Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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tanyaroy
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Is learning the Karnataka violin more difficult than the normal one?

msakella
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Musical instruments with frets are easier to learn in the beginning as the learner can conveniently rely upon these frets while keeping his/her finger at the places of the respective notes upon the string. But, in respect of the instruments without these frets, the aspirant cannot keep his /her finger in the proper places of the respective notes unless he acquires the respective knowledge of the note prior to his/her learning the instrument. Thus, this fret-less instrument, Violin is more difficult to deal with.

More over, all the music-teachers, without thinking themselves that a machine like the Casio is always more perfect than them in respect of both the rhythm and the pure note, are used to teach their notes with all the oscillations to their aspirants right from the beginning by which it takes lot of time to get the knowledge of a pure note.

In almost all our Karnataka or South Indian music-concerts, as the Violin has become an indispensable accompaniment, many are preferring to take up this instrument for their livelihood. Thus, the number of Violinists is increasing gradually and, irrespective of their standards, each and every Violinst has been able to get on with hes/her concerts.

More over, to tell the fact, even though we already have legendary Violinists in our South Indian music, their intricate finger-techniques have not been spread to many aspirants, as they all are professional performers always striving hard only for their self aggrandizement but not to teach them. At the same time neither the music-lovers nor the organizations have ever cared to preserve their rare finger techniques making videos for educational purpose.

Like all the above there are many points to be discussed at length by the interested people like you. But, as many people are interested only in gathering the respective information but not in sincerely doing the needful in such matters, many of our aspirants are not able to come up as successful Violinists.

However, if the Violin-teachers sincerely follow a logical approach in teaching the different finger techniques of this instrument, though not the music, we can certainly produce talented Violinists. Only to prove this I, being the follower of Late M.S.Gopalakrishnan, the ever Great Violinist of this century, have trained my disciple, Chi. O.Rajashekhar, in playing the Kalyani-Ata-Varna @ 120 speed bpm on a single string which is available from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41yVxzlnse0 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QyJ2EKlctA. amsharma

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Today I have uploaded two Varnas in Adi-tala and in Kambhoji and Natakuranji ragas played on Violin by 9 yrs. old Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan (alias Nandikeshwaran of US) @ 4-6-8 units to Youtube and the respective URLs are also furnished hereunder for the benefit of the aspirants. amsharma

Khambhoji Varnam Purvanga (90 speed, 4-6-8)
http://youtu.be/iaP4jrdO4Lc

Khambhoji Varnam Uttaranga (90 speed, 4-6-8)
http://youtu.be/1fee_PKhfuE

Natakuranji-Purvangam-

http://youtu.be/bVHsLfbId1g

Natajkuranji-Uttarangam -

http://youtu.be/jAvqVzxjISM

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Excellent.

I can hear the lineage in a few places: MSG->Akellaji->Rishab

msakella
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Dear brother-member, vasanthakokilam, Thank you for your kind and sincere appreciation.

I teach every one of my disciples in the same manner. But, if one of them could do well that is his/her ability only. In this manner Chi. Rishabh could do well far more than of his tender age with the incessant vigil of his father, Chi.Ranganathan and I must congratulate both of them.

In fact, all our musicians are much bothered about their self-aggrandisement only either in the manner as performer or composer or trend-setter etc.,etc. But, when it comes to passing on the actual legacy through our disciples, I found that nobody, instrumentalists in particular, is justifying it except in case of their own kith and kin. That is why, from the beginning, I did not teach any of my three sons but my outside disciples only. Thus, I could make my disciples, Chi. O.Rajashekhar, Chi. Vinay Rahul, Chi. Rishabh etc., follow this legacy by playing even the Varnas on a single string, at the least, in this technique. amsharma

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Today a video in which my disciple, 9 year old Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan (USA) had played a composition on Violin at Shri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, Chennai on 27-12-2013 (http://youtu.be/HW1km-mHYjM) is uploaded for the benefit of the aspirants.

Anybody who learns music aspires to become a famous singer or player and by that to earn every thing of his life. But, due to so many reasons many of them are compelled to settle as music-teachers only though they themselves are not aware that they are not at all fit even to teach. In music, in the absence of any yardstick, it is very difficult to asses the level of knowledge of any person to select him/her as the teacher or level of the lesson taught to the aspirant or level of the lesson learnt by the aspirant. Unfortunately, while this kind of very defective system has been evolved by our ancestors for the benefit of our kids and their parents none of the musicians are aware of the harm it did till now to our country or culture. For me, even at this old age of 75 years, as a sincere teacher, this remains as a heartrending issue.

While even most of the professional performers are not fit to teach, each and every performer thinks himself/herself as the best teacher and resorts to teaching also. Not only a common man but even a performer is not aware of the difference between a performer and a teacher as, nowadays, all the teachers are only performers but not true teachers at all. Had any one of them been a true teacher he/ she would certainly have successfully trained his aspirant in all the needed technicalities of music within the duration of not more than 4 or 5 years and uploaded the respective video of his/her disciple to ‘Youtube’ long ago as per my long pending appeal. This itself obviously reveals that none of them is a true teacher. Any music teacher, posing as a great saviour of our music, very conveniently turns a deaf ear to my statements and very simply keeps quiet but could never become able to answer my logical questions.

In which way no stadardised methods in teaching/learning music have ever been established, in the same way, no methods even for the selection of a music-teacher also have ever been standardized. By all this, at last, even in the absence of a genuine music-teacher-training-institutute on the globe, only the performing abilities of the candidates are tested by these performing-judges and the successful performers only are always appointed as music-teachers ultimately leading to a chaotic condition to the poor aspirants in the educational institutions. Surprisingly, since many years, nobody is even aware of this plight of the poor aspirants in this respect. Thus, evey musician is more of performer’s perspective and far lesser of teacher’s perspective becoming more harmful than helpfull to the poor aspirants. Believe it or not, this I have realized only after 5 years after my retirement as music-teacher and Principal.

