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The long list of indian ragas which can be played using simple major scale...
Swaras in Tamil font on Keyboard Below is a list of all the janya ragas of Raga Shankarabharanam (major scale), Raga Natabhairavi (natural minor scale) and Raga Keeravani (harmonic minor scale) from...
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Chords for Raga Mayamalavagowla
Past articles have discussed using exact chords and nearest triad for a raga, deriving chords for ragas from the raga notes and understanding raga mayamalavagowla. Many of us prefer to use simple three...
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How to play chords for raga kalyani, kharaharapriya – the one note difference
Chords of Raga Kalyani The one note difference between natural minor scale and Raga Kharaharapriya (image made using the Raga app) Chords can be found for Raga Kalyani, in two ways: as a mode of the...
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6 prominent ragas from each mode of the major scale
Let us use C major scale notes for finding the swaras in each mode of the major scale. First mode – Ionian – the major scale C major scale : C D E F G A B C Swaras and notes starting from C note: C C#...
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Using chords of the major scale to play chords for other ragas by comparison
Remembering just one set of chords – the chords of the major scale – can help us play chords for a lot many number of ragas by comparing the new raga with the major scale. Let us take for example, the...
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Chords for Malahari geetams using simple minor and major chords only
We have already discussed Mayamalavagowla with the G root, and about finding major and minor chords for the raga. Below we use Mayamalavagowla with D root as an example of finding simple major and...
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Learning chords for Ragas through Chords for Geetams
Geetams are among the first compositions we learn as Carnatic Classical students. Malahari, Suddha Saveri, Kalyani and Mohanam are introduced among other ragas, at the geetam stage. Since it is...
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Mahaganapatim – How to play Indian Classical Carnatic Lead on Guitar – Raga...
The fretboard environment 1. Nattai – C to C – 3rd to 1st string – within 4 frets Interested in step by step video tutorials with detailed instruction on how to play Indian Classical on the Guitar? or...
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How to Play Chords for Indian Raagas – Raga Nattai examples, details, tab,...
Raga Chalanaatai and Raga Nattai Chalanattai is the 36th Melarkarta raga which is played using the swaras: S R3 G3 M1 P D3 N3 S both when ascending and descending. (The different spellings used for...
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Ragas based on the melodic minor scale and its modes – Gowrimanohari,...
If you found this article useful, you will find the complete the complete Raga Chord resource useful. You will find more details about the Melodic minor based ragas along with access to detailed...
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Learn to play the guitar, Playing Carnatic Geethams and Swarajathi (Acoustic...
Want to play the guitar? Interested in Indian classical music? Combine the two for a satisfying learning method It is always a good idea to keep the learning process closer to what we finally want to...
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Raga Marwa, Pooriya, Sohani – the Marwa connection – Lydian ♭9
How to find chords for any Raga or Scale or Phrase Any raga, scale or phrase has a group of notes. Choosing from within the notes gives us chords. Below is an example using the Hindustani ragas Marwa,...
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Raga Bhopali – Chords for Indian Classical Hindustani Raga
Rag Bhopali, also known as Bhoop, Bhoopali or Bhupali, is a Hindustani classical raga, is a pentatonic scale (uses 5 notes in ascending and descending scale) with the same notes as the major pentatonic...
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How to play simple chords from the melody notes – explained using Raga...
The Western scale equivalent of Raga Mayamalavagowla is the double harmonic major scale. Notes of the Mayamalawagowla scale when C is the root: C Db E F G Ab B Finding basic chords for ragas scales...
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Chords for Raga Bhairav – Melody chord images
Raga bhairav-aroh chords (‘N S G M P G M, P G M (N)d, G M (N)d, (N)d N S’) The full article with explanations, at Chords for Raga Bhairav and related Ragas Raga Bhairav Avarohana: N S’ (N)d N d P, P G...
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Chords for Raga Bhairav and related Ragas – Chords for Hindustani Indian...
Detailed, organized Chords for Indian ragas at Raga Chord Resources Raga Bhairav Raaga Bhairav has the same swara or note positions as the 15th Carnatic melakarta Raaga Mayamalavagoula. Raga Bhairav...
View ArticleRaga Guitar Mastery Begins | C major scale to the most basic Carnatic Raga...
Once you are familiar with the C major scale position, start playing the Mayamalavagowla raga, which is the raga on which the basic lessons of Carnatic Indian classical are based. Here is how to do...
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String/Fret/Slides List for each Syllable of the Song (pdf) Related posts: Mahaganapatim – How to play Indian Classical Carnatic Lead on Guitar – Raga Nattai Guitar Tab, Learning Tips – Carnatic...
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Marugelara Lead on Guitar | Carnatic Raga Jayanthashri on Acoustic Guitar
To clear doubts, learn, get clarity, discuss: Join me for skype meetings/lessons The first video below shows Marugelara O Raghava being played on the acoustic guitar using slides, hammer on’s and pull...
View ArticleHow To Play Any Scale or Raga in Any Pitch using Patterns (TS, Major Scale,...
Identify the pattern of notes used in a scale. Either remember how many notes to skip or remember it as Tone Semi-tone or remember the swaras. Use this information, start from any note on any string,...
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