Introduction to Shruti - The Foundational Pitch - Carnatic Music Concepts

[@friendstimealways4354]

Hi. I am 68 years Sr Citizen. I have been struggling hard to find out what is Shruti. Today you have cleared and made me understand. I am a lover of Carnatic Music. Thanks. Many more years of service to the public especially music illeterate.

[@rajabalan8629]

Sir, hats off to you, probably, u are the one and only one to explain this basic, fundamental , simple term Shruti. It simply means pitch in simple English.

[@sowgandhikakn10]

Wonderful sir, Thanks a lot! No teacher explained me this, n I was going crazy to understand the fundamentals. Thanks a lot sir!

[@robinrash9621]

Very clear explanation that other youtubers not done. Thanks a lot

[@beenageojy3970]

I am studying Classical Music and I was not knowing about it . what a beautiful video .......Now also that ladder is not going from my mind.....What a teaching ....it's so helpful

[@preetharajarajan2040]

Extraordinary Mr.Tejas Mallela..May God shower blessings to you and this community.

[@bhushandesai4943]

It was really easy to understand. Shruti being the starting and fundamental part your explanation was perfect.

[@rajendergurung7867]

So far the best explanation about shruti and tuning violin. Thanks a lot.

[@subhasininatarajan5809]

Great teaching and great explanation👍👍. I have been to music class and never understood whats the principles of Shruti until I watched this. Thank you for sharing.

[@crazyvlogs6462]

I need more from your videos like, with the same example, many of them said in their mouth, but you did that written example was awesome, that's why I found to understand easily

[@sachinbaburaj]

It is unfortunate that you are not posting videos now. Great explanation

[@ajitmadhav2522]

But From Gurumukham only we can learn well 🙏 Very Good presentation but a common man sits with wide open mouth to understand. Great job 👍

[@crazyvlogs6462]

Brother, I've been watching many videos but your teaching was amazing, I could clearly understand

[@kakabelly57]

You did a great job. I really like your ladder presentation.

[@EchoHappiness286]

The best and the most eloquent introductory lesson I found on the KZbin. Thank you so much .

[@shakuntalans6774]

The most fundamental ..explained in a brilliant way.thank u sir

[@ranjithaphutane8269]

sir very much informational video for people who do not understand or get confused what shruti really means... thnks for uploading it

[@chellapillaprabhakarrao6990]

This video is fundamental, coz student's first encounter is against sruthi, thank you

[@g2s2m19]

Love your approach, method. Captivated me. Thank you.

[@CMRoshi3]

Thank you sir. Great explanation. Please put Shruthi in relation to pitch in perspective.

[@hemanthh6470]

Very simple yet effective video. Explained the concept in an easy to understand manner. Thank you.

[@spurthichadharam9144]

Thank you, I think we can shall may ( or any suitable helping verb ) understand the importance of solving the problem i. Solving step wise ii. Understand what are given or available data, iii. Separate constants, variables, analysis etc., iv. What is required to find V. Step by step analysis of problem solving vi. Display the result It is just like talking how we cant suddenly jump from high pitch to low pitch or in a non harmonic way. We can shall may ( or any suitable helping verb) try to talk in harmonic way Sa re ga ma pa da ni sa Sa ni da pa ma ga ri sa.. For any complex situation we can shall may ( or any suitable helping verb ) try to check shruthi Sa pa Sa pa sa And talk harmonically Similarly for civil engineering answers too, we can shall may ( or any suitable helping verb ) make it harmonic and rhythmic, thank you once again for providing this opportunity

[@m.paramanandanm.paramanand8995]

Very useful. Practically explained. Informative.

[@rrajeshkannan]

Explanation is clear and fundamental. Thank you very much for giving a nice feel of foundation.

[@srilathakulkarni5570]

Shruthi selection tip is really good as i was confused about my shruthi

[@agskater1914]

Are you able to make videos about Hindustani and or North Indian music as well? This seems awesome, thank you

[@Cinematicplanet07]

I don't understand about the shruthi... The sounds are all similar to me😔

[@ramsankar1969]

Sruthi is beutifully explained here. very nice.

