Introduction on how to figure out notes of film songs 

This is absolute teaching! One can simply start from zero learning to gain understanding of so many bollywood songs!

This first video I have come accross during my search for understanding core principles of music generated by the musical instruments and that too not from musician but from software engineer. Great. God bless you.

sir I don't have music knowledge. but I understand your lesson. thank you.

My Name is K.Natarajan , (my wife name is hemalatha ) a are video and this method should be included in all music classes. identifying frequency than letters. simply super.

Hello everyone thanks a lot for your comments. I will try to take all feedback and incorporate in future videos. Regards,Kondayya

a rare type of video. You have handled music technically by sound frequency. Honestly many years i used to think how a road side tambura seller with single string play a song beautifully. This video is answering many questions in my mind . thank you ji. it is actually a good lesson every one should learn , than , straight away learning notes and playing.

I m a bit proud that i figured it out myself before i watched this video... Keep up the good work sir...

This is an AMAZING way of explaining how to identify ragas... It makes a (older) person like me, who has ABUNDANT INTEREST in music, but for whatever reasons, could not get a formal knowledge of music, to get to understand music better. This really boosts my interests in music SO much more... Can't wait to get myself a keyboard and learn more... VERY happy after watching this video... Thank you Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear sir hats off...this is most valuable lesson I got for free....extremely appreciate your efforts ...loads of thank you!

Sir, I have just started learning keyboard. With your meticulous way of teaching I hope I shall be able to learn to some extent. Regrads Hari Dutt

Hello Vishalji, I'm not going to respond to the comment that I'm a bad teacher.It is an individual opinion. Besides I don't claim myself to be a teacher anyway. I pass on the knowledge I have. Coming back to perfect 5th. Knowing how to sing and identify perfect 5th and ocatave completion note is very fundamental to carnatic music. The first thing everyone learns in carnatic music is how to sing sa,pa,sa. The first sa being the tonal center according to the individual's vocal range, 'pa' being the perfect 5th and third 'Sa' being the octave completion note which is perfect 4th from perfect 5th. These three notes are reference points. These three notes are constantly being played on Tanpura in any carnatic music concert thru out the concert. Again irrespective of the particular raga chosen, for example ragam Hindolam doesn't have a perfect 5th in it. Even when singing or playing ragam Hindolam Sa, Pa, Sa is constantly played in the background. As I said,this is so that singer doesn't go out of the key and he or she has reference points. In Indian music sa, pa, & sa are so fundamental and as a result, they are invariants. Unlike western music which which C#, Cb, G#,Gb variants, indian music doesn't have such variation. Point I'm trying to make is that if you have your Sa,Pa,Sa right, using those referenece points you can figure out whether a note is higher or lower, not that if you know these notes, you will know everything. I never meant that. Also every carnatic music lesson ends with Sa,Pa,Sa. On the same topic, veena which 7 strings total, 4 of which are used for playing melody,three of the strings always play sa,pa,sa.( Tonal center, perfect 5th, octave completion). Again even when a raga which doesn't have pa in it. Also I can't explain everything in one video. That is why it is part 1.. I may sound cocky, but I really know what I'm talking about :). The reason I can figure out key of any song is essentially, practicing sa,pa,sa for as long as I have been practicing music. Yes you have to practice Alanakaras, Varnams etc based on the music system you are following. In the end, my point was and is all this training is to identify frequency variations. After all, an instrument doesn't have any notion of Sa, C, or Do.. If you take out all these labels, it is just a sound at a particular frequency..

Excellent way of explaining the basics. i was having this query for many years... finally i found someone explained. thanks a 1000000 times.

Being a novice but passionate about learning the keyboard at the age of 55+, I feel your videos are of great help, there is a lot of voice clarity & the method of teaching is commendable.

sir its very simple way you have shown basics of piano playing, I will show to my children. thanks a lot sir

Your simplicity, humility and the skill - all are amazing. The way you have approached the issues and the way of presentation, without assuming anything as given, makes a world of a difference. My hats off to you. As a teacher, you are GREAT!

I have recently started learning Piano in my late forties. Though passionate about singing but had been looking for some tips like these. You have really helped me a lot. Thanks. It has certainly speed up my learning process. I will watch more of your lessons.

Finally, I found what i was looking for. This video inspired me to not to loose hope :). Thank You so much sir, for your hard work to make this video taking real examples. This is hard to find online (altogether). I can say that I have found "THE Source" for learning music (online), (I don't know about other), but at least for me : ) ). Thanks again and keep up the good work. Dhanyawadagalu _/\_.

