music-school blog post explaining the order ragam, thanam, pallavi; thanam at medium speed often without percussion; the pallavi in two halves split at the ardhi; and niraval and kalpanaswara that follow.

  • Ragam Thanam Pallavi: Kambhoji || IndianRaga Extempore Series
    IndianRaga · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Kambhoji. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · intermediate · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the ragam-tanam-pallavi: unmetered raga exploration, then tanam with a rhythmic pulse, then a pallavi line in a tala expanded through niraval and swarakalpana, followed by a tani avartanam; usually the climax of a concert.

  • Ragamalika
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the ragamalika, a composition whose sections are set in different ragas, with notes on how ragas are sequenced and named within it.

  • Ragamalikas
    Suguna Purushottaman · article · intermediate · en · free

    An article by a vidushi tracing the ragamalika through Carnatic history, with examples by Dikshitar, Swati Tirunal and others, and ragamalika varnams used for teaching.

  • Ragavardhini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ragavardhini.

  • Raghupriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Raghupriya.

  • Ramapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ramapriya.

  • Ranjani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ranjani.

  • Rasikapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Rasikapriya.

  • Ratnangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Ratnangi.

  • Reetigowla
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Reetigowla.

  • Revagupti
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Revagupti.

  • Revati (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Revati.

  • Rishabhapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Rishabhapriya.

  • Royal Carpet: Carnatic Ragas
    karnATik · website · intermediate · en · free

    An index of over a thousand Carnatic ragas, linking to per-letter pages that give each raga's parent, ascent, descent and a list of songs with their talas and composers.

  • Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Raga (the melakarta ragas)
    karnATik · website · beginner · en · free

    A beginner-oriented page that tabulates the 72 melakartas by chakra with each raga's Ri, Ga, Dha and Ni variants and alternate names, and explains the katapayadi naming.

  • Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Tala
    karnATik · article · beginner · en · free

    An introduction to tala on a long-running community site: the three common angas, the seven suladi families with five jati variants giving 35 talas, the chapu talas with their unit groupings, and the idea of gati or nadai.

  • Royal Carpet: Introduction to Carnatic Tala
    karnATik · article · beginner · en · free

    An introductory page on Carnatic tala: the three angas and their hand movements, jati and the 35 talas, chapu talas with their groupings, and eduppu as the starting point of a song section relative to the sama.

  • Rupaka Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Rupaka tala, with its beat count, its parts (drutam, laghu) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Rupavati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Rupavati.

  • Sahana (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Sahana.

  • Salaga Bhairavi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Salaga Bhairavi.

  • Salagam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Salagam.

  • Sandhya Anand Violin - Vachaspati Raga Alapana
    Samskrtasangitam School of Music · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Vachaspati. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Sangita Ratnakara
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the thirteenth-century treatise by Sarngadeva.

  • Sankarabharanam (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Sankarabharanam.

  • Sarali Varisai In Carnatic Music: A Beginner's Guide
    Kamalika Roy Chowdhury · blog · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A music-academy blog on sarali varisai, the first lyric-free vocal exercises, covering voice control, breath, pitch alignment with the shruti box or tanpura, and practice tips. It ends with a course promotion.

  • Saramati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Saramati.

  • Sarasangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Sarasangi.

  • Saraswati veena
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Saraswati veena.

  • Saveri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Saveri.

  • Saveri Raga Alapana - Sanjay Subrahmanyan.mp4
    Sanjay Subrahmanyan · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Saveri. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Season Special: The Genius of M.S. Subbulakshmi
    Madras Musings · article · beginner · en · free

    A season-special article on M. S. Subbulakshmi. It records that she was the first woman musician honoured by the Madras Music Academy when elected President of its conference in 1968, and mentions her singing of Papanasam Sivan's songs.

  • Senavati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Senavati.

  • Shadvidamargini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shadvidamargini.

  • Shamalangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shamalangi.

  • Shanmukhapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shanmukhapriya.

  • Shanmukhapriya Alapana | Shruthi Shankar Kumar | Carnatic Vocal
    Shruthi Shankar Kumar · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Shanmukhapriya. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Shivaranjani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shivaranjani.

  • Shree (Carnatic raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shree.

  • Shree ranjani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shree ranjani.

  • Shruthi In Music: Meaning, Type & Why It Matters
    Kamalika Roy Chowdhury · blog · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A music-school blog post explaining shruti as the reference pitch and as the tiny pitch intervals of Indian music, how the drone sets the tonic, and why this matters when learning.

