Carnatic Music Theory for Beginners: Melakartha & Shankarabharanam

A beginner's guide to Carnatic music theory — the Melakartha system and the Shankarabharanam scale — with its history and parallels to Western music. 📥 Download the handwritten notes, staff notation & MIDI, and support human-made piano lessons on Patreon 🎼✨ ➡️   / jasonzac   In this lesson, NSM alumnus Raghavan Subramanian explains the basics of Carnatic music theory, its history and its similarities to Western music. This third part of the beginner series focuses on the Melakartha system and the Shankarabharanam scale, helping you connect Indian classical theory to the harmony and scales you already know. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️    • Piano Chord Voicings & Inversions — Make A...   👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielscho... ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️   / jasonzac   📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ [email protected] 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #CarnaticMusic #MusicTheory #IndianClassicalMusic #Melakartha #MusicLessons