For Students

• Indian Classical Music
  Indian music encompasses some of the richest, most remarkable musical traditions of the world. It has developed through very complex interactions between peoples of different races and cultures over several thousand years. More.
  
  
• Ragas
  The raga system is unique for and is the basis of Hindustani classical music. A raga is a pattern of musical tones that gives a piece of music its distinctive character. More.
  
  
• Thaats
  Ragas are based on ten basic thaats, or musical scales. Each thaat has a different combination of natural (shudhha) notes and flat (komal) or sharp (teevra) notes. More.
  
  
• Talas
  Talas are rhythmic cycles in Indian music. Each word or rest in a tala is the same length. These words or rests are each equal to a beat. There are talas ranging from a 3 beat cycle to 108 beats within a cycle! More.
  
  
• Exams New!
  This is the second year that Swaranjali has organized vocal and instrumental music examinations under the Pracheen Kala Kendra University. More.