Sharadhe Music School | Baby Steps to Improve Swarasthanams

Jump here if you want to skip all my lecturing :) 07:11 Simple patterns to sing both for beginners and intermediate level students TIMESTAMPS 00:14 Why I do what I do! Welcome to my channel! 01:28 Understand the fundamental concept behind swara sthanams 02:31 What are we REALLY doing when we sit down for practicing 06:32 Concept behind building swaras for vocal practices _____________________________________________________________________________________________ A lot of music aspirants, especially those who are self-taught and silently want to learn to sing beautifully, often skip practicing swaras with various patterns and exploring them in different ragas. Somehow they subconsciously have framed an opinion for these exercises to be basic and only a beginner is supposed to be learning them. When in fact, these should be considered like vocal gym exercises and not simply dismissed as beginner basics. This video first talks about the importance of such exercises and bring a healthy mindset to have first! This is IMPORTANT, if you want to put in serious effort and enjoy at the same time in singing them. So please spend sometime listening to the initial part of the video. Later we explore how to approach these patters whether you're in your initial stages or have been learning for a few years. It's not important to just learn them intellectually. Your voice needs to be worked out to flex those muscles and actually be able to sing them. You'll be surprised how many people struggle even with the simplest of these patters which intellectually seem simple enough but when sung, the voice may not cooperate. __________________________________________________________________________ This is a place I talk about Carnatic music, my journey as an aspiring musician, educator and content creator. I work full-time as a software engineer. What started as a mere hobby 10 years ago, has now turned into a strong passion that I'd like to share with all of you. I teach and learn music in the evening. You can visit my music school's website at https://sharadhemusicschool.com for all the information around activities we do with our kids like recitals, workshops and other events in our local community.