Wow! First, I want to thank uma madam for conceiving this great idea, which , to my knowledge , nobody has done it, so well Second, is the way it has been made . I have seen some videos where the swarasthanas are explained just in their order, and sung very easily by the singer. But , when I try to imitate, it was tough, maybe because they were single swaras.in this area, I, as a music teacher is facing great difficulty in making my students understand this concept . Third, is the way tbe sthanas have been stringed together and made it simple to relate Fourth, the different combinations have been put into a nutshell and presented, which might otherwise be impossible for take many many years for a person to figure out I can just forward this video to my senior students and just ask them to learn from it. It is so clear, slowly explained. I personally think that we are indeed blessed to get such videos and all of us should make use of it as much as possible. I have no other words to thank madam for coming up with such concepts. Eagerly waiting for more
Wow so wonderfully explained.... Ragasurabhi is the best channel for learning and understanding the basics of Carnatic music for rasikas who have been always wanting to do so...I always recommend people who ask me to ragasurabhi... Thank you umaji for your amazing service to Carnatic music and rasikas
Wow wow... This is indeed a best learning tool for those who aspire to memorise all the twelve notes... This is indeed a great work madam. God bless all your efforts...
Amma I love your voice. Whenever I listen to your voice singing it takes me to another dimension. Don’t know what’s the magic in your voice. Wants to listen forever. I keep listening to all your raga list in your website and the good comparison you have given between the ragas. One should be lucky to have a guru like you. Gosh I could find a guru like you when was young. But many thanks for sharing the musical knowledge in your website. Any unknown person who doesn’t know much about music also can have some knowledge about the ragas. This video I have to try myself. I always had a thought how to train my ears to identify the notes. This is good example I will try. Please continue to give ideas like this. Not every musician can become a good teacher. Amma god bless you. 💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐
Best video on the channel I watched till date ( not counting the tributes , they are another level)...After following carnatic music here and some other place too...was in need of this video...So wonderfully explained..Thank you so much!!🙌🙌🙏🙏
Beautiful madam. Explained so nicely to understand easily. You r the one teacher who is explaining and providing videos on mant ragas, swarajatis quizzes etc to help the learners. Many wl be ending in one or two videos with sarale vasrase. Pls upload more videos on carnatic music syllabus. Thank you 💗
@@ragasurabhi I have learnt a lot with your raga videos on ascent and decent and the grammar of each ragam on top of what I learn from my guru. நன்றி!!
Madam, Namasthe. Very effective explanation. Every karnatic musician should know this. I find it very useful as a rasika of our great karnatik music. Look forward for your next item in your agenda. Thanks a lot
Brilliant. I wish this were there 25 yrs ago when I was struggling to understand this by myself. One suggestion: in addition to the notes printed out, some example/representative raga for the chakra appearing on the screen could help e.g. R1G1 could have ganamurte and so on. Will of course be more precise when adding DNs also. Thanks for this clear exposition.
very clear.A suggestion - how a student can bring the change in voice when singing the different swaras.As in a language how uchharanam is given importance. From which part of the mouth the sound has to come,how breath has to be hold etc can u explain?
Very nice explanation . One suggestion: It would have been nice if you sang all 3 positions together(Example:R1,R2,R3) so we could make out the positions easily rather than to wait until all the other notes are sung which adds to confusion .
Really fantastic mam ur doing a great job. U explained it so simple and u made it for us so simple. Tremendous voice culture the way u sing is make us remembere the sound easily. When ever I want to know the murchana of any raaga I will go through ur videos and I practice it very well, it helps a lot not only me but every one. I have a request that plz introduce more murchanas like eesamanohari, vegavahini etc.. thanks a lot mam we are so greatful to u 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Madam, thanks for this beautiful video..As learners, is there a way to learn these swarasthanas methodically..i.e able to sing the specific swarasthanas automatically ...thanks
Yes it is possible to learn by oneself but needs very careful listening. Also you need to try to sing and get it validated from some musically trained person. Best wishes!