[@ananthanarayananlakshmykan8180]

Hi as everyone mentioned the explanation is too good I do praise it. But practically not sure since this is my 1st video on Carnatic music. Since your explanations were so good I'm planning to do my practicals also with you too I get proper guru. Even everyone who listen to this would feel the same however, you have told that will release few more useful videos and so eagerly searched KZbin and couldn't find a perfect match of your videos. So pls let us know your future release so we would happily wait for the same

[@veng03]

Thank you for such amazing explanation!

[@kirthi91]

Can u please define what is middle pitch low pitch and high pitch.

[@mallikanataraj7801]

Thank you. I have just started my Carnatic lessons and this video was very helpful in re- understanding the basics.

[@subimak1]

Why no further videos posted 😌👏

[@ramyam5962]

Sir im not having shruthi box. I have downloaded tanpura droid. Could u please help me to keep the shruthi in that. It's coming like numbers

[@richaawasthi799]

Which g sharp you are talking about sir,its said that there are two g sharp one in the lower octave n another in higher octave

[@Harsha_246]

bro, please please do more videos, its really amazing and very easy to understand. and i want to learn the music from you. please let me know i could i reach you.please give me what is the syllabus for carnatic music from where i have to start.

[@ananya.m.2158]

go to Ofaal it's a website and go to the grade one syllabus. I hope this helps.

[@tm73827]

Nice video, I was looking for a video on this topic in the context of our Veda classes where Shruti is a very foundational concept. When you said you were going to be “technical” I was expecting you would talk about octaves and such instead you showed an unlabeled and crooked line hand drawn on a piece of paper. I’m not sure what you were thinking of conveying. Perhaps you could update this video. Finally I was hoping you would point to apps that are showing up for iPhone or Android, which can listen to you and tell you what your pitch is. Is there one for Shruti as well?

[@sravan9253]

It was a pretty good explanation but how to actually identify and start singing sa pa sa while Shruti box is playing was not explained

[@lelamose]

thank you so much! so helpful. I started to learn carnatic music through videos and found your explanation incredibly helpful. Please keep up the good work.

[@prabitha7410]

Thanks. Very well explained and with good clarity. Please make more videos.

[@hatepirate6467]

Wheres the next part you told will come?

[@lintoka]

One basic doubt : What all notes comes out of Tambura/Tanpura ....? are those Sa,Pa,Sa of a particular Scale?

[@karpagamsrinivasan297]

Wonderful explanation sir 🙏🙏

[@kanchanaks3531]

Thank you sir. Your explanation was very clear

[@vijayalakshmipva3043]

Vedio is very helpful. Explanation was very clear and up to the point. Thanks for sharing. God Bless You !!

[@TheYashie]

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[@TheeChinPig]

Thank you. I wasn't sure what my root note should be.

[@vidhukrishnan1112]

What do you mean by G# etc..Can you please explain

[@andrad54]

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[@PhysicsFunwithDharmeshKareliya]

Nice information sir, please create playlists also

[@devisri2927]

so nice it is very helpful to those who dont understand about Shruthi...plss upload more videos,and start basic classes.

[@venkateshh3308]

Yes Sir. It is helpful to users. Very good session on Sruthi.

[@venkataanantharamattili7360]

It's very good dear. It's very useful even for VOICE OVER ARTISTES. thanx a lot.

[@souvamistudio4916]

This is very useful to understand the basic . Thanks for your very clear demonstration with example.

[@santhoshkurian]

Hello Sir, I have two doubts would you mind clarifying those..?! 1. This sruthibox makes only two notes 'sa' and 'pa' vibrations ?! 2. C, C#, G, G# is English alphabets, whats corresponding Sanskrit or Carnatic letters ?!.

[@dhruv221199]

For senior person, my age 67, what should I choose

[@GreenGSRao]

Hi, When you say G# is it G3# (for women) ? and when you say C# Is it C4#.( for men)? Please respond.

[@hirenprajapati2873]

Sir plz make everyday video as teaching classes to learn singing from start to end . You learnning techniques are superb and easy to learn. So plz make videos who really wants to learn singing but for some reasons like no money and no one teacher over their living area side so they can lean. You can help them And I m also hungry to lean singing but here is no one teacher available.

[@kavidev7697]

Which one is higher B or C?. Is D lower than A?. Pls let me know. Thank you

[@vidyakumargv]

thanks for the clear cut, right to the point, scientific explanations

[@The1HemantShah]

Electronic gadgets give i tempored scale. Then u need to adjust to have the natural scale, for indian ckassical. pls include that adjustment requirement. thank u. good presentation.