In the absence of the true knowledge to truthfully serve as a teacher, these performers are not at all aware that they are acting contrarily only to the interests of this poor aspirants. This is a very pitiable state of affairs wantonly driving the ignorant aspirants into heartrending suicidal effects.

For example if we take Chi. Rishabh’s case, I do not know on whose initiation his father Chi. Ranganathan approached me, but he abruptly made a phone call from USA and requested me to teach vocal to his son when he just completed 6 years of age. Thus, he started learning vocal attending two classes in a week on Skype starting from 01-06-2011. Later, after four months, his father again requested me to teach him violin also. In fact, though vocal can be taught by Skype upto some extent, it is not desirable to teach violin by skype as various finger-techniques are involved in violin-teaching. But, when his father told me that his son had already learnt western system of violin-play, I readily agreed to teach him taking advantage of the very highly disciplined western techniques of violin. Thus, he started learning violin from 14-10-2011 when he just entered into 7 years of age.

Only by the grace of the Almighty, having been in the process of evolution of the easy methods in teaching then I was making some experiments in teaching violin also. Thus, I have already made a blind violinist successfully and efficiently play all the 9 Varnas within a short duratioin of 6 months with all the required Gamakas on par with other non-blind violinists. On these same lines when I have trained Chi. Rishabh also he also proceded further very quickly and efficiently. More over, yearly once or twice, when he came to India either to Hyderbad or Chennai, I had also trained him in different finger-techniques for around a week each time face to face. Thus, by the grace of the Almighty, as he could learn very quickly and efficiently in this qualitative method he could play even a mini-concert of 45 mts., in Sri Parthasarathyswamy Sabha, Chennai on 27-12-2013 (the URL of which is furnished above) and even became the USA Carnatic Idol of his age-group. Hardwork of Chi. Rishabh, the affectionate encouragement of his parents and my vigilant supervision as a guide brought this success. Mainly this is the success of the system and the apirant only. Had he gone to any other teacher of quantitative method, he would have become able to play or sing the same only after 15 or 20 years at his age of around 21 years as per the traditional elongation of the process.

For example, in general, if we take the plight of our violin aspirants in respect of obtaining the respective knowledge of different finger-techniques, they are unable to find them as all our legends or maestros or experts of Violin always strived hard only for their self-aggrandisement but none of them ever tried to preserve their great finger-techniques by making relevant videos of them for educational purpose to the posterity. Even though our great legendary Violinists have become the beacon lights of Violin-world I feel very sad to tell that we have lost most of their invaluable finger-techniques due to their sheer negiligence towards our future aspirants. To tell the truth, in the absence of the teacher’s perspective, pitiably enough they could not pass on their great specialised-finger-tecniques even to their own kith and kin or their direct disciples. This has undoubtedly been proved by going through the hundreds of their audio-recordings. IS THIS NOT THE CRIMINAL LOSS OF OUR GREAT MUSICAL-WEALTH? More over, unlike in vocal where no finger-tecniques are involved at all, in respect of violin, as it has its own place in the concert arena or in respect of the involvement of various finger-techniques, videos made for the educational pupose highlighting the different finger-techniques play a very important role in building up a powerful generation of great violinists. Only to fulfill this void, I had to strive hard at my own level to bring out several videos of Varna-playing etc., and to upload them to ‘youtube.com/user/msakella’ for the benefit of our poor aspirants.

Even in our Chennai, the greatest centre of our Carnatic music, since many centuries everybody is more interested in listening to the best music and also in appreciating it. For this purpose only they all have strived hard in recording thousands of vocal-concerts but not even handful of recordings of instrumentalists for educatioinal purpose. In the same manner, hundreds of music-concerts only are being arranged in one way or the other like Radio or Telecasting or Webcasting, but not even one-fourth of them are utilized for educatioinal purpose for the benefit of our kids. In fact, in my serious observation, I have ultimately found that all the aspirants in Chennai are mostly benefited by regularly attending and listening to the numerous concerts only but not by the teachers’ efforts at all as they all are singers or players only but not true teachers.

In the same manner, while the compositioins written in detailed notation and supplied along with the pre-recorded CDs containing the same notations help all the music aspirants a lot, most unfortunately, these things have never been made accessible and available to our aspirants in any of our music institutions or music departments as all these book-writers are performers only but not teachers at all. Again to fill in this void I have struggled a lot at my own level in bringing out four books, AMS Easy Methods-2007 in teaching/learning music, Sangita Svararaga Sudha, Sangita Vidyabodhini and Sangita Vidyalochani all with notations and supplied along with pre-recorded CDs.

Right from the beginning having also worked as a teacher and by the grace of the Almighty having that kind of bent of mind also I had struggled hard at my own level to make such videos for the educational purpose of the aspirants and to keep them for free-usage in ‘youtube’ for the benefit of the aspirants all over the globe. But, unfortunately, while none of our musicians is ready to do such helpful acts for the benefit of our kids many of them are readily utilizing them in one way or the other for their own benefit.

If our great legends, maestros and experts do not feel their duties and responsibilities and do the needful towards our society what and how much a common man like me can alone do to our great and large society I cannot understand?

As told by many that ‘lady is the enemy to all ladies’, I can give umpteen examples which prove that ‘musicians are the real enemies of our music than others’. amsharma

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Nearly 10 years back one Violin-aspirant asked me whether he could get any videos of the Violin-trinity, MSG-Lalgudi-Chandrashekharan which facilitate him to learn Varnas by following them. By this I felt extremely unhappy of it and was compelled to tell him that not even a single video of any one of them made for the educational purpose is available to facilitate him to learn Varnas.

Particularly, in respect of Violin even though it was imported from western countries, our South Indians predominantly used it mainly for accompaniment in our music concerts. In this process many persons worked hard in finding several new techniques to make it more suitable for the purpose. Among them Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan, Shri Lalgudi G.Jayaraman and Shri M. Chandrashekharan stand far above all others as trend-setters in the history of Violin having introduced numerous new techniques in Violin-playing. Having a little acquaintance with Shri MSG, with his blessings, I was able to follow very few of his Violin-playing techniques (once he very kindly allowed me even to accompany him on Violin on 09-04-1974 in his Solo-concert at Hyderabad). To properly equip myself with more efficiency I have also followed the audio-recordings and could grasp some of the techniques of Shri Lalgudi too.

