It caters to the needs of both beginners, senior students and music lovers. In these DVDs the Carnatic Music Lessons have been taught in typical traditional gurukula style, the students being with the Guru (Teacher) in person through an Audio-Visual presentation from basics to Masters. All elementary lessons, Shlokas, Varnas, Keerthanas, Thillanas, Padas, Manodharma Sangeetha (Raga alapana, swarakalpana, Nerval, Tanam, Pallavi) musicology, notation and lecture demonstrations.
Music (Singing lessons), Theory(Musicology)and notation (script of the compositions) and lecture demonstrations have also been presented in English in these DVDs. So, she started teaching Carnatic music from basics to masters through an audio visual representation brought forth in the form of 100 to 150 DVDs. Thought that such an experience gained by her should not go a waste but should be propogated to the future generation. There will be a greater interaction between the student and teacher in this style as they live together in the pursuit of knowledge. Ramnad Krishnan, a musician of musicians in a traditional gurukula style, an age old practice known as Sruthi parampara being in vogue from Vedic period. She had her earlier education in music from teachers of repute and later learnt the nuances of music from a great master Vid. Mysore Nagamani Srinath is a multifaceted personality, a combination of a teacher, organizer, composer, administrator, director and a concert musician of international repute. The seven basic taalam group formed by this are Dhurva taalam, Matya taalam, Rupaka taalam, Jhampa taalam, Triputa taalam, Ata taalam, Eka taalam.Prof.
Taalam is formed with Laghu, Dhrtam and Anudhrtam. Taalam means the fixed time cycle to a particular composition. It specifies the scale of which notes should figure more, which note should be used more sparingly, which notes may be sung with gamaka, which phrases should be used and avoided and so on. Raagam defines a set of rules for the making of a melody. Swaram consists of seven notes, "SA-RI-GA-MA-PA-DA-NI".Their abbreciations are ShAdja,RIshaba,GAndhara,MAdhyama,PAnchama,DhAivata,NIshada. Swaram refers to a type of musical sound which is a single note. Eventhough there exist an infinite number of sounds falling within a raaga in carnatic music, the number that can be distinguished by auditory perception is twenty two.
Shruthi means the musical pitch which is equivalent of tonic in western music. The important elements of carnatic music are Venkatamakhin invented and authored the formula for the melakarta system of raga classification in his Sanskrit work, the Chaturdandi Prakasika (1660 AD).Govindacharya is known for expanding the melakarta system into the sampoorna raga scheme – the system that is in common use today. By the 16th and 17th centuries, there was a clear demarcation between Carnatic and Hindustani music.Purandara Dasa, who is known as the father (Pithamahan) of Carnatic Music, formulated the system that is commonly used for the teaching of Carnatic music.