Thnx Umaji for the wonderful explanation. Keep adding more such videos! There is a lingering question I always have. Is there a scientific explanation as to why there is only 16 frequencies or sthanas? Why cant be more / less?
Hi vijaykumar... There are more... Infinite... 🙂 Ok I'll clarify that ... Swara sthanas and frequencies aren't the same meaning they're not equal terms... One can use them as an equivalence... For example there is a common tuning called A440 which is when the note A is at 440 Hz, ie A = 440 Hz. Now swara sthana means literally the position of a swara. The beauty of Indian music is that swara sthana is a relative nomenclature and not a constant nomenclature. What does this mean? It means, for a tuning of A = 440 Hz, one can't have A at any other frequency. But one can define a swara, say the antaragandhara G3 at A. Or one could define the prathimadhyama M2 at A... Or at any other frequency. I hope that clarifies (to some extent difference between frequency and swara sthana) Now coming to why we have only 12/16 swara sthana. For this one needs to understand about overtones or harmonics. Any sound is a waveform of the pressure varying over time. And such signals comprises of sinusoids... Forgive the technical jargon... Reach sinusoid is of a frequency. When we sing a note or play a note on an instrument, the sound comprises of a fundamental frequency and it's overtones (can be said as harmonics, fundamental is called the first harmonic). These overtones are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency (2x, 3x, 4x,...to infinity) basically the choice of the 12 note scale is the choice of those frequencies that are the most pleasing when played together or in sequence etc.. interval is defined as the difference between two frequencies. Different musical cultures have different number of such notes. The Western music has 12. Indian music has 22 srutis of which these 12 are a subset. Srutis are the smallest 'interval' that can be perceived or differentiated. (Indian music texts there are 22 srutis defined). The swaras are chosen amongst these srutis to form scales and ragas etc. Other cultures have more swaras which in Western music are called microtones and music that use such notes are called microtonal music. An example of such music would be Persian or Turkish music which oftentimes use 'swaras' (I use it here to drive in the meaning of it which is only by definition) that are not in the 12 tones. So to recap, 1. Frequencies are continuous and infinite in number. 2. Intervals are the difference between two frequencies. 3. Srutis are the smallest interval that is perceivable. 4. Swaras are chosen from srutis so as to form patterns that result in melody, ragas and scales. 5. There are various musical cultures that have more than 12 notes. Additionally, the sapta swaras of Indian music 'sa re ga ma pa da ni' can be compared to the 'do re mi fa so la ti' of Western music. I hope after reading this you're inspired to research more into these and find out more yourself. All the best, Vijay Kannan
Thank you Rasikas for all your wonderful comments and feedback! You made my day! 😊😊🙏🙏
ടീച്ചർ ഞാൻ മലയാളി ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അറിയില്ല .S2 G3 RI പറഞ്ഞു തരുമോ...
You are truly amazing mam.....u made my day too!
@@sriprakhyapochiraju9498 Glad to hear that, thank you :)
Your service to Carnatic Music is commendable. Thank you for sharing your deep music knowledge.
I receive tha long time doubt clearly.thankyou mam
Wow! First, I want to thank uma madam for conceiving this great idea, which , to my knowledge , nobody has done it, so well
Second, is the way it has been made . I have seen some videos where the swarasthanas are explained just in their order, and sung very easily by the singer. But , when I try to imitate, it was tough, maybe because they were single swaras.in this area, I, as a music teacher is facing great difficulty in making my students understand this concept .
Third, is the way tbe sthanas have been stringed together and made it simple to relate
Fourth, the different combinations have been put into a nutshell and presented, which might otherwise be impossible for take many many years for a person to figure out
I can just forward this video to my senior students and just ask them to learn from it. It is so clear, slowly explained.
I personally think that we are indeed blessed to get such videos and all of us should make use of it as much as possible.