Having accompanied all the stalwarts of Carnatic music all over the globe in thousands of their concerts this Violin-trinity successfully acquired the full knowledge of all of them. In particular, in respect of Ragalapana, I sincerely feel that their renditions are the ultimate in respect of any Raga. That is why I have cut all their Raga-renditions from the audio-recordings of all their Solo or accompanying concerts and given them to my disciples to follow them.

In fact, who ever learns music always prefers to mostly perform and shine well. More over, as the music environment at Chennai is at very high level always all the aspirants there mostly develop the performer’s perspective far more than the teacher’s perspective to avail the opportunities in becoming successful performers. However, due to so many other reasons many will be compelled to settle as teachers despite their inabilities in teaching which they themselves are not aware of. Even this Violin-trinity was always engaged in developing their performing techniques far more than the teaching techniques. Accordingly, none of them ever found time even to think of preserving their rare and invaluable techniques of Violin-play to the posterity. However, their kith and kin somehow managed to learn some of their techniques basing upon their individual abilities.

In the field of Carnatic music, in general, Vocal musicians are always used to dominate the field much and accordingly, in Chennai, not only in musicians but also either in the music-listeners or in music-lovers or in institutions everybody gives preference to Vocal only and none of them ever thinks that instrumental-aspirants very much need the videos of the stalwarts mostly focusing upon their finger-techniques to follow them. But, most of them strived hard only to preserve hundreds of audio-recordings of the music-concerts but none had ever cared to make videos of the rare finger-techniques of the instrumentalists for educational purpose and preserve them for the posterity. Thus, very sadly, we all have lost the invaluable treasure of rare finger-techniques of Violin-play of the Trinity for ever and nobody even feels bad for this.

Very importantly, while dealing with the crucial Varnas Shri MSG and Shri Lalgudi followed entirely different techniques. While Shri MSG was used to play mostly on a single string Shri Lalgudi was used to play on all the strings. Among them each one has its own effect and difficulty too in following them. By going through many of the audio-recordings of Shri Lalgudi I have arrived at some specific finger-techniques of Violin-play which pave way to produce our traditional Carnatic music with high efficiency and also to increase the aspirant’s abilities abundantly. All these things have undoubtedly been proved in my extensive research in this respect. To efficiently follow them, basing upon certain logic and rationale, I have formulated some new finger-exercises to be practiced with and without bow too. By practicing them along with the different varieties in playing Varnas in these two different finger-techniques aspirants are becoming able to get reasonable control over the instrument in a very short time. By following these finger-techniques the kids are able to learn up to 9 select Varnas very efficiently and very quickly. Later, by regularly practicing them in different kinds along with several rhythmical and musical exercises they are becoming able to play even intricate Swarakalpana and brief Ragalapana for a few Kritis learning them on their own hardly within a span of 3 or 4 years unbelievably. In the same manner 9 years old Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan of USA has been trained and also won the first prize in a competition held there very recently.

To make these techniques of playing Varnas accessible to our aspirants I have myself played all these 9 select Varnas segment-wise for each of the Pallavi, Anupallavi, Muktayi-swara, Charana and all Ettugada-swaras in separate and independent video-files mainly focusing on the finger movements only to facilitate the aspirants follow and learn easily. In this process I have also uploaded some Violin-lessons and exercises with and without bow for the first time in the history to ‘youtube.com/user/msakella’ for the free utilization of the aspirants all over the globe. amsharma

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Yesterday in USA my disciple Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan (just 9 years completed) had played a mini-Karnatak-violin-concert of 38 mts. He was accompanied by another kid Chi. Arjun Ramachandran on Mridangam. In general, many considerations must be given to all the kids when they give such music-concerts as music is the only invisible fine-art on the earth. The concert went on very well and both the kids did beyond their capacities. In fact, they can do still better if they practice together for some more time. They certainly deserve all the appreciations.

To tell the fact, Chi. Rishabh started Vocal from 01-06-2011 and Violin from 14-10-2011 learning from me weekly twice by Skype. I have taught him in my novel method in a time-bound process. Even within the span of hardly 2 years he had shown tremendous progress. Even though I always teach in the same manner to any aspirant if the aspirant shows such tremendous progress the credit must go to the logical and ratioinal system of teaching, the aspirant for his hard work and the parents as they always remain with the aspirant much of the time doing everything in his favour. In this affair I am only a guide vigilantly following him through Skype to always keep him in on track and possibly obstruct him to go off-track.

I hereunder give the URLs of youtube of this concert for the benefit of the aspirants. amsharma

01.Mamavasadajanani-Kanada-Rupakam - http://youtu.be/99sdodNiGsc

02.Sarasijanabhamurare-Todi-Chapu - http://youtu.be/yJkUQvkESMs

03.Geetadhuniku-Dhanasri-Adi-Tillana - http://youtu.be/iB6N1xsca4M

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Today I have uploaded two Violin-videos played by my disciple Chi. O.Rajashekhar to youtube to the play-list 'AMS-Disciple Chi. O.Rajashekhar's Violin Demos' for the benefit of the Violin-aspirants.

He played ‘Sarasuda-Saveri-Adi-Varna’ on the 4th string only making the Shuddha-madhyama as Shadja.

This is one kind of playing the Varna on a single string of the Violin. In particular, this is followed in MSG’s style of Violin-playing only. amsharma

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I hereunder furnish the respective urls of the Violin-concert of 10 yr. old Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan (USA), played on 23-12-2014 at Shri Parthasarathyswamy Sabha, Chennai for the benefit of the aspirants.

Even though I have always been used to teach Vocal or Violin in the same manner basing upon the novel and logical methods in learning to any of my disciples they will flourish much basing upon their own hard work and the encouragement given by their parents like in the case of Chi.Rishabh.

