How many believe the only difference between Yaman Kalyani and Kalyani is one note (M)? . If you said “I do”, you are about to change your mind after listening to the podcast we did recently! Yaman Kalyani Scale is as follows S R2 G2 M2 (P) D2 N2 S (P was not in the […]

If you come in contact with Shivaranjani, beware, it will shake you upside down :), it is a simple raaga which creates complex emotions! Whether it is Tere Mere Beech Mein or Nandalala Nandalala or Jagame Sarvam , bhajans may be many but the effect is the same! The scale for Shivaranjani is as follows […]

Raaga Bhageshri is as beautiful as a perfect night, I realized this while working on the Bageshri podcast we did recently. The scale for this raaga is as follows S M G1 M D2 N1 S S N1 D2 M G1 M G1 R2 S The complete bhajan is also available here A few other […]

Hamsadhwani is such a melodious and auspicious raaga. It is of the 29th Mela Janyam in the Melakartha scheme. The scale for this raaga is as follows – S R2 G2 P N2 S S N2 P G2 R2 S Some of the more popular krithis in this raaga are Vathapi Ganapathim, Sri Raghukula, Raghunayaka […]

It is indeed sad to lose yet another stalwart of Carnatic music, Pattammal (DKP) She will be missed! CHENNAI: Her music was known as much for its technical brilliance, as for its emotional appeal. One of the celebrated icons of Indian classical music, D.K. Pattammal, passed away at her residence here on Thursday following a […]

Thanks to modern technology – one can play/practice keyboard on the computer directly. All the basic functionalities have been incorporated on this site to learn/play keyboard. You can switch modes and can play other instruments such as flute, sax etc. You can also set rhythm and on top of it, still learn to play chords […]

Last night, we uploaded our next segments in the Bhajan Tutor Series podcasts. One of the bhajan, Hari Naam Gathe Chalo is based on the raaga Charukesi. The scale for this raaga is as follows S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S A few other bhajans […]

Thanks to my friend Subbu, I had the opportunity to listen to Illayaraja speak for a couple of minutes (in telugu) in an interview with TV9 on his birthday (Jun 3, Gemini, ooohooo) Around 2:50 minutes in the video, he says the following abridged translation I don’t know much in music, if I knew then […]

Thanks to your feedback in the past couple of weeks. We received a lot of good feedback on the kinds of music that you would like to see on raagabox as well as some very specific feedback on our new experiment Podcast . The podcasts are available on iTunes Store, you can subscribe to the […]