Raga for All Instruments
Learn to Play Raga Music on Your Instrument. Imagine if you could bring the beauty of Raga music into your own musical expression...
Raga for All Instruments is intentionally created to be accessible to any musician or vocalist regardless of your experience or background.
Suitable for Musicians and Vocalists of any instrument / style
Taught in the key of “C”
Requires no prior experience with raga music or improvisation required (basic comfort on your instrument with scales recommended)
Great for students already learning raga music seeking a compact resource of clear material
Yaman Pakar and Chalan ashtai
Yaman Chalan antara
Palta in Rag Yaman
Learn Teental, 16 beat rhythmic cycle
Rag Palta with Teental
Composition in Teental ashtai
Composition antara
Taans 1 - short taans
Taans 2 - longer taan and tihi
Full Compostion and Taans
Alap in Rag Yaman
Summary- performance of Rag Yaman
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As a special bonus, I’m giving you a complimentary private lesson upon course completion. This free virtual lesson will help answer any questions you may have and allow me to support you in furthering your raga musical journey.
Common questions about learning raga music.
The principles of raga music are an amazing guide for someone looking to begin melodic improvisation. In this course, you’ll learn compositions and fixed exercises that guide you into improvising with the raga.
Yes, but with some limitations. The basic musical scales as played on any instrument have many meeting points with Hindustani scales. You can play the essence of a raga on any instrument. However, to get all of the nuances and subtleties of a raga, an instrument that can bend and is not limited to equal temperament is optimal.
This music tradition has been passed down for over a thousand years through a direct teacher-student relationship. I’m fortunate to have learned under India’s greatest musical lineages. I find that my background in Western music allows me to translate information more clearly and efficiently to students who are not familiar with the Indian tradition.
Guitar, voice, cello, clarinet, saxophone and piano so far.
Traditionally, you can spend years practicing one raga. It just depends how deep you want to go. But by the end of this course, you’ll have a good grounded understanding of Rag Yaman which is a very important raga that has been performed by masters for over 1000 years.
By learning the framework of how raga music is structured through a detailed study of one raga, you can now approach learning more ragas with much greater ease.
Well, you certainly can devote a lifetime of study to this music but it’s not needed to gain value. Whether you can practice for 20 minutes a day or 3 hours a day, the musical principles of this tradition will deepen your musical perspective.
There are two main classical music systems in India; Hindustani and Carnatic. Hindustani is from the Northern region and Carnatic from the Southern. Hindustani is influenced by the Moghuls from Persia and that’s what sets it apart from Carnatic. Both utilize ragas but have a very different approach. My study and practice is from the Hindustani tradition.
The terminology used to teach Hindustani music comes from Sanskrit and Hindi but I can assure you that it’s fun and easy to learn some new words and phrases.
The music is calling.
I’m so confident that you will enjoy Raga for All Instruments that I’m giving you the first 4 lessons for free!