gamakam

[@vidyashankars]

Cursive writing analogy to gamakam was just brilliant!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

thank you

[@dreamcatchertrainer5836]

totally agree

[@navaneethswaminathan6731]

One of the best explanations of Gamakams I have come across on YT!!!!! Thanks a ton for the information Mam!!! Your way of explanation and teaching is just amazing !!! 🎉🎉👌👌❣❣

[@ayyanarayyanar145]

hi.unka.extraordinary.coaching.semma.super.prillend.pakka.excellend.excedly.super.good.good.voice

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@adarshguptak]

Bharatiya sangeetam is the gift of India to the world! Gamakams is the very essence of Karnataka sangeetam!

[@rajkumar2311]

Awesomeness mam … tq 🙏🙏👏👏👏

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@jacobcheriyan]

You made it look so simple. I do church music and am very interested in carnatic music too. Your lesson on Gamagam is quite similar to riffs and runs you find in western classical. Look forward to more of such videos in the days to come. Videos between 10-15 minutes will just be right. God Bless!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Jacob Cherian Thank you

[@vinayms1332]

What strikes me is that she has a very soft and sweet speaking voice but has a much stronger (but still sonorous without doubt) singing voice and how she shifts from one to another. I notice this in most Carnatic singers. Always made me wonder what their natural voices were.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

vinay ms thank you

[@ashokflash]

U only explained well. Great

[@dsrinivas6537]

Adbhutham Very good explanation medam

[@MuthuKumaran-hb6ku]

Awesome! This is billiant stuff!...I wish i learned these much sooner from gurus like you than now after all these years...thank you so much m'am!

[@parepallisujana4904]

Very valuable information 👍👌 TQ so much mam

[@kalyanim6538]

Your explanation is as graceful as you are! I am very impressed with your melodious voice and your grace. Thank you for the explanation.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@navaneethswaminathan6731]

Would be great to have a video with a detailed explanation of every individual gamakam Mam!! Would benefit of a lot of students, teachers and artists :))

[@Solomon.Y_Music]

Man nice explaining your form.. Tq

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@spiritualbutterfly9857]

Wah wah wah Gamak loni madhuryanni 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍 entha chakkaga explained mam.!! . My humble pranamams to you ji 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌿 🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌸🌸🌿🌸🌸Thanks a lot mam. Richard Rao... Thanks a lot for uploading dis video. ☺☺☺☺☺☺.

[@deeparajkumar902]

Awesome Gamakam practice lessons! Beautifully explained you Mrs. Ranjani Sivakumar

[@vedavidhyasamithi4572]

So much information in our music! Very educative.you way of explaining simple and superb .short phrases to illustrate.appears easy but not such a simple task.I have to revise many a time. Happy listening indeed! Balakrishnan

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@gollapinni]

So beautiful...brings ina great deal of awareness about gamakams and it is really helpful for new learners. Thanks a lot for sparing your time to record and post this...

[@lalitakumariyer9315]

Gamakam - Beautifully taken apart and put back together for the complete layman/ learner/rasika. Thank you! You are a rocking teacher too Ranjani ma'am!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@universalphilosophy8081]

Beautiful handwriting!! The way the straight lines were drawn on that board, indicate good artist in her and probably that she is very good at science.!!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

thank you !!

[@universalphilosophy8081]

@@RanjaniSivakumar May God bless you always

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

@@universalphilosophy8081 thank you

[@smvsiyer]

Just great demonstration. i hv little knowledge in Music. When my daughter wanted to understand Gamakas I searched utube and lucky to get to see you video. very good clarity in teaching. Thanks

[@themusicman4337]

This is definitely is the best finest lesson on music 🎵🎶 Gamakam 🙏🙏

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@rangamurali7667]

Please continue this rich and marvellous exploration of carnatic sangeetham further, listening to your lecture and demo help us, understand its structure and complexity or instil a curiosity to learn to sing and appreciate this great tradition. 🙏

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@VijayaRangaLR]

Namaste mam, it's very much informative. Thanks for the clear demo. Keep uploading regarding classical music mam. You have very clear and melodious voice.

