Placing the speakers is about getting the best of what is coming out of the sound card. Holding the mic is about getting the best into the sound card. Both matters.

We can talk about chords in terms of Indian notation, especially when talking about chords for ragas. Talk about major seventh note as the big Ni or the N3, and the major seventh chord spelling as S, big Ga, Pa and N3. Using big Ga and N3 together, as above, is a mixture of notation, Read the full article…

At times, the chord sheet of a song you get from the internet is not in a suitable pitch for you to sing comfortably. Learn the basics of transposing to change the chords to a pitch that suits you When do we need to transpose? Transposing to a few notes above The chords could be Read the full article…

Any note position on the first four frets of the guitar can be found using the flats and sharps relationships on the C major scale fingering position. Confusion arises when trying to find out the notes : Eb (near the first two strings), Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, Eb (near the 6th string). These are the 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…

Which Carnatic melakarta raga has the same notes as major scale? Shankarabhararanam. Go to the Playing Indian Raga on Guitar App, Go to the section below the fretboard, from the Melakarta list, choose Dheerashankarabharanam – the full name of the Raga. As you start typing, the name will be searched for you. The note postions shown Read the full article…

Theory comes after music. We try to find out why something works in music and note it down as theory. This particular three chords have been used a lot because it worked to give some very appealing effects.

A minor is the relative minor of C major. The relative relation is applicable for both the scale and the chord. A minor chord is the relative minor chord of C major chord. A natural minor scale is the relative minor scale of C major scale. Within the C major scale, A note comes in Read the full article…

Tension on the wrist and hand General awareness of fingers Be aware of the tensions in your fingers. Your fingers should make a natural movement and press the notes on the fretboard. Any unnatural positions of the fingers have to be noted. Keep the fingers close to the fretboard, ready to use. Do not move Read the full article…

Finding the notes The notes are : E (5th string) A# (4th string) D (3rd string) G (2nd string) Let us take E as the root. Then the other notes form the following intervals. Root : E A# : #4 or b5   (Hint : B is the fifth of E. Lowering by one note to Read the full article…