Guitar Fretboard maps of Raaga Kharaharapriya To the right is C Dorian scale played starting from the 5th fret of the 3rd string. The next image shows the same C Dorian scale in terms of South Indian Carnatic classical notation or Sa Ri Ga Ma. C Dorian shares the same notes as the Raga Kharaharapriya, Read the full article…

Would you like to play Geetams, Varnams and Kritis on the guitar? Get the swaras from your textbook or the internet and the Raga app has made life very easy for you. The new version of the Raga on guitar fretboard mapping app shows you where each swara of the raga is. you get to Read the full article…

Above are the notes and tab for the beginning of the Carnatic geetham Sreegananaatha / Lambodara. Starting from 3rd string open G as Sa, the melody is played within the first four frets of the guitar. Try playing it – use first, third and fourth fingers for 1st,3rd and 4th frets respectively. The geetham is Read the full article…

The Raga on Guitar App shows you the scale positions to play Indian Ragas on the guitar fretboard. How to start finding raga note positions on the guitar You choose : the root ('Root' to the right of 'preset patterns') the string where the root should be played on ('Start @' below 'intelli patterns') and Read the full article…

This post gives you an example of playing South Indian raga mayamalavagowla. All the colored notes are part of Mayamalavagowla. G is taken as the root in this example. In blue color are the other notes in the mayamalavagowla scale. The fifth note of the scale – D – has been colored differently, as a Read the full article…