[@ahalyaraghothama9067]

Its crystal clear voice and analysing done. Please update me with more videos on you tube. Thank you.

[@yccreations]

Will you please play and show how sa pa sa can be played in tanpura???

[@kamalay.c.9734]

Good explanation. Excellent teacher....

[@shravani4037]

Sir Thank You For The Video. Can you please Tell How To Set our Shruthi.. My teacher Tells that, my Shruthi is ' A# '

[@gv030]

When you sang at A# he/she would have found you most comfortable in the lower octave and higher octave. Remember based on our voice, we would have a range that we are most comfortable where we can sing without sounding like we are straining the voice. That should hopefully guide you to picking the right sruthi for you.

[@realjackofall]

Tejas, many thanks for making these videos. I want to learn to play the violin. That's my goal. I'm trying to learn by watching/listening/reading about it. With absolutely no background in music, I've struggled to learn the basic concepts. Your videos have helped alleviate those struggles. You are indeed helping in making music more approachable. Do you still take online classes?

[@mabashp4949]

I hope Ur one of best teacher

[@ramachandraiahgaddam3679]

Beautiful explanation.

[@sayarpushpa1470]

Thanks a lot. Please do more videos on Shruthi so that we can understand it better

[@lathathamilarasu7545]

Pls give explanation about s1 s2 and other notations

[@OnlineMD]

It is June 2020. Having retired I am exploring music again; I took piano lessons for 4 years, 30 years ago! There is an app for my Galaxy phone called the Tanpura Droid. It has excellent sound, when played through a Bluetooth or other speaker. It is so easy to set the base note; C# suits my voice just right. There are also 12 choices of the first string. I was playing with a song set to the Raaga Malkauns (Hindolam) so set the first string to Ma. I also have a Tanpura box (Raagini) but looks like I will quit using it because this app is so good! :) I hope I do not get attacked for saying this, but for hundreds of years Indian classical musicians have avoided any reference the the musical scales and notations used in Europe, and this is very unfortunate. Writing music down in our traditional Indian way is tedious and cumbersome as compared to displaying a piece of music on a sheet of paper or electronically in the western way. As I see it, if musicians want to succeed these days, they need to know western major and minor scales, chords and such. I did not know till recently that All India Radio banned the use of a harmonium from 1940 to 1970; I understand the British did not like that instrument! Here is one article: humanitiesunderground.org/why-did-the-harmonium-disappear-from-all-india-radio/

[@SunadamProject]

It is not entirely fair to say that Indian classical musicians have 'avoided' references to the theory of Western music. They are quite different musical systems and simply borrowing the system without deeper reasons might not serve any purpose. However, my sense is that you are making a broader point about traditional Indian musicians not exploring western music in general, and perhaps there is some truth to that. Notation in general has limited use in Indian classical music as it is micro tonal music, where the details lie in between fixed frequencies, and also due to the improvisational nature of Indian music. Notations will become prominent as music becomes more linear and 'boxed', and that is certainly a loss in my opinion as so many ragas are not linear entities. I am not in agreement with your assertion that one has to learn western music theory. I hope you realize the vast diversity in musical systems across the world. While I recommend that people learn and expose themselves to as many ideas as possible, there is simply not requirement for an Indian musician to have to learn western music theory. Indian music has its own parameters and caters to its own market. Finally with the harmonium, it wasn't the British but Tagore (along with many other traditionalist musicians) who raised objections against the Harmonium's inability to play micro-tones and difference in intonation. Hence Tagore's famous comment about the Harmonium being the "bane of India music". I am afraid, he is quite right.

[@OnlineMD]

@@SunadamProject Thank you Sir for your very learned response. I will make careful note of all that you have said. I am too old to start learning music again (I took Carnatic violin classes 50 years ago in India, and piano classes 30 years ago in the USA) so will settle for just enjoying music! :)

[@nvrajeev]

Nice sir have you stopped

[@beenan2888]

Beautifully explained! Hope to see many more such informative videos.

[@ramya3871]

Pls make videos on how to sing songs in a proper shruti

[@basant_singh_bhajan]

What is about 22 shrutiyaan in Music.

[@mythilychari8754]

Very much needed lesson.

