Raga Mohanam Guitar - Carnatic Geetham Varaveena (Maj. Pent)

Connecting scales and notes to play ragas and swaras on the standard tuned guitar (No tuning change)
Major scale to raga Mohanam conversion
Varaveena Geetham based on raga Mohanam fluently on the Guitar: notes and lyrics versions
While learning the song, learn the techniques and methods to play in different pitch, phrasing etc on the guitar.
Introduction to play the same Geetham in different pitches
Requirements
No carnatic or knowledge required. Just, interest in playing Indian music
Acoustic or Electric Standard tuned guitar. No special tuning.
Basic note playing ability on the guitar required. This course helps you to learn Carnatic method with basic note playing ability
No need to practice sarali varisai etc since fret to swara relation will be taught. You will learn the scale to raga approach + raga
No expensive guitar required. Just a playable acoustic or electric, steel or nylon.
Description
Varaveena geetham is in raga Mohanam the notes of major pentatonic scale. This geetham consists of faster moves and slightly more involved slides. Taking your skill level one step higher.Better to start practising this composition AFTER you have completed the Malahari Geetham Lambodara/ Sree gananaatha. The malahari geetham explains step by step building of a song from the basic notes level. That understanding and skill will be useful for you to play this song well.This course is for you if,you want to learn to play Carnatic Geetham Varaveena in Raga Mohanam.NO need to play the sarali varisais on the guitar before attempting the geetham, since, guitar has frets and there is no need to worry about swara sthaanam / swara position fixing. Systematically learn to use slides to make fluent connected Carnatic sound using this courseyou want to play or improvise with Indian music eventually.Indian music is phrase based - random scale not combinations will not give you the raga. Therefore this course is a good starting point to understand the phrasal nature of the music, to connect the scales on the guitar to the raga in a systematic manner beyond remember and repeat.You also develop the needed psychomotor skills in a graded manner from simple notes to slides and combinations.want to try something new on the guitar? This course will help you connect your existing scale knowledge to enter to the world of ragas.100% FULL REFUND Guarantee Udemy will do the refund. No reason needed. Within 30 days of purchase, 1. Navigate to your Purchase history. 2. Locate the course you wish to refund. 3. Below the course title, click Request Refund.Beyond remember and repeatIn our method, as shown in this course, we add raga rules based slides to scales and notes to make them raga and swaras. Playing techniques like slides, hammer ons and pull offs are used to connect the notes, create sustained playing, following rules of where to strike and where to slide.Using this course you will not only learn how to play the Varaveena geetham on the guitar, but also, learn the underlying theory and processes that will help you find the playing positions and style for more geethams, carnatic music and even your favorite popular songs played in Indian raga style.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Example goal: Varaveena swaras playing we are aiming for
Section 2: C Major Pentatonic to Raga Mohanam
Lecture 3 C major pentatonic scale boxed, spread for slides
Lecture 4 Raga rules | Scale to Raga | C Mohanam ascend descend
Lecture 5 C Mohanam ascend descend on guitar
Lecture 6 Mohanam asc desc starting on the 3rd string
Section 3: Varaveena Begins - Part 1 Swaras
Lecture 7 You get Full and simpler slide versions, fingering and phrasing focus
Lecture 8 01 : g g p p d p S S Full and simpler slides
Lecture 9 02: R S d d p d p g g r - Higher octave
Lecture 10 gpd S d d pgg r | gg dp g pggrs
Section 4: Varaveena Part 02 Swaras
Lecture 11 gggg rgpg pp ggdpd dpSS
Lecture 12 d G R S S d S d d p | g p d S d p d p g g r s
Lecture 13 srgg till end of swaras
Section 5: Lyrics version | Varaveena Geetham, Mohanam
Lecture 14 Varaveena screencast explanation swaras to lyrics
Lecture 15 Swaras to Sahithya | Finding swaras to merge
Lecture 16 Phrasing Fingering Observations
Section 6: Introduction to playing in different pitches
Lecture 17 How to in D pitch
Lecture 18 Varaveena in G pitch
Any level guitar player who wants to start playing carnatic music
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