Saturday, August 31, 2013

Basic Training - Alankaar / Paltaa

Question: What are Alankar or Paltaa ?
Answer: Alankars or Paltas are music exercises. Student repeats a group of notes in ascending and descending order with some criteria:

For example:

Alankar 1)  Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni SA
                  SA Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa

Alankar 2)  SaRe, ReGa, GaMa, MaPa, PaDha, DhaNi, NiSA
                  SANi, NiDha, DhaPa, PaMa, MaGa, GaRe, ReSa

Alankar 3)  SaReGa, ReGaMa, GaMaPa MaPaDha PaDhaNi DhaNiSA
                  SANiDha, NiDhaPa, DhaPaMa, PaMaGa MaGaRe GaReSa

Alankar 4) SaReGaMa, ReGaMaPa,  GaMaPaDha, MaPaDhaNi, PaDhaNiSA
                 SANiDhaPa, NiDhaPaMa, DhaPaMaGa, PaMaGaRe, MaGaReSa

Alankar 5) SaReGaMaPa, ReGaMaPaDha,  GaMaPaDhaNi, MaPaDhaNiSA
                 SANiDhaPaMa, NiDhaPaMaGa, DhaPaMaGaRe, PaMaGaReSA

Alankar 6) SaGa, ReMa, GaPa, MaDha, PaNi, DhaSA
                 SADha, NiPa, DhaMa, PaGa, MaRe, GaSa

Alankar 7) SaGaReSa, ReMaGaRe, GaPaMaGa, MaDhaPaMa, PaNiDhaPa, DhaSANiDha
                 DhaSANiDha, PaNiDhaPa, MaDhaPaMa, GaPaMaGa, ReMaGaRe, SaGaReSa

Important Note: Alankar practice must be done in right way either using harmonium or keyboard so that student recites proper notes as played on harmonium/keyboard.
Alankar - Video

Question: How does practicing Alankar / palta help the music student?
Answer: Reciting palta helps the student gain voice control.
                  It helps to stay in the same scale in which the student starts.
                  It helps to sing proper notes when student has to skip notes
                  because of the Raaga's Structure.

 More Alankars for practice


More Alakars 3:

33 comments:

  1. This is a fantastic beginning lesson. Thank you so much for your generosity in making this available! I am a western classical and jazz trained singer. I am quite familiar with solfege. Now I am interested in learning to sing Indian classical music. This is going to be very helpful to me as I use it for my daily vocal warm ups.

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  2. I am 63 years old, in our period there is such facility to learn music such an easy way, Really appreciate your efforts thanks.

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  3. It is really very helpful for beginners like me thank you very much and keep blogging

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  4. Maaam, i really appreciate ur work..and im really thankfull to u for ur generousity..its vry helpful for the beginners like me

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  5. wow wow this is funtastic, I an perhaps learn music on my own

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  6. Wow,found this website by luck, Excellent

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  7. Dear lovely couple,

    You have done a wonderful job for this world.
    May God Bless you..

    Regards,
    Sai

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  8. very good explanation ,and giving understanding in a very simple and easy way...

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  9. I also practise with these alankaars from begining and it helps us to control our notes very beautifully.

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  10. It really helpful for beginners

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  11. Very nice, I always wanted to learn it this page is really helpful I have started it after postponing for many years, came across this video of little kids that motivated me a lot. https://youtu.be/dA370ncMKNA

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  12. I am 60 Yrs.. trying to peruse the never fulfilled passion for music...trying on my own. Your generous teaching contribution will really help me a long way.. May God bless you

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  13. Maja aa gya
    Lagta he jise dhund rhaa tha vo mil gyaa he

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  14. Hi!
    This is very useful.

    I have a question.

    All alankar are in shudha swara. Are there any alankar in komal swara?

    How do we practice komal swara?

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  15. very useful. i have had 7 years of training in hindustani vocal and i am always looking for alankars and paltas to learn and work on. you have sung them slowly and clearly so that everyone can easily learn them.

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  16. It is really very helpful for beginners like me thank you very much

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  17. its realy excellent work. I am beginner learning a lot. Thanks. Love from Pakistan.

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  18. Recién descubro este maravilloso Blog. Muchas gracias por compartir esta valiosa información.
    Estoy aprendiendo a tocar el Sarod.
    Saludos desde México!

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  19. Mohini mam, I am very thankful to you for this blog. This has been very useful for me to fullfill my wish of classical music learning. I hope, the entire course could be uploaded. Thanks again..

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  20. Thank you Mohini ma'am.
    This was really helpful, since I wanted to learn the seventh Alankar and could not really find out- how it I should write it...Thank You.

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  21. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

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