Music season Chennai 2010

Here is the music festival for you.
If you want to know the entire music schedule for 2010 please visit the following link and enjoy it.
http://www.artindia.net/madras09/index.html

swaras basics

Sarali varisai(very first lesson)
arohanam: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ne Sa
avarohanam: Sa Ne Da Pa Ma Ga Re Sa

sa - sadjamam
re - rishabam
ga - gamakam
ma - madyamam
pa - panchamam
da - daivatham
ne - nishadam

Out of these sa and pa are known as prakrithi swaras. This indicates that these swaras are not resistable to change. Remaining swaras re ga ma pa da ne sa are called vikrithi swaras which means they are resistable to change. Hence, these 7 swaras plus 5 which are vikrithi totally gives 12 sruthis. They are
sadjam
sudha rishabam
chathusruthi rishabam-sudha gandharam
ordinary gandharam
anthara gandharam
sudha madyamam
prathi madyamam
panchamam
sudha daivatham
chathusruthi daivatham-sudha neshadam
kaisike neshadam
kakali neshadam



chathusruthi reshabam
sudha reshabam - same sruthi

ordinary gandharam
shatsruthi reshabam - same sruthi

chathusruthi daivatham
sudha neshadam - same sruthi

sudha neshadam
kaisidi neshadam - same sruthi

My musical journey

I remember I was a small child when my mom and dad took me to a music teacher holding my hands. First day my guru taught me sa pa sa pa sa. A box was there and it constantly produced sound. After this he told me i m gonna teach you sarali varisai. He asked me to repeat it. I did it. My first lesson was sa re ga ma pa da ne sa, sa ne da pa ma ga re sa. Right from that day i started loving music. Till today i m learning and enjoying it. Whenever i sing i feel like nothing in this world can bring happiness. I sing everyday. I practise everyday with sruthi box. Music is an incident in my life. Being a bharathanatyam dancer, my guru suggested me to learn vocal and some instrument so that i l be able to catch talas easily. I started learning vocal, veena and keyboard. Dance is my passion, Music is my breathe. It has been a great desire for me to start a website or a blog to share what i know (a little offcourse!!!).Great saints like thayagaraja,  muthisami dikshitar, dayananda saraswathi, oothukadu venkata subbiyar, papanasam sivan had done so many renditions. In every song i feel divinity. In every word i see God. In every raga i feel peace. I sincerely pay my namaskaras to all those great saints.
Journey continues......