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Carnatic Music

Voice & tradition.

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At a glance
Session
45–60 min per session
Levels
3 stages
Age
5 +
Format
1-on-1 / Group
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Your Mentor

Guided by working practitioners.

Senior Faculty · Carnatic Music & Vocal

Sona Surendran

5+ years teachingCarnatic vocalVoice culture

A professional Carnatic vocalist and graduate of RLV Music College, India, with a BA in Music, trained in traditional Carnatic vocal techniques and dedicated to developing strong sruti, voice culture, musical expression, and performance skills in every student.

When You Can Come

Weekly rhythm.

  • Monday
    4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday
    4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Friday
    4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Saturday
    8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Sunday
    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

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The Path

A clear, staged journey.

    • Voice culture, breath and sruti alignment
    • Sarali Varisai, Janta Varisai, Dhattu Varisai
    • Alankaras across all seven taalams
    • First Geetams in Malahari and Mohanam
Inside a Class

A day in the studio.

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What you'll learn

  • Voice culture & sruti shuddi
  • Sarali, Janta, Alankaras
  • Geetams, Swarajathis, Varnams
  • Krithis & manodharma

Outcomes

  • Sing accurately in sruti with a tambura or electronic drone, anywhere on the saptha swaras
  • Master Sarali, Janta, Dhattu and Alankaras across all seven taalams
  • Perform 15+ krithis from the compositions of the Trinity and other vaggeyakaras
  • Demonstrate Raga Alapana, Niraval and Kalpana Swaras in common ragas
  • Prepare for kutcheri performances, university Carnatic exams, and bhakti concerts
FAQ

Things students ask.

Do I need to bring a tambura or sruti box?

Not initially. We have tamburas and electronic sruti boxes at the studio. A simple sruti box app on your phone is enough for daily home practice — your guru will tell you when to invest in a proper one.

I can't carry a tune. Can I still learn?

Yes. 'Tonelessness' is almost always undertrained ear rather than a fixed limit. With patient sruti practice, the voice and ear realign — we've seen it many times.

Can I prepare for university Carnatic exams or grade certifications?

Yes. We prepare students for Karnataka Secondary Music Examinations, Trinity Carnatic Vocal grades and various university-level practical exams.

Will I learn Tamil / Telugu / Sanskrit lyrics?

Yes — meaning and pronunciation are taught alongside the swaras for every krithi, so you sing with bhava, not just with notes.

How often are performances?

Quarterly in-house bhajans and kutcheris, the annual GADD9 showcase, sabha invitations and special festival concerts during Navaratri and Margazhi.

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The Story

Where Carnatic Music comes from — and where it lives now.

Carnatic Music at GADD9 is a voice-first, tradition-rooted journey. Our vocal gurus belong to lineages tracing back to the Thyagaraja and Dikshitar traditions, and the teaching reflects that depth — slow, careful sruti work, patient Sarali Varisai, and a steady climb through the syllabus toward krithis and manodharma.

Carnatic music is the classical music tradition of South India, with roots reaching back at least two thousand years through the Sama Veda, the Silappadikaram and the treatises of Bharata's Natyashastra and Sarangadeva's Sangita Ratnakara.

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