Hello Sir, i have recently purchased a keyboard and your explanations are great. Being blind, i cannot see your performance but the clarity in your explanation is more than enough in learning.g

you have explained it in a very simple way. Much appreciated!!

You are a real teacher. Simple and practical. Many Thanks.

Great Teaching for identifying the Frequency , rest is learner's ears ") Thank you Sir.

THIS IS THE TIME TO THANK YOU FOR SPREADING THE CORRECT KNOWLEDGE IN A BEAUTIFUL MANNER.

This topic is very difficult to explain, you did excellent job. One should really appreciate your efforts, where you are sharing what you have. Thanks

Excellent. Any further comment will take away from the superb way you explain the process of learning the keyboard.

sir ,hats off to you .... thanks a lot for clear cut explanation ... you are a strange combination of science and art ....salute..i wish i can learn more and more from you. till date know body has given me anything for free. you are the first person i hv met online.

i literally got goose pimples when you explained the rhythmic change of i swear.. it feels like heaven sir.

Sir I feel you teach with so much ease that who ever said anything about your way of teaching is perhaps ignorant .You are very good and make things so easy to understand and there is a genuine effort to make music understandable to the learners Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

You are amazing! I wonder how you could be so simple in explaining the otherwise complex musical notes so that people like me can follow with great confidence. Thanks again.

Sir, when i heard you teachit felt like nirvana, as if i discovered something.I am just beginning to learn the piano. The beauty is in your explanation so simple, so lucid just like flowing river..............

You are a very good teacher you have also shown the way/reason to live as I am learning to play piano at the age of 66 and alone I learned to play few songs from your tutorials on You tube I shall be grateful if you give notation for the song Mera mun bolay mera tandolay from film Nagin particularly its been Subhash Bhalla

i just brought a keyboard.. your videos are very useful and easy to understand.. thanks

Very nicely explained .....!!! So all we can say is that our ears are the GURU for us to be able to write notations of any song...!! Thank you so much sir!!! (y)

I just watched your another video of EK Pyar ka nagma hai too. Thank you for your knowledge and patience in explaining the details. Your students must be very lucky. Thank you again.

Wonderful explanation Duvvuri garu.....You have demystified the process of identifying notes for popular film songs quite a lot with your simple, easy to follow lesson. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and helping others.

You nailed the basics. Amazing you are. Awesome job. Will play to my son

Very nicely explained and guided. I love this simplicity of teaching. This only can attract the uninitiated without the heavy theories.

This video has explained things in such a simple way. It is the hallmark of a great teacher. I've been searching and viewing many videos to learn keyboard, but I found this one very useful, as a beginner. I'm going to watch your other videos too. Please continue the good work.

Amazing video, I have been looking for exactly this kind of explanation. I would love to watch more from you. (I am a complete novice in music with an urge to learn) Keep it up Sir!

REALLY SO GREAT EXPLANATION with Reference RAGAS .I Underrstanding very Easily.Thanqs .

Nice, friendly and patient teaching which understands a student's mind. Thank you sir.

Duvvuri garu, you have explained in a very very Lucid way. It has really helped me. Thank you sir.

Mr.Vijay , your tutorial was very nice and educative, liked the way u make it so simple and understandable , thank u very much.

Finding more words to thank you. Keep teaching to the music lovers like me. Let God bless you for good health and wealth.

I like ur optimistic,versatility,esprit fort and w/o imperious .Further we are living eternal life.Hat off to you .

Hi sir my name is vp sharma from Bangalore and am interested in bollywood hindi songs/ghazals I appreciate and like the method you have adopted for recognizing the frequency shifts in a very simpler and easy way. I have also tuned songs vande mataram and jan gan man adhinayak on harmonium Keep it on Thanks

Very well explained - it was like a magician at work. Very good!

Very clear and neat explanation of the variation of swaras. Thanks a lot

sir thanks for this video.....I am a guitar beginner who wants to tab songs.... this video really helped me. and showed me what I have to do..... thanks very much

wonderful ! I feel I am too old master this art. But sure appreciate the classical music through my ears to heart !!!!!!!

Thank you Sir for the fantastic video and explanation. This is one of the best piano teaching videos I have come across. Very intuitive explanation and you have a gift for teaching sir.

Brilliant tutorial Sir! Helped me so much. Thanks, please do more of such videos, especially on how to play songs not as single key melodies but with chords.

