Now, learn carnatic music online  

CHENNAI: The world is growing smaller and the advent of

the internet era has given us the opportunity to learn anything anywhere,

through the e-learning experience.






Now, a Chennai-based portal `indiamusicinfo.com' has launched the first-ever
Carnatic Music learning, with Maestro Neyveli Santhanagopalan, thus taking music

across every part of the world.






The curriculum will start from the basics of Carnatic learning to the most
advanced and also assures of making the learner a performer of high standards,

thus also offering a video feedback, in which the learner can audio-visually

record his doubts and views, and send it back to the teacher.






Launching the e-learning program, Bharat Subramanian, CEO of Indiamusicinfo.com,
said, "We plan to offer approximately 4-hours of lessons each month. The

lessons will have in-depth information about the various aspects of the

particular song like Ragam, and Swaram signing for that particular krithi/ raga.

Currently there are 4 modules available, with lessons of approximately 4-hours."

He further said that the lessons, in the modules, which

are in the Windows Media Player (WMA) format, can be downloaded online from the

portal and can also be purchased individually, at a cost of Rs 450 per lesson.






Sharing his views on offering the course, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, said, "The
portal would encourage and ensure a high-degree of interactivity and

participation to simulate learner participation and interaction by using small

group discussions, one-on-one exchanges, interaction among learners and

subject-matter experts via the Internet using email, newsgroups, multi-user

discussions, forums and conferencing."

To facilitate a successful learning program, the portal

has tied-up with a New Zealand-based company Springdoo, which has developed an

entirely web-based audio and video feedback system that lets the learner record

his/ her voice and video message in real time.






The student can simply record their voice singing in real time, with their tone,
inflection and meaning and send it to as feedback for the Guru to listen. The

Guru would then provide informative feedback to learners about how they might

prove their performance, Bharat added.






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