  • Shruti (music)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on shruti, the smallest audible pitch interval in Indian theory, and its related meanings.

  • Shubhapantuvarali
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shubhapantuvarali.

  • Shuddha Saveri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shuddha Saveri.

  • Shulini
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Shulini.

  • Simhendramadhyamam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Simhendramadhyamam.

  • Simhendramadhyamam | Aruna Sairam & Jayanthi Kumaresh | Carnatic Vocal & Saraswati Veena
    darbarfestival · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Simhendramadhyamam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Sindhu Bhairavi (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi.

  • Songs Of Love & Longing: How Javalis Shaped Desire In Traditional Carnatic Dance & Music
    Drishya · article · beginner · en · free

    A magazine feature on the javali, a light classical genre linked to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. It contrasts javali with the more introspective padam and discusses its probable origins, court patronage and revival. A journalistic piece, not a scholarly one.

  • South Indian music
    P. Sambamoorthy · book · intermediate · en · paid

    A standard six-volume textbook series on South Indian music, published in Madras in the 1960s. This link is a university library catalogue record, not the text.

  • Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar
    Thanjavur Parampara · blog · beginner · en · free

    A heritage-site profile of Muthuswami Dikshitar giving 24 March 1775 as his birth date at Tiruvarur, his pilgrimage with Chidambaranatha Yogi, the Guruguha mudra, mostly Sanskrit compositions, the Navavarana and Navagraha sets, his veena style and 21 October 1835 as his death date.

  • Sruthi Sagar: Ragam Bilahari
    First Edition Arts Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Bilahari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Sucharitra
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Sucharitra.

  • Suladi Sapta Tala Carnatic - Lecture Demonstration and Performance by T. R. Dhandapany
    TR Dhandapany · video · intermediate · en · free

    A recorded lecture demonstration on the 35-tala system, aiming to explain its complexity and intricacies, with the speaker performing examples.

  • Surabhi Post: Appreciating Carnatic Music Concert - Raga Surabhi
    Uma · blog · beginner · en · free

    A listener's guide to the order of a kutcheri: varnam, brisk kritis, a sub-main item, the main item with its tani avartanam, light thukkada pieces such as padams, javalis and thillanas, and a closing mangalam, with room for the artiste's choices.

  • Surabhi Post: Carnatic Music Terminologies
    Raga Surabhi · article · beginner · en · free

    A short list of common Carnatic terms with brief definitions, written for newcomers.

  • Surabhi Post: Carnatic Music Terminologies Contd
    Raga Surabhi · article · beginner · en · free

    A glossary page that defines neraval (improvising on a chosen line of a kriti within the tala) and kalpana swara (spontaneous swara patterns in the tala), along with related improvisation terms.

  • Surabhi Post: Raga Classification And Structure 2
    Raga Surabhi · article · beginner · en · free

    A short article defining arohanam and avarohanam, vakra (zig-zag) ragas, and upanga and bhashanga janyas with named examples such as Arabhi, Kanada and Bhairavi.

  • Surutti
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Surutti.

  • Suryakantam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Suryakantam.

  • Suvarnangi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Suvarnangi.

  • Svara
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the swaras, the notes of Indian music, and their names.

  • Svaramelakalanidhi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the 16th-century treatise Svaramelakalanidhi by Ramamatya and its place in the development of the mela concept.

  • Svaramelakalanidhi - Wikipedia
    Wikipedia contributors · website · advanced · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Ramamatya's treatise, dated 1550 under the Vijayanagara empire and counted among the nine gems of Carnatic music theory.

  • Swarajathi - Carnatic Connection
    Ananthakrishna P · blog · beginner · en · free

    A blog post on the swarajathi: a pallavi, an optional anupallavi and several charanams, themes of devotion, love and courage, an origin as a dance piece, and the slow pace of Syama Sastri's examples.

  • Swarajati
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the swarajati form.

  • SwarGanga | Padam
    SwarGanga · website · beginner · en · free

    A short glossary entry from an Indian classical music knowledge base. It calls the padam a slow, expressive song form used in Carnatic music and dance, important for abhinaya.

  • Swathi Thirunal
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Travancore ruler and composer.