I have no other words to thank madam for coming up with such concepts.
Eagerly waiting for more
Deepa Ramesh I definitely agree with u.
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Very Underrated video. Highly useful. Full flow of knowledge. Thank you very much madam.🙏🙏
Wow so wonderfully explained.... Ragasurabhi is the best channel for learning and understanding the basics of Carnatic music for rasikas who have been always wanting to do so...I always recommend people who ask me to ragasurabhi... Thank you umaji for your amazing service to Carnatic music and rasikas
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Ur singing clearly distinguishes the swara sthanas. Thanks mam
Wow wow... This is indeed a best learning tool for those who aspire to memorise all the twelve notes... This is indeed a great work madam. God bless all your efforts...
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Thank you so much ma'am.You have given a very clear identification of the swaras.God's blessings be showered on you always
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Amma I love your voice. Whenever I listen to your voice singing it takes me to another dimension. Don’t know what’s the magic in your voice. Wants to listen forever. I keep listening to all your raga list in your website and the good comparison you have given between the ragas. One should be lucky to have a guru like you. Gosh I could find a guru like you when was young. But many thanks for sharing the musical knowledge in your website. Any unknown person who doesn’t know much about music also can have some knowledge about the ragas.
This video I have to try myself. I always had a thought how to train my ears to identify the notes. This is good example I will try. Please continue to give ideas like this. Not every musician can become a good teacher.
Amma god bless you. 💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐
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In deed, it gave super clarity about ragas. Thank you so much. Vandanam and have a grate time ahead.
Oh my God... What a fantastic way of teaching the swara sthaanams.... Hats off...
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Very lucidly explained. A great resource for beginners ,learners and teachers. RS is a treasure trove for seekers!
Best video on the channel I watched till date ( not counting the tributes , they are another level)...After following carnatic music here and some other place too...was in need of this video...So wonderfully explained..Thank you so much!!🙌🙌🙏🙏
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It is it possible
Thank you so much madam.may you and your family live long and prosper with happiness.
Thanks for your wishes!
I admired yr beautiful explanation, plz do some more videos like this , tnk u , great support to the singers
Thank you for excellent explanation.
I have been searching for many months. Once again thank you.!!!!!!!
God bless you.!!!!!!!!
Beautiful madam. Explained so nicely to understand easily.
You r the one teacher who is explaining and providing videos on mant ragas, swarajatis quizzes etc to help the learners. Many wl be ending in one or two videos with sarale vasrase.
Pls upload more videos on carnatic music syllabus. Thank you 💗
There couldn't be a better video which explains the swaram and sthanam very beautifully. Thank you Madam. I was able to practice in the keyboard
Great! Thanks so much!
@@ragasurabhi I have learnt a lot with your raga videos on ascent and decent and the grammar of each ragam on top of what I learn from my guru. நன்றி!!
Such a wonderful explanation of स्वर स्थान 🙏🙏 प्रणाम
Uma madam ur great wonderful ...u have the stuff that one great music director have.
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Such a best teacher I've ever seen ma'am... Thank you for making swarasthanas simplified video.. Looking ahead for more such videos ma'am...
Thanks a lot!
Maam ,
I haven't found any class so useful.
Excellent Ma'am. Just the lesson I was looking for.
Very good insight. This will help us to understand swaras in much better way. Thank you so much
Great to know, thank you!
Very beautifully explained Maam, you made it very simple and clear...🙏
Great! Thank you
Wow such a complex concept explained in such a simple easy to understand form!!! Thank you Uma Mam🙏
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Raga Surabhi is an excellent website and You Tube channel for learners.
Thanks a lot!
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Yes I learnt a lot through this website
Excellent explanation, thank you so much.
