Online Carnatic Music Classes in Chennai
Carnatic classes that build the voice in the right order
The ladder in Carnatic music is not decoration. Sruti, then sarali varisai, then janta, then alankaram, then geetham, then varnam, and each rung only holds because the one under it was done properly. Most children who stall after two years stalled because a class skipped ahead to songs while the ear was still guessing at the note.
Enquire about classes in Chennai
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Carnatic classes that build the voice in the right order
A recorded lesson can teach a child the notes of a varisai. It cannot hear that they are singing the ri a shade flat, and a flat ri repeated for six months is very hard to unlearn. Every batch is live and small enough that each child sings alone and gets that correction while the note is still in the air.
Chennai has the deepest existing culture of shloka and Carnatic learning of any city we teach into, and parents here ask the most exacting questions about pronunciation and swara. We take that as a compliment and as a standard, and mentors are candid about which of our classes adds something for a child who is already learning at home.
The traditional order kept: sarali, janta, alankaram, geetham, varnam
Three speeds from the first month, so kalapramanam is never bolted on later
Tala kept by hand, not counted silently in the head
Taught by a concert vocalist graded by All India Radio, not an assistant
Batch timings for Chennai
Live classes on IST, scheduled around your week rather than ours.
Weekday 5:30 to 8:00 PM IST, plus weekend morning batches. Timings are set with the sabha and Carnatic class calendar in mind, since many of our Chennai children have both.
Families come to us from Mylapore, Adyar, Besant Nagar, Anna Nagar, Velachery and OMR. Kalamkari has particular resonance here, and we teach it with its Andhra and Tamil temple-cloth context rather than as a generic craft.
What your child walks away able to do
A voice that holds sruti without leaning on the drone
Sarali, janta and the sapta tala alankarams in three speeds
Ragas recognised by their phrases rather than by being told the name
Inside the online carnatic music classes curriculum
A few of the modules a year of online carnatic music classes covers. The full sequence is on the class page.
- 01Sruti and the Ear
- 02Sarali and Janta Varisai
- 03Sapta Tala Alankaram
- 04Raga Recognition
Three simple steps to begin
1. Tell us about your child
Call or WhatsApp us and say where your child is starting from. For online carnatic music classes that matters — the mentor pitches the first class to what they can already do.
2. Personal guidance from a mentor
A real, live class, not a sales call. The mentor works with your child for the full session and then tells you honestly whether this is the right class of ours for them.
3. Pick a slot that survives the school week
We place your child in a batch built for IST. Weekday 5:30 to 8:00 PM IST, plus weekend morning batches.
“My son now begins every day with his shlokas, chanting them perfectly, and actually understanding what they mean. What moved me most is how much calmer and more focused he has become.”
Online Carnatic Music Classes in Chennai, FAQs
Usually four to six months to the first geetham, sooner if practice is genuinely daily. We do not rush it, because a child who reaches songs with a shaky ear spends the next two years being corrected instead of progressing.
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