Ilayanila

Ilayanila (repeats)

Learn to play Vande Mataram on guitar with easy step-by-step lessons. Master chords, strumming, and techniques to bring this patriotic tune to life. Perfect for all skill levels—start playing today.

Vandemaataram

Using slides, techniques of connection and sustain, play the popular song Kadhal rojave on the guitar fluently and efficiently like it is sung.

Kadhal Rojave | Play like it is sung

As early as possible in your music education, learn to play while playing towards what you really want to finally play, what interested you in music in the first place, what you are really familiar with. It’s not your fault if you quit learning guitar when generic exercises or songs unfamiliar to you were forced to you in a syllabus that was not flexible and not made for you. Also you are completely correct if you tried playing Indian songs with just notes and felt unsatisfied. Consonants are tallied with strikes, while the music becomes live by paying special attention to the sustained and connected nature of our music. With me, while learning this song, you will gain vertical skill growth, since we are not just remember and repeat kind of people - we understand the real principles that make music work, while using the… Song as a toolUsing just the first phrase of the song, we learn:<ul class="list-disc"><li>what is expected as the sound of a good slide</li><li>the underlying mechanics of executing a good slide</li><li>what to do, what not to do</li><li>how to use up-down strokes to increase striking efficiency (fast parts need this especially)</li><li>how to manage the fingers efficiently to play smooth phrases and increase fluency</li><li>where to strike, where to slide - the consonant strike tally needed to make our playing sound the way it is sung. </li></ul> The second line of the song can be used as a benchmark on skill improvement. A particular set of slides that will clearly show you your skill level or improve it. Practice the basic best practices of practising well: speed comes before clarity. Learn how the basic tuning relationship can be used to find different places to play the exact same melody, thereby improving your ability to execute fluently. Learn how the same slide can be played at different speeds to sound the way it is mean to be. Make a mistake in the speed and the playing will not sound at all similar to how we want it.

Kadhal Rojave | Guitar like sung (Detailed with slides)

Start with basic familiarity of the guitar. Learn the 1st carnatic geetham while learning scales, carnatic guitar basics, how to connect notes to swaras and ragas.

Carnatic Guitar Basics | Sree Gananatha Geetham

Playing Carnatic fluently and efficiently on a Standard tuned Guitar (electric or acoustic).What is it?Want to play Carnatic on the guitar acknowledging the nature of the instrument guitar and making sure not to lose the carnatic information? Expressing Carnatic on the guitar not as some note strikes, but fluent and efficient with all the gamakas like it is sung? See curriculum on this page and more details below. Since we do this in a step by step manner starting from a simple major scale, ending with raga rules and a full fledged raga style geetham playing, you will not only learn this song well, but you will understand how to connect swaras and sahithya to the guitar fretboard and play it well. So that, when you take the next carnatic geetham or song, you will already have an idea how to go through the swara sheet and place them on the fretboard, what to expect with arohana and avarohana, what changes will be needed for the lyrics version etc. This course starts with note playing of the C major scale, so even if you are a very beginner, while doing this course you will increase your guitar skill level to a level where you can play slides etc with the needed basic understanding of carnatic. FULL REFUND Just let me know within 14 days of purchase, if you wish to have a refund. Carnatic on guitar can be confusing. How to connect the ragas to the fretboard, how to get that fluent sound...&nbsp; If you are already familiar with my work and if you like Carnatic on Guitar, this is the best starting point. You have lifetime access to the course, so, use it at your own pace. <hr contenteditable="false"> Instrument:&nbsp;Standard tuned guitar (Our usual eBGDAE tuning). Acoustic or electric, steel or nylon. No tuning complications, take the guitar, start practising.&nbsp; Skill needed: basic familiarity. If you can strike some notes, you can do this course.&nbsp; <h2>Step by step, no overwhelm</h2>What if&nbsp; you can't play it?&nbsp;We have divided the course into stages. Not directly the complete song with slides, but, first note level, a bit of slides, lyrics level, final slides.&nbsp; At each stage you have the option to send me practice video showing your problems and mistakes. I will tell you what exactly to do.&nbsp; The stepsWe start with the C major scale. Change two notes, get the C Mayamalavagowla (all details included in the course)Start playing the Sreegananatha or Lambodara geetham as simple notes. (TABs, detailed video, correction provided) Then learn the raga slides and add to the notes (what are the arohana and avarohana slides, how to do it on the guitar, playing the slides). Learn the lyrics version - where to strike, where to slide.&nbsp; Finally the full version with all the slides, ready to perform.<h2>How do we make sure of learning?</h2>Playalong practice&nbsp;videos are included so that once the notes and slides are clear you can&nbsp;detect the delays&nbsp;you have to work on.&nbsp;﻿Corrections are included. There are regular self assessments at each stage. From within the course you will be able to upload practice videos to show me your progress. Include mistakes and doubts. I will give you corrections and exact practice point.&nbsp;You don't have to wait&nbsp;for me to tell you what to try - the videos are detailed, including fingering etc. Once you play, we can work on the corrections, how to make it better.&nbsp; Step by step.&nbsp;You don't just learn the song, you will learn:﻿<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>﻿carnatic notation basics</li><li>how swaras are mapped on the fretboard</li><li>how notes become swaras and scales become ragas</li><li>the basic techniques needed to play fluently with sustain and connectedness&nbsp;</li></ul> You have lifetime access to the course material.&nbsp;You can&nbsp;see the curriculum&nbsp;on the left side of this page.After this course, we can continue to learn Varaveena etc as separate courses.&nbsp;If you have already benefitted from my work, there is nothing to lose :)&nbsp;And, I will give you a full refund if you try and let me know within 14 days from the time of purchase.&nbsp;