Enjoy the concert. amsharma

http://youtu.be/RV09LpP4-LU
http://youtu.be/4d-uI2ODtFY
http://youtu.be/dyPACcsPZpA
http://youtu.be/rcJezeSlXTw
http://youtu.be/xV4-4ADABT8

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We can bring out many shapes out of a soft mud and also disturb them to change the shape again every time. But, if the mud hardens we cannot do so. In the same manner it is very easy to properly initiate a little kid of below 10 years of age with a clean-slate in all these things than an elder. But, very sadly, the elders are not ready to realize this fact.

To make the kid properly understand and follow the different oscillation of our notes I, without singing or playing the violin myself and ask the kid follow me as per this modern system, initiate the kid in learning by playing some select exercises and items in a particular seriatim. By doing so he/she very easily, quickly and efficiently moves forward unlike an elder.

Only to serve this purpose I have brought out more than 60 symbols along with the detailed notation and the audio-file, for the first time in the history. All our kids are able to understand and follow them very easily, quickly and efficiently as I demonstrate them in person if needed. In the absence of such demonstrations it may be difficult to follow them for elders in this performance-oriented fine-art.

Interested aspirants can come on Skype (msakella2002) for proper guidance, if needed. amsharma

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In the olden days, in the absence of any reliable sound-recording or reproducing gadgets, the aspirant was compelled to depend upon others to listen to or learn music. Unfortunately, this paved way to perennially make the poor aspirant dependent upon the so called Gurus elongating the process for many years as the teacher likes.

But, even after the invention of such gadgets there is no change in the process of learning as such change very drastically reduces both the importance and income of the teacher. However, keeping the plight of the poor aspirants and their parents I have made extensive experiments upon these methods in learning music and, ultimately, brought out several videos containing different exercises for the benefit of the aspirants which are being followed by the honest and efficient teachers only. Thus, since last two years, I have initiated my student, Chi. Padmini Gopinath (USA), weekly twice by Skype in playing them even without playing myself on Violin at all. This kind of deeds only give me abundant pleasure and satisfaction at this fag end of my life.

As a part of it, now, I have uploaded two groups of them to youtube and furnished the respective urls hereunder for the benefit of the Violin-aspirants all over the globe. amsharma

Group-1:

1. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_4th string_r and g - https://youtu.be/LJAhDuVT_fI

2. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_4th string_r and m - https://youtu.be/nElOYGczL0g

3. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_3rd string_d and rs - https://youtu.be/BI4Up_WgV9E

4. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_3rd string_d and n - https://youtu.be/4fIAYmxwqwU

5. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_2nd string_r and m - https://youtu.be/YEF1BUM1URI

6. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_2nd string_r and g - https://youtu.be/oSBQrsDdGmg

7. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_1st string_d and rs - https://youtu.be/GR-VnLTy1Y4

8. 20161121_AMS_Padmini Gopinath_1st string_d and n - https://youtu.be/pZ46tm6He1s

Group-2:

1. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 1st string N and M - https://youtu.be/Dg2rYB-U68g

2. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 1st string N and G - https://youtu.be/Z3JZoDxEbKc

3. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 1st string N and P - https://youtu.be/viHkOlo4NCg

4. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 1st string N and R - https://youtu.be/evP1RGOLp-g

5. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 2nd string G and S - https://youtu.be/VbsVz8QuqCU

6. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 2nd string G and N - https://youtu.be/Qjf_AOm4GBc

7. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 2nd string G and M - https://youtu.be/-UepHaZ1M74

8. 20161227 AMS Padmini Gopinath 2nd string G and P - https://youtu.be/P9_atO1k13s

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In continuation to the 185th post of this thread, now, I hereunder furnish the urls of some of the concerts in which Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan, 12 years old resident of USA, had very ably accompanied in the last Chennai December season for the benefit of the aspirants. Among them not only Chi. Rishabh but Chi. Chitramurthy also is my disciple. amsharma

Sri Balasubramanya - Bilahari, Misra chapu (Chithra Murthy, Rishabh & Sudarshan)
https://youtu.be/PMPOf6h3yjY

Sogasuga - Sriranjani, Adi (Rupa, Rishabh, Karun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQpJp6tyb0

Sri Valli - Natabhairavi, Adi (Kamaladepthi, Rishabh & Santhosh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-mDIxQ79lc

Srinivasa - Hamsanandhi (Kamaladeepthi, Rishabh & Santhosh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LePagmOv-mQ

Venugana - Kedaragowla (Vishwesh, Rishabh & Kishore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC86RlLXSrU

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Dear guruji
Koti koti pranaams and thank you so so much for such indepth and painstaking efforts that you've undertaken. My heartfelt gratitude to you by luck i have found such a treasure of lessons here. Will definitely practice as you've mentioned. I'm residing currently in texas usa. I have just seen first 2 posts , will take a long time to read the threads and follow the instructions in the posts but i'll do my best and practice.
Namaskarams
Srividya

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Dear sister-member, SrividyaC,

Gone through your post and felt happy to know that my Videos and posts are helping the aspirants properly.

If you need any help in this respect you can even talk to my mobile No. 9908822992 or through my Skype ID msakella2002. amsharma

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Thank you so much guruji for your response and giving me your contact. I'll definitely contact you soon. I'm starting with the laya exercises and refining my violin holding, bowing and fingering technique as you've shown in the violin basics videos and the laya exercise practices. I have contacted m.ramana@gmail.com to get your book. So far i never came across such detailed and orderly list of practices. I want to do justice to all the indepth data by doing a good practice. Please give me sometime to practice and upload the youtube videos (so you can review and give ur comment) and then i'll soon contact you. Thank you sir for all your efforts. I feel blessed to have come across it.
Srividya

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Dear sir
I just finished reading the entire thread and am very motivated and energized to practice and refine my technique seeing all the videos you've shared. It is very eye-opening to read your philosophy that you've shared in the posts along with knowledge about music and violin play. Its changed my view of the violin and practice completely. Thank you for all you're doing sir.
Srividya

