Fun with Carnatic music : Pantuvarali alapana template (manodharma development exercise)

Many students of Carnatic music find the improvisational elements (manodharma sangeetham) a little daunting. Here is a detailed alapana template for the well-known, melakarta raga Kamavardhani (Pantuvarali). This activity aims to de-mystify manodharma and help students at the threshold take a bold first step.
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[@chitusing]

Great work for beginners like us.. keep rocking madam.fantabulous.no words to say from mouth.🎉🎉

[@swamypadma6276]

Excellent mam, extremely helpful for beginners and intermediate students 🙏🙏🙏

[@c.sramachandran5928]

Superb teacher VS! At 76 I am able to pick up a few strands! What about youngsters! Its a blessing! Kudos!

[@lakshmiramayanam]

Namaste 🙏 i am subbalakshmi... 59 yrs.... Had to learn but could not... But i like yr teaching method.... @ this age i am appearing for M. A AFTER LONG GAP.... Very slow learner..... But very happy of yr vedeos i am able to learn little... Thank you vidhya ji i am from kurnool ANDHRA

[@VidyaSubramanian]

Glad you find the videos useful

[@KrithikaRaghavendraa]

Brilliant. Thank you mam. Very helpful for students who have started the manodharma

[@sandhyamadhu8564]

What a brilliant way of teaching a Raaga alapana... mesmerized Vidya ji

[@ramyarao6869]

Excellent teaching..... Thank you loads

[@manjulapraveen8629]

Thanks so much ma'am justi am entering to Manodharma n confused sing alapanas n. Swara groups,this class lighted my way to practice

[@niharikaaks]

Brilliant way to learn alapana, thank you for sharing

[@shylajakrishna6846]

Thank you very much for teaching pantuvarali ragam in detail.

[@lathamouli3489]

Tq mam. Very clear teaching. Please send more videos like all common Ragas.Namasthe

[@sivakamasundarig7495]

Thoroughly enjoyed the session

[@vidyasraoraok7815]

Great work 🙏🙏🙏

[@harikrishna_sridhar]

Amazing way of learning of alapana

[@vijayalakshmisekhar7772]

Thank you Madam for this video

[@deensroom1594]

i learned with more enthusiasm mom..like ur teaching very much........❤

[@sudheeshsankunni911]

Iam excited to hear this kind of lesson... Thank you madam

[@gouthamankoramethu8649]

Thanks a lot for the wonderful class ..🙏

[@dattuavm5392]

Excelant teaching madsm Thankyou

[@muralidharanramachandran4053]

Exceptional work and efforts taken to build the templates. Very impressive

[@VidyaSubramanian]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@krishnakotti3101]

Very nice

[@thyagarajurupanagunta6105]

So great voice please keep phrases clearly as it is not clearly visible from Thyagaraju hyderabad Telangana New nallakunta thanks

[@sriguganchannel3931]

Thank you so much very use full video

[@lalnitnik]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏

[@maheshchandu2681]

great

[@b.venkataramana574]

👌👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏🙏madam

[@aslnvChandrakala]

Thank you madam, I was very much afraid to attempt alapana, your videos have shown light and I am now confident that I can sing the alapana. Can you explain the procedure how you made divisions or parts, it will be very helpful in my musical journey.

[@VidyaSubramanian]

A general alapana framework is to start in the lower notes, sing phrases around Ma / Pa and then move up to the Sa and beyond in higher octave. It is important to show one's creativity while incorporating the salient phrases of each raga. However, do bear in mind that one has much freedom to structure the alapana in a very spontaneous way and templates are merely indicative. Much depends on the performer's creativity and the raga's inherent scope. Hope this helps!

[@santhin7170]

Can we learn for apparamabhakti

[@kaladwarakanath5503]

Wonderful tutorial/guidance! I am concerned I may veer off into Purvikalyani while singing Pantuvarali--and vice versa!

[@VidyaSubramanian]

Thank you for the feedback! I would recommend learning multiple compositions in both Purvikalyani and Pantuvarali so that you are clearer on the raga lakshanam as well as swara sthanam aspects of each ragam!

[@kaladwarakanath5503]

@@VidyaSubramanian Thanks for your prompt response! Yes, I agree.

[@vidyaprasadvidyaprasad84]

Mam please manodharma sangeetha equired in mayamalavagowla

[@mahalakshmij993]

Very helpful for students madam. Can the same pattern be used to sing Simhendra Madhyamam. If not, can you please upload manodharma for Simhendra Madhyamam please

[@VidyaSubramanian]

Each raga has to be handled based on its unique phrases.... it is not advisable to use the same exact phrases for another raga as we need to consider the typical phrases unique to each raga.

[@aanandakanda736]

Wonderfull teaching madam. Please let me know how to contact you

[@VidyaSubramanian]

Please write to us with your details via vidyasubramanian.com/contactus.html

[@malanarasimhan2898]

Tku madam

[@aparnakalvakolanu4356]

Sreegurubhyonamaha

[@happinessjourney5720]

Mam, are you malayali