  • Swathi Thirunal-'A prince among musicians and a musician among princes.'
    Priya Krishnadas · article · beginner · en · free

    An article on the Travancore Maharaja Swathi Thirunal: his birth on 16 April 1813, the Padmanabha signature, more than 300 kritis, about 23 varnams in Sanskrit, Telugu and Malayalam, and the musicians at his court.

  • Syama Sastri
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Syama Sastri and his compositions.

  • Tala (music)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on tala in Indian music. Its Carnatic section gives the 35-tala aksharas matrix, the anga notation, the commonly used talas, and the six angas with their beat values.

  • Tāḷa in Carnatic Music: Examples
    CompMusic · website · intermediate · en · free

    A research-project page that defines the tala cycle, angas, nade (nadai) and eduppu, with annotated audio and video examples of Adi, Rupaka, Misra chapu and Khanda chapu, including 2, 4 and 6 akshara eduppus.

  • Tāḷa in Carnatic Music: Examples | Computational models
    Music Technology Group · website · intermediate · en · free

    A research page of tala examples. It defines tala as the rhythmic framework, explains the angas, sama and the offset of a composition's start (eduppu), and gives the 32-akshara structure of one adi tala cycle.

  • Tala System
    Ajay and Aarthy Ananthnarayanan · article · beginner · en · free

    An article on the seven-family tala system: the three angas, the five jatis, and a table giving the anga formula of every one of the 35 talas, with notes on gati and tempo.

  • Talam structure
    Mallika Jayanti · article · beginner · en · free

    A 2008 article on talam structure covering angas, the seven suladi talas, the five jatis, nadai (default chatusram), and the use of the word chapu in names like misra chapu and khanda chapu. It does not discuss eduppu.

  • Talas - The Sapta Tala System
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A teaching page that describes the three angas and their hand actions and gives the beat count of each of the seven talas in its default jati, with a clap-along tool.

  • Tanarupi
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Tanarupi.

  • Tanjavur Quartet- A brief introduction
    Nandini Ramani · article · beginner · en · free

    An overview of the four brothers who served the courts at Thanjavur, Travancore and Mysore, codified the adavus and the order of the Bharatanatyam recital, composed varnams and kirtanas, and trained under Muthuswami Dikshitar.

  • Tanpura
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the tanpura drone instrument.

  • Thanjavur Quartet
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the four brothers who shaped the Bharatanatyam repertoire.

  • Thavil
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the tavil drum.

  • The 18th of August 1928 …
    Music Academy · website · intermediate · en · free

    The Academy's own account of its inauguration on 18 August 1928, the 1927 All-India Music Conference in Madras and the resolution of January 1928 that proposed it, and the objects it set itself.

  • The Saraswati Veena: the ancient lute of goddesses - Darbar
    Jameela Siddiqi · article · beginner · en · free

    An article on the Saraswati veena: about four feet long, a resonator hollowed from jack wood, twenty-four fixed metal frets, four playing and three drone strings, played seated cross-legged, with the design linked to Raghunatha Nayak's time.

  • The Tanjavur Quartet
    Sruti · article · intermediate · en · free

    A magazine article naming the four brothers, their natyacharya family in Tanjavur, their patron Serfoji II, and where Chinnayya and Vadivelu later served.

  • Tillana
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the tillana, a short rhythmic piece. The page is brief.

  • Tillana: Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the tillana: a brisk rhythmic form on dance syllables that usually closes concerts and Bharatanatyam recitals, with pallavi, anupallavi and charanam, and described as the Carnatic counterpart of the tarana.

  • Tillana. - Online Bharatanatyam
    Anjali · blog · beginner · en · free

    A dance blog post describing the tillana as a brisk, lively, mainly rhythmic piece near the end of a concert, with rhythmic syllables, jatis and a few lines of words in the charanam, and suggesting a link to the Hindustani tarana.

  • TM Krishna | Harikambhoji | An Alapana | Episode 4
    T.M. Krishna · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Harikambhoji. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • TM Krishna: Raga Atana
    First Edition Arts Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Atana. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • TM Krishna: Raga Mohanam
    First Edition Arts Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mohanam. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • TM Krishna: Ragam Mukhari
    First Edition Arts Channel · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Mukhari. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Tonic (music)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · en · free

    A general encyclopedia entry on the tonic as the reference note of a scale. It is not specific to Carnatic music.

  • Trinity of Carnatic music
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the three composers known as the Trinity.

  • Triputa Tala
    Artium Academy · website · beginner · en · free

    A page from a Carnatic music school on Triputa tala, with its beat count, its parts (laghu, drutam, drutam) and an interactive player that claps the cycle in each of the five jatis.