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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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For the Violinists of Karnataka music, as they are mostly used to accompany somebody or other, they all need very regular and strenuous practice of the instrument to enable them to accompany successfully. To tell the fact, such strenuous excersices are available only in MSG’s style of Violin-play. Eventhough I did not learn direct from this Giant I have been observing, following and practicing different kinds of exercises in the regular practice of the instrument since many years and training many kids on these lines of practice. Some of the videos in which my disciples played some of these exercises are kept in the playlists of ‘youtube.com/user/msakella’ for the ready reference of the aspirants. Now, I hereunder furnish some of their urls also for the benefit of the aspirants. amsharma

https://youtu.be/9loyBr-imGU
https://youtu.be/_YL2X4G_3wA
https://youtu.be/zBs287P14Fw
https://youtu.be/5Oz-lZD6ngU

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Always, in any subject, the learning process starts with imitating another person in that subject. Any kid starts learning things by observing the movements of his/her parents, brothers, sisters and elders. While learning even the alphabets he/she repeatedly writes upon the letters already written by others and thus, imitation is the very first step of learning.

But, most unfortunately, in music, in keeping the aspirant perennially dependant upon the so called GURU, our egoistic, conservative and selfish teachers formulated a very illogical system in which the aspirant, without writing anything on the paper, must follow the teacher face to face in listening to and singing music. In this process, they also coined a name, “Manodharmam’ in 1940 for this grammatical points and declared that this should neither be written nor taught nor learnt but could be obtained by vigorous and regular practice only which elongates the process for many years to come. But none of these teachers could tell what loss the aspirant has to incur if these things are written on a paper. But, my extensive expenriments in this respect obviously revealed that, like the list of clothes to be given to the washerman or the bank account, all the details must be noted down to avoid any loss. For example, if we want to celebrate the marriage of our family member, by making a list of things to be attended, we can come to know if anything is missing from that list which facilitates to include them in that list and attend them without fail. In the same manner, even in music, by serially writing the sangatis of a Raga or the patterns of Swarakalpana we can come to know what we forgot to include either in Ragalapana or Swarakalapana. Moreover, the process of learning which is wantonly elongated for more than 10 years or even more by not writing these details has very surprisingly been reduced to a couple of years only by writing the details of Ragalapana and Swarakalpana.

Now, the link of the video is furnished hereunder in which my 13 yrs. old disciple, Chi. T.P.Gopalakrishna, who residing in Vishakhapatnam has been learning Violin mostly by telephone in the “Akella’s method of learning music” since 20180215 had fulfilled the learning of 9 select Varnas both in Chaturashra & Trisra-gatis and now played ‘Ammaravamma-Kalyani-Trisra-rupaka-Kriti’ along with Ragalapana and both creative and mathematical Swarakalpana in the 2nd degree for 1-unit gap. amsharma

https://youtu.be/fDWkWsUjQvo

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EFFICIENT & HONEST MUSIC-TEACHER

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As per our history, Guru, Sonthi Venkataramanaiah of Thyagaraja taught him music for one year only. I have made extensive research on this and only by God's grace found a very logical, time bound and result oriented system of learning music which I have been following both for teaching Vocal and Violin since last more than 10 years and getting amazing results unlike any other music-teacher on the globe. But, most unfortunately, without following this highly logical and beneficial system both for the students and the parents alike, the highly egoistic and selfish music-performers who are of performing perspective only but not of teaching perspective, brought out a time, energy and money wasting and highly illogical system of teaching music which has been used till date. Those who can lavishly waste their time, energy and money can as well follow this old method but who cannot do so can only follow very strictly this following system of learning to their kids.

Any efficient and honest musician more of teaching perspective than of performing perspective can only follow this logical, time bound and result-oriented system of learning music in which singing of creative music like Svarakalpana and Ragalapana is the criteria but not learning a number of compositions for many years. In this system while the role of the teacher is less than 5% the students' role is more than 95% and while the Vocal-student will become able to sing Svarakalpana in all the six popular Talas hardly within only one year and the Violin-student will become able to do this hardly within only two years even before learning the first Kriti (but all our present teachers all over the globe very sadly elongate this process of learning for many years to earn more money).

The efficient and honest teacher makes the average Vocal-student ably sings 6 or 8 Sarala-svaras, 3 or 4 Janta-svaras, 2 or 3 Datu-svaras, 7 Alankaras and 5 Gitas and only one Svara-pallavi within the first couple of months and simultaneously starts the basics of Svarakalpana along with select Varnas (not the Varnas in Mohana or Hamsadhvani at all). In this process, within the first six months the kid becomes able to sing Svarakalpana in all the six popular Talas even before learning the first Kriti on his/her own.

Interested persons can be vigilant by verifying the progress of their kids and others can very conveniently turn a deaf ear. amsharma 9908822992

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Mods:
This may be shifted to: 'AMS Easy Methods 2007 CD - Teaching and Learning Methods' under 'Beginners Q&A - Learning area'.

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Akella garu, you have already posted this in learning section. We are moving it.

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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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Ok, thank you. As it is more relevant to keep it in AMS Easy Methods 2007 CD kindly try to move it to AMS Easy Methods 2007 CD, if possible. amsharma

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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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Post No.195 is one of the best posts in teaching area.
But,very sadly everybody turned his blind eye or his deaf ear or both simultaneously since last one year.
Are all these members of this forum have become so blind or so deaf or a mixture of both and highly insensitive? Are they all humans???

There is every scope of a very vital discussion to bring out the facts which will save the invaluable time, energy and money of the poor aspirant and keep him always on the right and bright track.

The music students who start learning varnas with Mohara or Himsadhvani certainly have a ruined liife in music. The teacher who starts varnas in these two ragas (redacted by admin) than feeding them with these two horrible varnas.

This itself is the greatest proof at which high level illogicality reigns our teaching/cheating system and how much blind, iron hearted, irresponsible, unresponsive, foolish all our musicians and music-teachers are. But, nobody bothers about this tragedy..

Is this a responsible society to live in???