Madam,
Namasthe. Very effective explanation. Every karnatic musician should know this. I find it very useful as a rasika of our great karnatik music. Look forward for your next item in your agenda. Thanks a lot
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Depth of your knowledge is very high..
very very helpful presentation. thank you Mam
Wonderful!! Thank you very very much ma'am. This video is very helpful to learn swarasthanas of Ragas. Once again thank you so much 🥰💐💐💐💐💐
Thanks a lot, very happy to hear this :)
Got an idea on 72 Melakarta ragas and the permutations combinations behind the variety
Brilliant. I wish this were there 25 yrs ago when I was struggling to understand this by myself. One suggestion: in addition to the notes printed out, some example/representative raga for the chakra appearing on the screen could help e.g. R1G1 could have ganamurte and so on. Will of course be more precise when adding DNs also. Thanks for this clear exposition.
Thanks so much! Yes all that you are suggesting in coming up later in the series 😊
Beautifully explained. Thankyou
Thanks 😊
very clear.A suggestion - how a student can bring the change in voice when singing the different swaras.As in a language how uchharanam is given importance. From which part of the mouth the sound has to come,how breath has to be hold etc can u explain?
Excellent explanation madam. Crystal clear. Hope to reach such perfection through practice 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Excellent presentation 🙏
Maam very happy for helping me n2 and n3..
Also I need your help in lower n2 and lower n3 . Which come belo2 the shadjamam.
Please help me maam
Thank you so much for your time and efforts Ma'am!!!
Wonderful explanation with swara combinations. Thank you so much ma'am
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Very nice explanation . One suggestion: It would have been nice if you sang all 3 positions together(Example:R1,R2,R3) so we could make out the positions easily rather than to wait until all the other notes are sung which adds to confusion .
Maam I see it is explained in the next series. Thanks a lot. Helps Beginners like me for practicing.
Madam.. it's nice... instead of mentioning ri1 ga1 etc, mentioning technical names is better for beginners
Superb madam. I'm able to identify all the vivadhi swaras
Really fantastic mam ur doing a great job. U explained it so simple and u made it for us so simple. Tremendous voice culture the way u sing is make us remembere the sound easily. When ever I want to know the murchana of any raaga I will go through ur videos and I practice it very well, it helps a lot not only me but every one.
I have a request that plz introduce more murchanas like eesamanohari, vegavahini etc.. thanks a lot mam we are so greatful to u 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you so much ma'am🙏
thanks madom.
Looking forward to see more of your posts in this topic. Thankyou so much.
Sure, stay tuned :)
What an excellent explanation madam 🙏🏻💐
Please do more videos like this 🙏🏻💐🌹
Thank you :)
Wow..mam.. Very we'll explained.
Thank u so much mam and raga surabhi
Thank you
Very nice Madam..my best wishes
Wonderful & Wonderful Madam!!!
So beautifully explained. Thank you so much
Thank you!
Thanks
A good professor. Thank you.
Mam ..so nicely explained
Thanks 😁
Beautifully explained all the permutations and combinations 🙏
Thanks a lot for all the excellent videos n explanation 🙏
Very useful madam.... thanks
Nicely done & in English.
Ah thank you! Too good!!!
Thank you ma'am
swara sthana explanation helpes to some exetent .have to listen keenly many times saipremi
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Beautiful
Really informative
Thank you so much👌👌
Thanks!
GREAT ... TEACHER..EXCELLENT DEMO...
Thanks sir
Thank you madam
Awesome :)
Excellent video, can you also please do a video with just one swarasthana at a time so students can use it to practice.
Yes, we are planning to do a lot of practise on this, stay tuned :)
@@ragasurabhi thanks a lot for the prompt reply 🙏
Thank you
Namaskaram Amma! Do you conduct workshops or tutor adults ? Would love to learn.
Thank you so much mam. Amazing.
Wonderful explanation mam it helps a lot to learn 😊
Thank you
Madam, thanks for this beautiful video..As learners, is there a way to learn these swarasthanas methodically..i.e able to sing the specific swarasthanas automatically ...thanks
Yes it is possible to learn by oneself but needs very careful listening. Also you need to try to sing and get it validated from some musically trained person. Best wishes!