  • Tyagaraja
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on Tyagaraja and his compositions.

  • Udayaravichandrika
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Udayaravichandrika.

  • Understand Basics of Carnatic Music Notation
    Kamalika Roy Chowdhury · blog · beginner · en · free

    A short guide to reading Carnatic notation: the swara syllables, how octaves and note lengths are marked, and how a line of notation maps to a phrase.

  • Vachaspati (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vachaspati.

  • Vagadheeswari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vagadheeswari.

  • Vakulabharanam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vakulabharanam.

  • Valaji
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Valaji.

  • Vanaspati (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vanaspati.

  • Varali
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Varali.

  • Varnam
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the varnam form and its sections.

  • Varunapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Varunapriya.

  • Vasantha (raga)
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vasantha.

  • Vatapi Ganapatim - Hamsadhwani Raga - Adi Tala - Muthuswami Dikshitar | Dr. L Subramaniam
    Dr L Subramaniam & Kavita Krishnamurti · video · beginner · en · free

    A recording whose title names the raga Hamsadhwani. Judged from the title and uploader only; not independently checked by ear.

  • Venkatamakhin
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the musicologist who set out the 72-scale scheme in the Chaturdandi Prakashika.

  • Venu
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on the Venu, the South Indian bamboo flute, covering its design and the players who shaped it for Carnatic music.

  • Venu (Flute): Artists, Courses & Recordings | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the venu: a bamboo transverse flute with six or seven finger holes, played solo and in accompaniment, with flutes of different lengths for different tonics and gamakas shaped by fingers and breath.

  • Vijayanagara musicological nonet
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia entry on nine Vijayanagara-era music treatises, which places Ramamatya's work among them.

  • Violin
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the violin, including its use in Indian classical music.

  • Violin Lessons Online | Classes | KalaSudha
    KalaSudha · website · beginner · en · free

    A learning-platform page on the violin in Carnatic music: its Western origin, Baluswami Dikshitar's adaptation to a seated, floor-based posture with the scroll on the ankle, tuning relative to Sa and Pa, accompaniment that echoes the singer, and later solo playing.

  • Violin Playing-Carnatic Music: Observations On Techniq. used
    Sruti · article · intermediate · en · free

    A magazine article on Carnatic violin technique: players sit cross-legged with the scroll against the ankle, which frees the left wrist for gamakas, and the best accompanists show a flexible style when following vocalists.

  • Vishwambari
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Vishwambari.

  • What is Kriti in Carnatic Music? Learn Here | Artium Academy
    Artium Academy · blog · beginner · en · free

    A teaching article on the kriti as the highlight of concerts: three parts, the pallavi as a returning refrain, the longest charanam often carrying the composer's mudra, and a fixed frame that performers elaborate with neraval and kalpana swaras.

  • What Is Tanpura? Indian Music Guide | Artium Academy
    Artium Academy · blog · absolute-beginner · en · free

    A teaching article on the tanpura: a long-necked plucked instrument, usually with four strings and a gourd or wooden body, plucked in a repeating cycle to make a continuous drone, with a curved bridge and cotton threads for the buzz, and electronic substitutes in common use.

  • What's the difference between Hindustani and Carnatic music?
    Ludwig Pesch · article · beginner · en · free

    A short comparison by a Carnatic-music author covering shared raga ideas, concert flow, time-of-day conventions, rhythm and composition lengths, and noting that regional labels are imperfect.

  • Who’s who in Indian classical music Syama Sastri
    Sruti · article · beginner · en · free

    A magazine profile of Syama Sastri (1762 to 1827): birth at Tiruvarur, the mudra Syamakrishna, his devotion to Kamakshi, his rhythmic sophistication, and his three well-known swarajatis in Bhairavi, Todi and Yadukulakambhoji.

  • Who’s who in Indian classical music Tyagaraja
    Sruti · article · beginner · en · free

    A magazine profile of Tyagaraja (1767 to 1847): birth at Tiruvarur, mostly Telugu compositions, his teacher Sonti Venkataramanayya, the two musical plays, the five Pancharatna kritis and a count of surviving songs.

  • Yadukulakamboji
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Yadukulakamboji.

  • Yagapriya
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Yagapriya.

  • Yamunakalyani
    Wikipedia contributors · article · intermediate · en · free

    An encyclopedia article on the Carnatic raga Yamunakalyani.