Are. they human beings living in this society?

Are all they so insensible???

Am I also not a cheater, hypocrite, rogue, traitor, crook and so on living along with all of them???

Being a teacher it is better to commit suicide immediately than very mercilessly and horribly killing our own innocent kid-aspirants.

Further i cannot continue at all to write in this horrible mannar. Hereafter I don't logout but possibly remain writing the barest facts like this. If you all want to save yourself from all these barest facts remove me immediately from this insensible forum.

While writing all this i was practically weeping a lot for more than 10 mts. you may not believe me!!!
msakella

This post itself is a proof that all these members of this forum are so insensitive that they all can very mercilessly kill their own kids. msakella
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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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OMG! Not again!
msakella wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 05:02
Are all these members of this forum have become so blind or so deaf or a mixture of both and highly insensitive? Are they all humans???

The teacher who starts varnas in these two ragas (redacted).
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If not, even shoot me for being alive all thes days.
msakella
Committing suicide itself is sin. Very sad state of affairs. Being a music-cheater is not a sin!!!!
Excellent civilization!!!

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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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The Forum has been very patient and considerate for so long, and of late has been warning the member not to use harsh words. But shockingly the member has opted to preach violence once again.

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Ok dear. Please maintain your norms well. They are mor valuable than our own kids. Better to shoot me than a teacher who has been making our kids impotents for life long. It is very easier to shoot me.
However, you can't may any teacher stop this teaching og Mohana & Himsadhvani varnas? So do shoot me!

None of you can give me logical answers to all my questions.but can remove me very easily. Is is easier to do so. Do it dear!

What better can you do to our kids than this ??????

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Present generation is not that cruel, egoistic, selfish and foolish like our old generations.

These people, if guided properly, will certainly do the needful.

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This forum, as a group of knowledgeable people, can do miracles in the history of music. But, the people around us may not allow us to do so.

But, myself, as a one man army, can certainly do better than all of you, which i have started doing it from the date of my introspection, 2001 all over the globe by the grace of the Almighty in my own level. Nobody can stop me and my army.

While you have your own limitations i do not have any limitations by God's grace. If i mingle with you i shall also certainly fail. Vanakkam. msakella
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Akella garu,

Please meeru mukku meeda kopam pettukokandi. The forumites here are indeed very respectful of your views, opinions, experiments and methods in this field of music education, if I may call it that.

But the very value of your comments is sometimes brought down by the harsh words you use. You may feel that those words are appropriate and even mild perhaps, but for the rest of us they seem very harsh. These harsh words detract from the cogency of your arguments. If you could please share your vast knowledge and experience with us without the caustic comments on the teachers whom you criticize, your purpose will be better served.

Many times we may feel like engaging in a discussion, but we don't because the very harsh words you have used scare us off.

Also, criticize the system all you want, but please don't criticize the teachers. Please note that the teachers are as much products of this teaching method as we students are. They teach us as their gurus taught them. And when you address them in such harsh, rude terms, both the teachers and the students of this forum can't see the value of your arguments as they feel personally insulted for what is no fault of theirs. The system is flawed, not necessarily its members.

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In fact, let's move away from this discussion.

You have told us that the Mohana and Hamsadhwani varnam should not be taught to the students early on.

1. Of which varnams do you speak? I know of 4 Adi Tala varnams in Mohanam and 3 in Hamsadhwani. Undoubtedly there exist more also.

2. Why should they not be taught? Please explain.

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Chi. Ananthakrishnan dear,
Now i am 83+.. i was brought up from my umpteen faults only. I am a teacher in the 70th floor seeing below all the floors of other teachers. My view is entirely different with you all. I can logically answer all your questions but you can't do so.

I am always ready to answer all your questions at any time and place. But at this old age i feel more convenient to answer all your questions orally, if you allow me, only conserve my energy at this age.
If you all allow mevto speak i can certainly convince you as i am far older and critically experienced than all of you. Yours lovingly, msakella



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Please do speak!!!

If I may make the suggestion, the same way you made many videos and uploaded on YT, now also you can make a video speaking about why the Mohana and Hamsadhwani varnam are not suitable to be taught early on, upload the same on YT and post a link here. The discussion will be benefited and we can appreciate the value of your wise words!

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Very sorry dear, At this old age still working round the clock for the sake of our poor aspirants i am fully exhausted and not in a position to continue audioing and vedioing for one purpose or the other.
You can very well speak to my mobile number 9908822992 and allow me to speak and explain you in detail as a Mridangist, harmonist, vocalist, violinist
etc., etc. Certainly i can convince anybody logically.
Please do so. msakella

I very well know that nobody is ready to enter into any dialogue with me. msakella

Hello dear, while there are umpteen problems why you are dam worried of mohana & Himsadhvani.??

I never work for anybody's appreciation. That is AKELLA.

Today i gotup at 3.30 am, attended London class, had Darshan of Prathyaksham Bala and didn't rest even for a minute till now..

While there are umpteen other problems why you are dam worried of mohana & Himsadhvani only???

నాకొకటి అర్ధంకాలేదు, కోపం ముక్కుమీదా, ముడ్డిమీదకూడా రావచ్చుగా
నాయనా!!!
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If you arrange a zoom or meet meeting along with all the teachers and students i shall very çertainly answer all the questions with humerous nice words.

I am always ready to logically answer any of your questions with patience, but after getting all these answers are you ready to promise that you all çertainly do the needful to properly help our kid-aspirants???

If you are interested read the following and come to me:

Akellavari Vyasalu:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uk6sXI ... sp=sharing

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Ananthakrishna wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 10:33 In fact, let's move away from this discussion.

You have told us that the Mohana and Hamsadhwani varnam should not be taught to the students early on.

1. Of which varnams do you speak? I know of 4 Adi Tala varnams in Mohanam and 3 in Hamsadhwani. Undoubtedly there exist more also.

2. Why should they not be taught? Please explain.
The main merit of this teaching method is that if the student can sufficiently sharpen their senses for rhythm and gamakas, then beyond that any further learning can simply happen by listening and watching and practicing, provided the students are willing to Do the work. The teacher can simply guide the student in a particular direction and the student can find their way from there.