[@ramanamurthykv]

A beautiful teaching of Gamakam. Expertly given explanation, could easily understood by even absolute beginers like me. The clarity is very much to be appreciated. Thanx to Mrs Ranjani. DR.K V MUrthy Hyderabad.

[@gollapinni]

Murthy Garu, Who is the presenter? Apologies for my ignorance.

[@gollapinni]

Also, does she teach. IF yes, where? Thanks.

[@gollapinni]

Is she Ranjani sivakumar?

[@sandhyamadhu8564]

excellent knowledge in simple terms kudos Ranjani

[@snehalathavenepally5878]

mam konchem telugulo kuda cheppandi

[@singamar]

Well, almost all about Gamakam! Thanks for the wonderful & useful post! You have rightfully pointed out that a musical instrument helps one 'visualise' gamakam. I would just add that 'string intruments' do that job wonderfully well (with perhaps, the exception of Santoor!). This also explains why intruments with 'fixed' notes like the Piano or Harmoniam are not suitable for classical Indian (Hindustani or Karnatak) music. There are of course, 'Pitch-Benders' provided in modern electronic musical instruments. But to use those to produce a rudimentary gamakam requires a lot of practice! Thanks once again.

[@sandeepkumaryadavking4203]

Mam thanks for your voice. Really so sweet voice. I am from Mahoba Utter Pradesh Sandeep Rao

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@kmpods]

An excellent explanation. I am a student in the initial phases of learning and this knowledge is really very helpful. Thank you for putting it across so simply

[@broadband4016]

Nice demonstration. Good english.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@jameschacko8903]

I am trying to chant psalms from the Bible and it is ver hard for me. From that context, your explanation has given me a sense of education and enlightenment. Thank you madam.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@Prabhath_the_Dawn]

Thank you so much for such wonderful insight about music! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊

[@mamaslostsoul]

Great explanation. I had always thought am in handful to see notes as frequencies and gamakams as intermediate frequency to get Continuum. You explained the continuum geometrically (Cursive writing) which is elegant. Also seeing multiple connections and principle of least action (euler-lagrange approach) is fantastic. am Humbled !! Thank you.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you.

[@sheltoosealbyalby9845]

thank u madam,. very authentic teaching and way of teching style is excellent.

[@trumpetboss5483]

You are awesome ! Thank you for your teachings . In my language gama means scale . Thank you so much i love tambura sound so much !

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thanks

[@chelvapillagunupati3873]

Thanks much for your teaching on Gamakam. Your knowledge, singing and scholarship are all very pleasant as well as illuminating to musically illiterate like me. Best wishes, G V Chelvapilla

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

chelvapilla gunupati thanks

[@vchandraiah]

The concept of Gamaka has been very well explained and demonstrated in very simple understandable terms. I am a harmonica player and often use some of these bridging and transitions techniques - but never knew the concepts and types of Gamakas. Thank you very much.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Vid Chandraiah thanq

[@savanthtrichinapalli5614]

We donot know how Indian classical music was before Purandaradas renderings. Thete are 15 types of gamaks in Indian classical music. Hardly 2 to three gamaks whuch are present in the Indian music is practiced in the western music. Ever since Thyagaraya kruthies came to light gamakas of all 15 types are clearly known as they are rendered while singing. But the. Names of gamaks are not known to general public.

