Resources

A short list of useful carnatic music-related online resources:

Templates (dhanyasy.org)

• Student Record – Progress Sheet (PDF, 7KB)

Educational References (dhanyasy.org)

• Bhajans for Children (PDF, 3.6MB) — requires password. handwritten copy only!
• melakartha system – information on the seven (7) carnatic swaras and their relationship to the twelve (12) keys of an octave on a keyboard, the seventy-two (72) melakartha rAgAs, their janya rAgAs, and ArOHanams & AvarOHanams.

Educational References (external links)

• Carnatic Music entry on Wikipedia
• Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
  • Carnatic Music Basics, Geethams & Varnams Audio Lessons Archive
  • Carnatic Music Krithi Audio Archive
• A Gentle Introduction to South Indian Classical Music: By Ramesh Mahadevan
  • Part I of IV | Part II of IV | Part III of IV | Part IV of IV
• karnATik.com – Information about the style, glossary, ragas, lyrics to many songs, kirtanas, kritis, and several bhajans.
• DMOZ Carnatic Directory – listing of Carnatic music-related sites
• Carnatic Corner – online guide to Carnatic music on the internet
• Sruti – A monthly magazine on Indian Performing Arts
• Sahityam.net – a wiki of Carnatic lyrics

Sites dedicated to Composers:

• Muthuswamy Dikshitar (guruguha.org)
• Swati Tirunal (swathithirunal.in)

Community Sites (external links)

• sangeethapriya.org
• carnaticindia.com

Listen Online (external links)

• Music India Online
  • Carnatic Vocal
  • Carnatic Instrumental
• Raaga.com
  • Carnatic
  • Hindustani
• Carnatic Channels on YouTube
  • navarasan
  • kamakotisankara
  • carnaticopia
  • Musique4ever

If you know of any useful carnatic music-related site(s) that is not listed above, please feel free to let us know using the contact form. Thank you!