I'll be honest, I only learnt properly in a classroom environment for 4 years before I had to discontinue due to academic pressures. At that time I probably knew 20 varnams and 50 kritis. However I didn't even know how to practice properly so I kind of got stuck there and never improved.

But over time I found my way mainly because of all the advice and exposure on rasikas.org only. Everything, literally every single thing I know about music after that has been outside any classroom. Now I think mohana varnam is literal child's play if you've cracked viriboni (bhairavi).

If I knew then most of what I do now, I would have never wasted my time in Engineering and would have sought an environment where I could practice for 4-6 hours a day in a structured manner in peace. At least in music I actually remember all that I learnt and it's actually relevant down the road. I will never regret the IIT experience though, that doesn't come twice.

AMS methods in rhythm gave me confidence to face my biggest weakness (which was rhythm) and find my own creative solutions. I ended up finding my own way of putting the tala on my feet, using visualizations to induce small muscle tensions that slightly change the character of each tap to let me know exactly where I was. I have shared it up here too. It is so good I can do dwi nadai pallavis on it and very often have forgotten to put the tala on my hands. Any tala can now be put on the foot.

I am not aware of any other system like this that actually teaches rhythm, gamakas and notations. Mostly the student is just expected to get it somehow. Shaky basics can cause severe problems later in life.

I also feel that @msakella should talk more about neraval for students, although if you've mastered his lessons, neraval is indeed a lot easier.
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Chi. Shrinath K,
I am ready to answer any questions to anybody purely on logical basis. But, keeping my old age in view, i must be allowed not to write lengthy passages but to speak conveniently. If not i cannot manage.

Moreover, only to spread the right knowledge of music to our youngsters (not to elders like me as they can do nothing) i am always ready to give you whatever you want. But, you must promise me thst inturn you always help to possibly do anything for our kid-aspirants.

Whatever i speak is a tested result after umpteen experiments take it for granted.. Much has to be written in reply but i didy write due to my old age.
msakella

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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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SrinathK
Even though i have responded to your post very briefly you didn't respond again. Why?
In general, you are very eager to know the information but not to respond properly.
You are very eager to know why Mohana & Himsadhvani varnas should not be started to the student. In fact, if you don't know the answer, that means you are not much thorough with your violin finger-techniques.
You are kids and my service, practice and all experiences differ with you. I cannot write all those things here like you.
If you are so eager to know all those details and, at the same time, if you also want to spread this information to one and all by YouTube-like things speak to my mobile number 9908822992 first and later arrange a zoom meeting along with all your friends and interested persons. Then only i shall speak all the details. Video the entire proceedings, give me a copy of them and upload them to YouTube. Until such time i cannot write anything more.

Ananthakrishna also wrote about my harsh words.
Each and every Tom & Dick is bothered about my harsh words only but not minding what the honourable music-, teachers have been doing since many centuries. First, r u a teacher and what are the duties and responsibilities of a teacher and how many of you know the logic of it? Unnecessarily or baselessly i never use harsh words.
I never need to do so. All my views vastly differ with you as you all are below the 10th floor and i am in the 70th floor of this teaching-building.

While i have responded on 13th at 0021-0113-0143-0321-0514-0529-0621-0951 & 1738, you did only few times that too with lengthy posts and without indication of any action. Can't you respond promptly & quickly??? While at work i even skip off my meal and sleep too even at this age.
WHAT DO YOU DO & WHAT IS YOUR AIM, DEAR???
msakella

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Akella sir, I am not doubting the efficacy of your methods. I am not making any claims to be any kind of teacher or anything (no no no). You are very gracious to say we are on the 10th floor, but I am maybe at the most on the 2nd or 3rd floor and I don't have any teaching experience.

In fact even as a student only after many years I have returned to resuming playing the violin. I actually wanted to quit it due to various personal issues that did not allow me to even practice for a few minutes a day also, but only now I am able to somewhat start it again.

I admire your dedication that even at your age your are working harder than ever for the sake of the students.

My only point was actually to reply to Ananthakrishna's question was that after learning the much more gamaka heavy varnams, mohana or hamsadhwani varnam is very easy to play and one can hear it once or twice and play by oneself. I do not know if he is a violinist.

Of course many many details can only be understood in the classroom and after lot of practice.

Also thank you very much for helping me gain a stronger footing in the rhythmic aspects. At one point I was very much struggling and it was hurting my confidence.
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Ananthakrishna & Srinath K dears,
You did not give me even a single ring to me yet.
Excellent!
If anybody talks negatively to your thoughts do you run away from him? What a fool you are! In fact, this kind of obstruction only gives you genuine push in your deeds. You must think that, dear.
You kids must face negativities only to strengthen your abilities all. If you run away you will loose many things. All my successes came from my umpteen failures only, but not from any Guru.
Think over and do the needful.
With all blessings, msakella

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SrinathK dear,
Unless you are exposed to more difficulties you cannot relish the easier ones. This applies to each and every aspect of life and the person who implements this logically never gets any failure.
The same thing applies even to our violin-play also, dear. Think over, msakella.
Without singing or playing for more than 2 or 3% who can properly initiate the aspirant sing or play for more than 95% is the true teacher. msakella

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I had academic commitments, now being in class 12 and studying for the many important examinations now facing me. And so I could not find the time to call you and discuss this matter in detail, for I'm sure the discussion will take hours. If I'm being called a fool for that, for making sure that I call you only when I have the time to make sure I can do full justice to what you say and advise, I really don't know what to say....

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Ananthakrishna dear,
Do as you like to get benefitted yourself and to make your socity also benefitted. msakella

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SrinathK dear,
If possible speak to my mobile number 9908822992
and as a professional violin performer and critical teacher too, after seeing your violin-play i may be able to share few things with you face to face.
msakella

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I will definitely speak to you in person soon sir.