[@jagadishathaluri3346]

Your analogies are top class.Explinations leave no doubts in the minds of listeners

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@martintanu6004]

God bless you with lots of love and goodness for serving classical music

[@finnya7]

Excellent Madam.. You are explanation is very good.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

finnya7 thanks

[@ramyachallapalli8458]

Very clear explanation👌👌👌

[@mahendranaikwade912]

Beautifully explained mam, thank you very much for GAMAKAM practice.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Mahendra Naikwade thanks

[@prakashkombala]

Ranjani Sivakumar

[@nivaskumar9464]

great mam I will urge you to talk more and more about our heritage ,culture ,music,dances ,painting, gods,paintings,languages and all covering whole India ...why I am saying this bcz you have unique way and discipline to explain even tougher things in lucidified way.....please dear ma'am continue your KZbin to express and connect .....धन्यवाद ।thanks.namaskaram नमस्कारम ।।

[@ananthaagasthya2954]

Excellent introduction to Gamakam.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@dineshgaikwad7958]

Very good explanation. Thanks a lot. Please go ahead. All the best.

[@satyanarayana.n4133]

Thank you madam for your valuable explanation........

[@rajeshpappachan]

excellent knowledge you gave to music listeners to understand the classical music when we hear

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Rajesh Pappachan thank you.

[@murthykr4278]

Your very very beautiful madam and also the way of your teaching style.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

thank you

[@johnyvarghese6199]

Very well done you are a gifted person. All best wishes. To get you as a teacher will be a divine gift

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Johny Varghese thanks

[@sundar5537]

very good rendition......best wishes...from Doha

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Sundar Vadhanam thanks

[@ramalingeswararaobhavaraju5813]

Sri gurvugariki namaskaramandi.

[@GururajBN]

Every instructive demonstration lecture. I wish there were more demonstrations, interspersing the lecture more frequently. 👌🏻

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Gururaj BN thank you

[@kalyanapthiri940]

Thank u so much!! No words for your explanation, the beauty of this explanation is that even a non singer can understand what is a gamaka or gamakam _/|\_

[@Aruna_RamKumar]

How come I've not seen this so far? This seems a great channel for music learners. Thanks for the theory and practicals.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Aruna Ram Kumar thanks.

[@haricharanmaramraj]

Wonderful explanation and beautiful handwriting :). That itself projects the personality. Enjoyed listening!!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Haricharan Maramraj thanks

[@shivaranjiniamarapuram9625]

No words to explain how well you have excelled in teaching it so well

[@drsudhapranav9626]

Beautiful explanation. Melodious voice.

[@mythiliraghuraman1920]

Excellent presentation who is this sweet girl with a familiar face

[@samanyasworld6332]

You are an excellent teacher too,very impressive!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@jayaprakashgopalan1184]

Beautiful explanation. One sugetion only. When you speak please keep the sruthi box in a low volume. Congrates.

[@jcmministriesofficial5251]

Wonderful Cursive writing and Explanation.....Better to provide some other classes on Gamakam....

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you for the bouquets and the brickbats . :) Both are welcome.

[@blacktrance7560]

Madam you are soo Beautiful nd your voice is 👏👏👏👏👏😇

[@sathisharumugam1748]

You have a good Handwriting Madam..! By the way, very good articulation in a lay men language.. Thank you 👏👏👏😍👍

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Sathish Arumugam thanks

[@barkupatree6871]

I very much appreciated your insight and detailed explanations.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

barkup atree thank you.

[@balakris1950]

ms sivakumar the vocal snippets were great. do you give concerts?

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Balakrishnan S Thanks. Yes

[@rajeshwarsharma]

Madam good explanation on gamakas. You should have explained little more on each and every type of gamaka with examples. Your voice is so sweet Thank you.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thanks

[@sudhirchopde3334]

Gamakas are alankara used in a mode of music. Some schools have more or less of these gamakas. It requires great restriction if not to distort the lyric. The destination rule is useful,for eg sometimes one goes straight to the point,other times one takes a scenic route. Finally gamakas are the signature of the performer.Very personal.

[@gururajaksrao5665]

you are a perfect professional teacher. Super talented

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Gururaja K S Rao thank you

[@cpvratnam51]

Basic principles ofCarnatic music is vividly given by Smt. explaining Gamakam etc.,Following them sounds good. CPV.RATNAM

[@sri1561]

sriram i

[@satishbapanvundi9231]

Thank you.. Very nice .. Useful.. Please post more lessons ..

