Young
Achievers' Music Enlightenment Training
Course
(Training on the basics of music, to be
completed maximum in 5 years)
Here the students
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Will know the Keys of a Harmonium and understand
Lower, Middle and Upper Octave and will
start singing them from their respective
pitches identified by Shrutinandan.
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Will sing middle octave pure notes (Swaras)
SA, RE, GA, MA, PA, DHA, NI, SA tunefully,
and will also sing 5 (five) flat and sharp
notes (Komal & Tibra Swaras)
with a Tanpura. Gradually, they should be
able to sing some small interesting patterns
of Swaras without the help of a
Harmonium or any other Keyboard instrument.
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Will sing with acoustic or electronic Tanpura
all the above-mentioned twelve notes for
a longer time (16 secs.) with open voice
in 5 vowels (“AA”, “E”,
“EE”, “O”, “OO”)
and with “Ohm-Kaar”
in Shrutinandan process.
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Will practice how to come down with open
voice at least up to lower octave “MA”
and go up to upper octave “MA”
and will sing NI, DHA, PA of lower octave
and RE, GA, MA of upper octave sustaining
up to 8 secs. with non-stop Tanpura playing.
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Will play “Tanpura” correctly
sitting in correct posture in first 3 years
and can play Tanpura on its correct position
with correct fingering and rhythm in shrutinandan
process in another 2 years’ time (applicable
for the students above 8 years age).
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Will recognize some basic syllables of Tabla-Bayan
and Pakhwaj as will be specified and instructed
by Shrutinandan.
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Will read correctly the following Talas
with correct Tali (claps), Khali
(soundless posture of hands and fingers)
and intermediate beats (matras)
in shrutinandan process (Dadra / Keherwa
/ Teorha / Rupak / Jhanptal / Choutal /
Ektal / Teental).
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Will sing tunefully the basic 10 Scales
of Hindustani Music and some important Scales
of Karnatic Music.
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Will write all Swaras (the musical
notes) in Shorthand process of Shrutinandan.
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Will write the Hindi-songs in Hindi script,
Bengali songs in Bengali script and read
the lyric with correct pronunciation and
enunciation first and then sing them keeping
the Tali /Khali in hands
in Shrutinandan process.
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Will sing non-stop the small combinations
of Swaras (musical notes), prescribed
or self-made, in Sargam, “AA-kar”
and with any word of any particular song
(first in “Barabar”
Laya i.e. in keeping with the tempo
of the theka and next in “Dwigun”
i.e. in double tempo) one after another
keeping Tali/Khali in hands in
Shrutinandan process.
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Will sing some basic designs of notes in
different rhythmic patterns (with the help
of “Quida” of Tabla).
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Will sing and chant correctly the Mantras
of Guru / Father (Baba) and Mother
(Maa).
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Will sing the Sanskrit Prayer song (Ganesh
Vandana).
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Will understand the meanings of all songs
learnt.
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Will answer to the questions of selected
chapters of Shrutinandan book.
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Will practise writing one or two lines of
any song, taught by Shrutinandan, correctly
with the detailed swaras and tala-laya
pictures in “Geetalekha” exercise
book everyday from the 3rd year.
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Will sing the following songs as taught
by Shrutinandan :
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