Good thanks madam
Please tell us about various gamakam akka 🙏 this video is expected ❤️
Excellent explanation Miss, Thank you 😍
Thank you
Wonderful
Thanks madam
Thank u madam very nicely explained
Thank you!
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Mam can two ragas have identical notes but only differ in ornamental and gamakkam?
Thnx Umaji for the wonderful explanation. Keep adding more such videos! There is a lingering question I always have. Is there a scientific explanation as to why there is only 16 frequencies or sthanas? Why cant be more / less?
Hi vijaykumar... There are more... Infinite... 🙂 Ok I'll clarify that ... Swara sthanas and frequencies aren't the same meaning they're not equal terms... One can use them as an equivalence...
For example there is a common tuning called A440 which is when the note A is at 440 Hz, ie A = 440 Hz. Now swara sthana means literally the position of a swara. The beauty of Indian music is that swara sthana is a relative nomenclature and not a constant nomenclature. What does this mean? It means, for a tuning of A = 440 Hz, one can't have A at any other frequency. But one can define a swara, say the antaragandhara G3 at A. Or one could define the prathimadhyama M2 at A... Or at any other frequency. I hope that clarifies (to some extent difference between frequency and swara sthana)
Now coming to why we have only 12/16 swara sthana. For this one needs to understand about overtones or harmonics. Any sound is a waveform of the pressure varying over time. And such signals comprises of sinusoids... Forgive the technical jargon... Reach sinusoid is of a frequency. When we sing a note or play a note on an instrument, the sound comprises of a fundamental frequency and it's overtones (can be said as harmonics, fundamental is called the first harmonic). These overtones are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency (2x, 3x, 4x,...to infinity) basically the choice of the 12 note scale is the choice of those frequencies that are the most pleasing when played together or in sequence etc.. interval is defined as the difference between two frequencies.
Different musical cultures have different number of such notes. The Western music has 12. Indian music has 22 srutis of which these 12 are a subset. Srutis are the smallest 'interval' that can be perceived or differentiated. (Indian music texts there are 22 srutis defined). The swaras are chosen amongst these srutis to form scales and ragas etc. Other cultures have more swaras which in Western music are called microtones and music that use such notes are called microtonal music. An example of such music would be Persian or Turkish music which oftentimes use 'swaras' (I use it here to drive in the meaning of it which is only by definition) that are not in the 12 tones.
So to recap,
1. Frequencies are continuous and infinite in number.
2. Intervals are the difference between two frequencies.
3. Srutis are the smallest interval that is perceivable.
4. Swaras are chosen from srutis so as to form patterns that result in melody, ragas and scales.
5. There are various musical cultures that have more than 12 notes.
Additionally, the sapta swaras of Indian music 'sa re ga ma pa da ni' can be compared to the 'do re mi fa so la ti' of Western music.
I hope after reading this you're inspired to research more into these and find out more yourself.
All the best,
Vijay Kannan
@@VijayKannan thanks a lot Vijay kannan for the detailed explanation. very useful and thanks for the effort on your side to clarify
Mam 🙏
Mam 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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I can hear the differences when the different sthanas are sung but it is still difficult to grasp how to apply practically by myself.
You will have to keep listening and keep practising to get it fully. Have patience and keep at it! All the best!
@@ragasurabhi Will do
We are expecting the explanations( arohanavarohanam) of Ahiri , Natabhairavi and more
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Mem if you display on screen the position of R3,G3, ...etc.
" we achieve something amazing "
I mean to say.. The swar position on harmonium....
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Maam need to contact you...how
You can write to ragasurabhi @ragasurabhi.com
You singing and giving the class as well...very good
My name is Svara :)
Very well explained. Thank you so much.
kanthi krishna Thanks 😊