  • कर्नाटक ताल पद्धति
    Music with Upasna Sharma · video · intermediate · hi · free

    Hindi video titled "Carnatic tala system". Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • मेलकर्ता
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · hi · free

    Hindi Wikipedia article on melakarta. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • व्यंकटमखी के 72 मेल (थाट) का परिचय | SA-MA Music Classes By Man Karki
    Man Bahadur karki · video · intermediate · hi · free

    Hindi-titled introduction to the 72 mela scheme of Venkatamakhi. Judged from title and description only; not watched. It may present the scheme in the Hindustani exam context.

  • இசைக்கருவிகள் விளக்கம் | தரம் 8 | Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | P 06
    Channel NIE - தமிழ் · video · absolute-beginner · ta · free

    A Tamil-medium grade 8 music lesson explaining musical instruments in the Carnatic syllabus. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • சங்கீத மும்மூர்த்திகள் | தரம் 11 | Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | P 15
    Channel NIE - தமிழ் · video · beginner · ta · free

    A Tamil-medium school lesson (grade 11 music) about the Trinity of Carnatic music. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • சுரம்
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · ta · free

    Tamil Wikipedia article on swara (surams). Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • மேளகர்த்தா
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · ta · free

    Tamil Wikipedia article on the melakarta ragas. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • வீணை | தரம் 10 | Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | P 01
    Channel NIE - தமிழ் · video · absolute-beginner · ta · free

    A Tamil-medium grade 10 music lesson on the veena. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • ஸப்த தாளங்களும் அங்க அடையாளங்களும் | தரம் 9 | Music | கர்நாடக சங்கீதம் | P 02
    Channel NIE - தமிழ் · video · beginner · ta · free

    A Tamil-medium school lesson (grade 9 music) on the seven talas and the symbols for their angas. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • మేళకర్త రాగాలు
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · te · free

    Telugu Wikipedia article on the melakarta ragas. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • మేళకర్త రాగాలు ఎలా విభజించబడ్డాయి? | 72 రాగాల చక్ర రహస్యం! | How Are Melakarta Ragas Classified?
    Nadasanathanam · video · intermediate · te · free

    Telugu-titled video on how the 72 melakarta ragas are divided into groups (chakras). Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • శ్రుతిలయ సంగీతం - సప్త తాళ అలంకారాలు - 2 .మఠ్య తాళం
    srutilaya sangeetam · video · beginner · te · free

    Telugu-titled lesson on the second sapta tala alankara, in matya tala. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • సప్తస్వరాలు
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · te · free

    Telugu Wikipedia article on the seven swaras. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 5: ಸಪ್ತ ತಾಳಗಳು | Carnatic Music Theory in Kannada
    Acharya music · video · beginner · kn · free

    Chapter 5 of a Kannada Carnatic theory series, on the seven talas. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಂಗೀತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೆಲವು ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು Some notes about the history of Karnataka Sangeeta
    Ramaprasad KV (Hamsanandi) · video · intermediate · kn · free

    Kannada-titled talk with notes on the history of Karnataka sangeeta. Judged from title and description only; not watched, so its claims are unchecked.

  • ಮೇಳಕರ್ತ
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · kn · free

    Kannada Wikipedia article on the melakarta scheme. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

  • ರಾಗಗಳ ವರ್ಗೀಕರಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಲಕ್ಷಣ | Music theory lesson -4 | ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಗೀತ
    Acharya music · video · intermediate · kn · free

    Lesson 4 of a Kannada Carnatic theory series on classification and features of ragas. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • ಶ್ರುತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವರಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ಸಂಬಂಧವೇನು? ಸಂಗೀತ ಕಲಿಯುವವರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಪಾಠ
    Raaga Pathashale · video · absolute-beginner · kn · free

    Kannada lesson on how shruti relates to the swaras, aimed at music learners. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • ಸಂಗೀತ ವಾದ್ಯಗಳ ವರ್ಗೀಕರಣ | ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಾಠ | Karnataka Classical Music Theory
    Acharya music · video · beginner · kn · free

    Kannada lesson on how musical instruments are classified. Judged from title and description only; not watched.

  • മേളകർത്താരാഗം
    Wikipedia contributors · article · beginner · ml · free

    Malayalam Wikipedia article on the melakarta ragas. Wikipedia is one editable, volunteer-written source.

Type at least two letters. Try a raga name, a tala, or a word like "gamaka".