About this podcast
This podcast provides training for beginners in Hindustani classical vocal music. Every episode progressively adds concepts so that learning will become easy. This podcast is mainly for the beginners.
This is the first episode in the podcast. This episode will introduce the seven swaras that form the basis of all the music that you’ve ever heard. Hema Upasani will help understand the technique of singing these seven swaras at their designated positions. It is interesting to know how these seven swaras have originated from nature.
Guru for the series
Hema Upasani, a member of Meetkalakar.com, will conduct this training. Gaanheera Hema Neralkar Upasani, daughter of Pt. Nath Neralkar, one of the greatest Hindustani Classical Vocalist from Maharashtra has done her M.A. Music from S.N.D.T. University in Pune. Her Ragadari has the power to touch the chords of the souls of listeners. . She has carved a place for herself by singing Bhajans & Gazals in an exclusively magnification style.
Hema Upasani will discuss the concept of Aroha and Avroha She will also take us through a few Alankar. Alankar are the permutations and combinations of swaras. For improving your singing it is important that you practice these Alankars well.
About podcasters
Since childhood, Richa had been fond
of learning and enjoying performing arts, especially music and dance. She got
basic training in classical vocal and Bharatnatyam, but couldnot pursue it
while she studied to become a foreign language expert. But even while working
as a Japanese teacher and translator, she attended as many performances and
concerts as her hectic schedule permitted.
Rajashree’s tryst with performing arts also
began in childhood, when she performed in some plays and tele-films. She
learned Bharatnatyam in an early age and performed her Arangetram when she was 12.
She gave up training in dance and music to become a software professional. Working
in an early stage start-up, she experienced the pains and joys of growing a
company from close.