[@kishoreda69]

very greatly narrates GAMAKAM by you madam.......brilliant.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

KUMAR BHASKAR thanks

[@dhanushkape]

it is so nice.. you presented it well. Thanks

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you :)

[@vsvprasadcchallapalli5426]

An another way of telling the meaning is the phenomenon (way) of flowing from Ga to Ma (with the same plucking). That is GaMakam. And the same phenomenon among other notes i.e. swarams has derived the same name Gamanam. This is in addition to meaning "that which goes (with the same plucking or meetu)". With the same plucking, changing the place on the fret. In case of wind instruments, with the same flow of wind and changing the swaradthaanaas

[@chikka2203]

If you get the right Teacher..learning happens. Amazing Madam

[@knharidas]

Though i have heard about Gamakam, no in this detail, Good learning for me!!!! Thank you so much.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Hari Das thank you

[@girishchandraa]

Brilliant. You are so graceful. Showed your video to my daughter who was highly appreciative. I really loved the analogy of the writing. Thanks for sharing. Please share more.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Girish Chandra Ananthanarayana thank you

[@rknu1856]

Beautiful and very very happy ,maam . Thank you very much to make a layman like me to feel very very happy

[@somashekarsharma7739]

Nice narration

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@wendycampbell3801]

wonderful explanation, ma'am, thank you very much!

[@selvakumarselvakumar6274]

Madam, Why do you play the Surudhi Box, while you are teaching, which is very distracting with Noise. Samuel

[@Panini_Ashtadhyayi]

What book are you referring- Glad to see something was actually written in देवनागरी । I would appreciate if you can tell me where can I get that book.

[@asharaghavan1576]

You have an appealing face and keep excellent countenance when you communicate. You have great future. Good luck - Raghavan

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@dipeshpatil9570]

very well explained I am really thankful to you

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Dipesh Patil thank you

[@muthulakshmivisvanathan3843]

Very very clear explanation. Thanks

[@ramans11]

Superb explanation, who is she?

[@anandateertha7865]

Excellent introduction.. Thank you..!!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Ananda Teertha thank you

[@syamalasrinivasan2393]

Super explanation madam . Thank you very much.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thanks

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thanks

[@pratyushagorugantula9756]

thank u mam...what an voice👏👏👏

[@augustinechinnappanmuthria7042]

Super ❣️

[@swasamacupunctureacademyhe8258]

Super

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@rahulsunnapuwar4991]

Namaste, please make some more videos. Thank you in advance

[@mr.jayanto]

Thanks .. More about the gamakam .

[@paramahamsaramakrishna2429]

very good

[@marialouis324]

Thank You Master!

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you very much for the comments. We would love to bring out more such friendly videos , if we could be funded for it. This one was funded by an organisation from the UK and was made keeping in min a very lay audience. Best wishes , ranjani Sivakumar

[@somasekharsankisa8245]

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[@PRABHUBHUSHANOFFICIAL]

Ranjani Sivakumar thank you Medum

[@PRABHUBHUSHANOFFICIAL]

awesome

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Prabhu Bhushan thanks.

[@PRABHUBHUSHANOFFICIAL]

Ranjani Sivakumar ..... Medam Greetings from vijayawada

[@magnalym]

Thanks for posting a nice concept about Gamaka. Tambura volume is litttle higher and disturbing. Kindly consider in upcoming videos.

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Subramaniam mylangam ramadas thanks

[@apexdba2]

Thanks for the presentation ! very informative.

[@swatigodavarthi]

excellent...request you to kindly post first sarali varisai with GAMAKAMS please...

[@abubakarpookayil]

thank you madam....for nice and easy way of description

[@RanjaniSivakumar]

Thank you

[@banumathivaithianathan8435]

Abubakar Pookayil carnatic music

[@amabilash]

Mam can you please explain these gamakams in detail... plzzz...