[@johnsmith-ch7fg]

So how is this different to the use of the word Swara/Svara? I more understand shruti as two variants on any particular note (except Sa and Pa) where for example Dha has a slightly lower flatter form and and slightly higher sharper one depending on the Rag so instead of single steps of the ladders most notes have double steps

[@SR-us5gr]

Wow Beautiful explanation! I learnt carnatic music as a kid for a few years, but never understood this in all these years! Thanks. When we hear comments like wrong Shruti, does that mean the singer is jumping between ladders?

[@AswantKumar]

make more ma,you've totally got this!

[@suprajarao5833]

Can you make a video on what is Raaga and Thaat ?

[@holisticlivingradhika4359]

Thank you! Please explain Madhavan sruthi.

[@aravinthmuthu4587]

Wonderful. Thank you very much

[@venurangan358]

What is meant by Apashrti?

[@ajaysawant5391]

Im 23 and I have never sang in my life but i want to learn singing, is it possible for me to learn singing and become professional singer?

[@atchutram9894]

Don't brother, I am trying at 33. Sing for yourself.

[@casoumyapatil1816]

I started at 20 so undoubtedly you can also.

[@geetvenkat2002]

very educative.thank u verymuch for uploading .expect more videos like this

[@namrathajain9436]

It is soo informative.....plz upload some more videos ....so tht it is helpful for us....

[@ramvenkat9769]

Sir, I am a layman in carnatic music.Superb explanation. Please include more examples where the subtle differences between musical notes are explained.

[@sridevi8966]

Very clear explanation... I wish if u can sing a pallavi with variation in Sa1, sa2, sa3 to show us the variation

[@humanmind7631]

Thank you very much.Great explanation and demonstration.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@namitasonar2572]

how to set scale G# on violin?

[@meetah100]

Are the terms "sruthi" and "scale" the same?

[@Juurai]

In Hindustani music, a scale would translate to a Saptka (collection of 7 notes). At least according to Anjua Kamat's channel. I don't know if it's the same in Carnatic music though

[@malathinarayanarao7935]

Introduction to Shruti was very useful.

[@yordannelelion1966]

It is very easy to understand especially through video learning it will be useful.

[@shivmindi8153]

is learning carnatic vocal mandatory for playing the carnatic violin ?

[@harshaninallamotu5570]

are you taking online classes?

[@Nicky7200]

Hi.. Thank you for presenting some good concepts, but it seems like you are talking about 12 tones, not Shruti. There are 22 Shruti as per the definition, out of these 22, 10 are utilizing the spaces between the semi tones. Would you please explain that as well? Thank you!!

[@SunadamProject]

I know there have been people, mostly musicologists (not practicing musicians), who hack this concept to death and try to come up with a framework which suits the 22 shruti concept. However there is broadly no consensus. For all practical purposes, there are 12 positions in an octave, the exact positions of which differ between people and styles of music. If you give me an frequency spread of an octave, I can theoretically divide it into an infinite number of positions, let alone 22. The important thing is that Indian musician learn by hearing their teachers and fellow musicians, and then reinterpret the music according to their sensibilities. I'll buy into the 22 shruti concept if one were to reliably indicate that musicians use different positions in different ragas, and that they do so with awareness.

[@devikumari7302]

Sir , thank you. But how can I learn Swaraj easily please let me know

[@ananthadavid3671]

Extremely helpful! Thank you so much.

[@magdalenenaidoo3287]

really like the informatiion given would like to subscribe to your lessons want to get my right shruti for my singing

[@ravikiran573]

Hai sir.. this video is very useful. I have a question sir, please answer. What are the scales in carnatic music?? and how many scales are there? Can you make a video sir please. thanks in advance

[@suganthasundar2113]

HI thank you for your really informative videos! I wonder if you can help me with this issue. If I want to accompany a Western music guitar player with a violin tuned to the Carnatic style Sa, Pa, Sa, Pa. What shruthi should I pick for the tonic. Will tuning the violin as A, E, A, E make it compatible? I would like to try out some fusion music with friends. Thank you!!

[@TejasM14]

As I mentioned in the video, you can pick any note for your tonic. But the strings will need to be compatible with the tonic you choose. If they end up too tight or loose, the violin will become unplayable. I would say, pick a tonic note, let's say the key of E. And then ask the guitar player to come up with a song or chord structure in the key of E. Since the tuning of the guitar is absolute, they usually don't have a problem in changing keys. All they have to do is change the fingering.