Dasanjali Lesson 18

Practice what you learn in class every week at home, preferably for 15 to 30 minutes every day.

Warm up

Warm up by singing S P S' as we always do.
Practice SMGRSRGM RPMGRGMP ... from Lesson 10.

Learn Raag Shankara

Follow every step in Lesson 17 under the same heading as above, to learn the raag, the sloka and the song thoroughly.
Caution: The sloka and the song in the recording are sung with the lower S starting one white key to the left of what we normally start with. i.e. the S starts on the 5th white key from the left instead of our usual 6th white key, on the virtual piano. Accordingly, all other notes of the raag will be appropriately displaced on the keyboard - something you will have to figure out by carefully hearing the sound of each note you play on the keyboard and checking if it sounds like Raag Shankara.

Review raags (Aaroha, Avaroha and Pakad) and songs learnt earlier & learn a short bhajan

Pancham Shruthi

Raag Yaman Kalyan, the Thakita Thaka Dhimi or 1-2-3-1-2-1-2 taal and the song Sree Rama Chandra, from Lesson 15.
Caution: The lower S starts on the 8th white key from the left on the virtual keyboard in this song recording.
Raag Shuddha Saarang and the song Saraswathi Shaarada Maayee, from Lesson 11.
Caution: The lower S starts on the 7th white key from the left on the virtual keyboard in this song recording.
Sing the song, Gajanana Hey Shubhanana, from Lesson 13.

Madhyam Shruthi

Sing the song, Mai Gulam, also from Lesson 13 and listen to its on-stage rendition in Lesson 14.
Caution: In the on-stage rendition of the song, the lower S starts on the 5th black key from the left on the virtual keyboard.

Learn a short bhajan, Ananda Sagara Muralidhara, in Raag Malkauns

Ananda Sagara Muralidhara
Seetha Manohara Raghavendra (Ananda)

Nanda Yashoda Ananda Kishora
Jai Jai Gokula Bala Jaya Venugopala (Nanda)

Ananda Sagara Muralidhara
Meera Prabhu Radhe Shyam Venugopala (Ananda)

Nanda Yashoda Ananda Kishora
Jai Jai Gokula Bala Jaya Venugopala (Nanda)

Ananda Sagara Muralidhara
Seetha Manohara Raghavendra ...

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