Carnatic Guitar Begins - Geetham Lamdodara

Starting from zero, learn fluent chord transitions, the 6 most useful chords and their variations, the smart chord method, till starting to use barre chords.

Rhythm Chord First Steps

Start from basics of chords and rhythms. Learn efficiency and optimization. Real life chord combinations and how to execute them fluently so that they can be used to play music that matters to you.

Rhythm Chord Mastery

Learn the skills needed to play connected fluent phrases for Indian film songs or raga. Instead of playing just more, you will also know what the underlying mechanics are for fluency and connectedness.

Indian Guitar First steps

Starting with the basics, by the end of this course, you will be able to&nbsp;<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>Play connected notes at different positions on the guitar with smart knowledge of the fretboard&nbsp;</li><li>Start playing the 3 foundational elements of Indian Guitar Fluency, while observing best practices, preparing you to play fluently and efficiently now and in the future. Assessments and Corrections included.</li></ul><h3>Who is this course for?</h3>If you are a beginner, advanced beginner, or someone who wishes to have strong fundamentals, competencies, and skills so that they can play with freedom in the future, without doubting their skills and talent, then this course is for you. In this course, I emphasize on "fluency" over just looking at tabs and repeating notes. Please also note that this course focuses only on Indian music, there isn't any tutorial for western songs.How is it done?<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>No confusion on the steps. No more youtube whirlpools. Just do the steps in the course one after the other. They have been made in such a way that you can practice forward even if you have only a few minutes to practice. This is NOT a content course. The steps are built after much effort and testing to make sure you have exact steps to learn and bring transformation instead of just information.</li></ul><ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>Assessments built in (video assignments and corrections) Have a look at the curriculum on this page. You will see steps marked Assess or Assignment. We have a built in system where you can send us the practice videos and get corrections along with regular self assessment. Go through the lessons and at each relevant step you have the option to send us a practice video - with mistakes and doubts. Instead of mindlessly repeating more without knowing what you need to focus on, you have access to my decades of playing and teaching experience. You will be told exactly what to focus on and correct so that whatever practice time you have is spent on deliberate error oriented practice that brings the best of results.</li><li>The focus is on the underlying mechanics, the real how to at a body level. The real techniques involved in getting the fluency. NOT just note peddling.</li></ul>100% outcome guaranteeTry it out. See if this kind of clarity will help you. If it doesn’t work for ANY reason, just let us know in 14 days and we will give a FULL REFUND, no questions asked. (Any time write to me: shyam@musicianself.com) In my experience when a student puts in the effort and follows the path, they will get outcomes. Of course, if the teaching method doesn’t work for you and if the directions are not followed, my outcome guarantee has no meaning. How you benefit from the courseOften, our talent and ability is questioned, (do I have the talent? am I too old?) while the real reasons are:Lack of correct teaching material for your interests:<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>Generic guitar courses will not meet your dream of playing Indian songs.&nbsp;</li><li>Youtube whirlpool sucks you in, wasting time and effort with no results to show.</li><li>You quit, bored from random exercise, not connecting your practice to what really matters to you.&nbsp;</li></ul>Lack of learning and teaching frameworks for our needs:<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>Available Indian guitar content doesn't help you play fluently like it is sung.</li><li>You don't want to hit music, but play music.</li><li>More practice without knowing what exactly to correct at a body level, will not improve your playing.</li></ul>Teaching source's lack of knowledge:<ul class="list-disc ml-20"><li>Guitar teaching is often paying for time vs training for competencies and skills that matter.&nbsp;</li><li>Most teaching is just remember and repeat, questioning your intelligence.</li></ul>Hence, what I wish to impart with this course is not just basic guitar knowledge, but a succinct guide to play Indian guitar and to understand what being "fluent" with a musical instrument feels like. Along with the traditional repetitive practice, you will also understand the "why" behind your practice, which will allow you to play the guitar even more freely. In my experience when a student puts in the effort and follows the path, they will get outcomes. Of course, if the teaching method doesn’t work for you and if the directions are not followed, my outcome guarantee has no meaning.

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