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Ok dear. msakella

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Some helpful tips for violin aspirants-01:

In our India nobody likes to abide by any rules or regulations and our Karnataka music is not an exception. I am not at all bothered about the
parasitical performing side but, in the absence of a 'time-bound and result-oriented' system the learning process has made the poor aspirant a perennial dependent upon the teacher wantonly elongating the process for many years to come by all these Tamilian egoists and selfish rogues (they all don't like to be called as rogues but honourable gentlemen like our recent friend Corona) of previous generations. But, most of the present generation have realised and welcoming all the logical and constructive 'time-bound and result-oriented' methods of learning.

Even in our Karnataka music while learning vocal music becomes a little bit easier learning the instrumental music makes three to four times difficult making it a hell to the poor aspirants ultimately making them all 4th or 5th grade Violinists only. However, as Violin has become an indispensible accompaniment even many lower-grade violinits are able to survive in spite of all their inabilities in the art (this itself is a lengthy topic to discuss and to find solutions).

In our Karnataka music, as no foolproof system very strictly making it 'time-bound and result-oriented' has never been evolved all the different egoistic and selfish teachers using their individual indisciplined finger techniques made a hell even among the students of the same teacher pitiably. However, none of them is ever bothered to evolve a 'time-bound and result-oriented' system even in fingure-techniques.
Only by God's grace and with some years of very long experimentation i have found some excellent
training methods by which i could properly initiate my 7 yr. old Chi. Rishabh Ranganathan (Chicago)ably play a 45 mts. concert in the beginning of his 9th year in Chennai (the url is furnished hereunder for the benefit of the poor aspirants). When i have gone to Chennai only once i have played Violin in one of the classes in these two years but initiated him play for more than 99%.

Rishabh Ranganathan-
Shri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, Chennai-Evarura- Mohana-27-12-2013:
http://youtu.be/HW1km-mHYjM

I am also furnishing another recent url of another
disciple from Vishakhapatnam who played very difficult exercises ver ably and excellently:

Arohana & Avarohana by VizagVi TP Gopalakrishna-
3 videos - @ 100 bpm:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Onh9tG ... p=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Osx7fN ... p=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OxOO7t ... p=drivesdk

Even in respect of this kid, Chi. TP Gopalakrishna two years back only for 10 days at my house, Secunderabad i have shown him some fingure-techniques and later till now i did never play violin in Google Duo but always initiated him play orally. Now he is playing Ragas, Kritis and Svarakalpanas
excellently on his own.

WHILE TRUE-TEACHER INITIATES THE ASPIRANT FOR MORE THAN 99% TRUE-CHEATERS ALL SING OR PLAY THEMSELVES FOR MORE THAN 99% WHICH MANY ARE NOT AWARE OF.

As all these techniques are purely technical and always differ in initiating different aspirants i, at this old age, only prefer to explain face to face than writing lengthy passages here. Interested aspirants can speak to my mobile number 9908822992 for any guidance. Any interested person can approach me even through Google Duo to show his violin-play and get my guidance. This facility can properly be utilised by many aspirants. Can't we use the zoom facility for such purposes???

In fact i wanted to share many rare techniques openly but now realised that there are many great teachers and they don't need any easy methods to pass on to the poor aspirants. I need not preach any easy methods but truthful harsh words only. msakella

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20210417:
Some helpful tips for violin aspirants-02:

(Even though my old age don't allow me, sometimes
I am compelled to write some lengthy posts like the following to help the poor aspirants)

Having followed many of them sincerely in many aspects, i was also one among these music-cheaters & liars for much of my life (though not knowingly deceived any aspirrant). Being very highly efficient even to manage with the only invisible fine-art of this universe, music all these musicians (both performers & teachers) are very intelligent and others cannot imagine in which way they deceive others, particularly in the absence of a 'time-bound and result-oriented' system of learning music. That's why, being one of them, as i only can locate their deceipt, i prefer to expose their deceipts openly by calling them harsh words not only to expose and change even a few honest people of them but also to save millions of deceived poor aspirants.

Moreover, by wrongfully supporting the real music-cheaters, liars, rogues and traitors all the honourable members of the rasikas.org.forum also have become cheaters, liars, rogues and traitors in very foolishly acting against the interests of the deceived poor aspirants all over the globe.

A very strictly 'time-bound and result-oriented' system alongwith a logical syllabus can not only minimise their deceipts but also help the poor aspirants and their parents too in so many ways.
That's why i have framed a logical syllabus for both vocal and instrumental aspirrants to be used in this
'time-bound and result-oriented' system of learning music which helps the aspirants independently sing or play both mathematical and creative Svarakalpanas in all the six popular Talas hardly within the duration of only one year that too even before learning the first Kriti. For this purpose to help all the people concerned i have brought out the book, Akella's Easy methods (Telugu/English) along with a pre-recorded DVD (available from akella mallikarjuna sharma - Amazon kindle version).

Interested and enthusiastic aspirants can contact my mobile number 9908822992 for any guidance.
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Re: Teaching/Learning Karnataka Violin

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Some helpful tips for violin aspirants-03:

While making the learning process of our classical music very strictly 'time-bound and result-oriented'
the syllabus must also be very strictly logical selecting only the essentials alongwith some unavoidable preferentials.

Thus this logical syllabus consists of 8-Saralaswaras, 4-Jantaswaras (logically it is desirable to start with different kinds of Jantaswaras only), 3-Daatuswaras, 7-Alankaras in a logical order and manner, 5-select Gitas, 1-Swarapallavi, 8-select Aditala Varnas, 1-Atatala Varna, 1-Swarajati in Bhairaviraga - that's all.
There are a logical number of additional dishes around the meal (refer my book and YouTube videos).The aspirants learning in this logical method can become not only a performer but also a reliable teacher too. This syllabus is very strictly followed by the Akella's army around the globe.

While this syllabus is same both for vocal and violin
different kinds of exercises are also prescribed for both vocal & violin mainly keeping the need in view.

As it is not that easy to all the teachers to ably follow this logical syllabus Akella's army only follows. msakella

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