Thanks for taking time and putting this video. This is an excellent way to learn.

Well done man. Thanks a lot. Subscribed.. :D year ago while i was learning keyboard I accidently discovered Dhoom theme tune just by trying this shift identification. Now i watched this video. And yeah that was right way i did back then. There are android apps too if any newbies wanna develop their ears. Search: Perfect Ear or Interval Identify

I read circle of fifth with some degree of understanding but not 100% I sounded 1/2 note and full note and 5th note but not 100% Thank You a lot !! I was wondering always how all songs are just coming to sa re ga ma pa... and you clarified and made me understand how it all fits together... !!

Excellent demonstration. Keep posting such tutorials. Thank you.

Thank you. In the next video I will explain the aspect of relative vs absolute pitch. The original song starts in 'E'. As long as You maintain the frequency difference between the notes, wherever you start, it will sound the same, but all the notes shifted up or down. In Carnatic music it is called shruthi. What shruthi one is singing in.If you start the song in 'E', the next note will be B, it will go like EEE B ,.. I will go over this. Regards,Kondayya

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY sir... During this lock down I learnt a lot from u sir ...actually I am very much interested in playing piano..and ur classes are a blessing for me..

Excellent - been searching for a long time on the lines of what you are teaching. Thank you so much !!

Will surely go through all ur videos. U r simply great ! Learning made easy.🙏🙏

Sir really u showed me different dimension of learning piano.. great thank you Soo much...

wonderful sir. this video is really helpful. i m looking for this type of lessons. please keep on adding more such lessons. thank you.

Very nice and simple videos. Thank you very much for uploading.

Thats great sir i am happy that you explaind the indian notes i am biggener in key board thanks

sir..you are the best keyboard teacher..your explanations are amazing!!

Thank you.We'll work on absolute notes of Tujhe Dekha Tho Ye Jana Sanam in next video and I will explain the difference between absolute pitch & relative pitch using this example.

Good that there is lot of technology for learning , i learnt it by myself by similarly hitting notes and identifying the tune. i also understood songs of a same raga.(. keys being same ) but don't know how to identify the raga till now .. i have been self learning for past 12 years . that time no such facility on line learning . but cant memories swarms by heart . i think we need to learn vocal notes to master it. thanks for sharing your knowledge .

I have enjoyed this, do not worry too much about people, please carry on doing this good job.

Simply amazing! I know what I am writing is nothing new for you, but I couldn't help expressing myself. Your teaching style - your going back again and again to explain the concept which is a bit abstract is beautiful. I am no one to judge your music knowledge (though to me it too sounds simply beautiful), but it is your teaching that I have become a fan of. I hope others teaching piano or any other instrument look at this to learn the art of teaching.

thanku really very much sir, this was very informative to me....I tried a song and also got successful...thanks a lot.. sir u have got a new subscriber

Very nice explanation on figuring out notes of any song

I liked the way you explain the nuances of music in very simple way.

excellent sir I was able to grasp it very easily looking forward for more songs and explanations.

Pls dont say little bit help sir.its vry big help sir.kalaiya kasukkkaga sale pandra indha kalathula u r doing is great job sir. oongalukku oru salute sir.

excellent video and outstanding way of teaching..regards

Quite useful tips explained. Thank you so much for taking time to do this session. We expect such useful session from people like you.

Really good...now i m able to understand better.. thank you so much😊

Sir you are teaching very super Thank you very much for your wonderful explaining Mrs Sastry

Your video taught me what is meant by notes. Thanks a lot. Pl do more such videos.

excellent tutorial, thanks for your devotion, God bless you!

Thanks a lot sir for sharing such a wonderful arts with millions people like us who are eager to learn the music which is nothing but soul to them.Thank-you sir from bottom of my heart...

sir your teaching is very good I have learnt within one hour .I a m having pianos but was not having interest to play ,my children are having professional key board and they play it.I want you to teach more more tamil and kannada songs .pleas sir it is my request

Liked the way you explain. Please post the piano tutorial of rajanigandha phool tumhare. Tq

hello sir, u made it so easy for beginners to understand this... Pls carry on with this...

Very very beautifully explained sir. Thank you for putting in so much effort and time. This is such a helpful video for all of us. You're great at what you're doing. I'm sorry on behalf of those who fail to understand such a lovely treasure of music and knowledge you've made available for everyone. Thank you for sharing such brilliance with us. Best wishes and much respect.

Thank you very much Sri Duvvuri garu. Very informative and easy to follow tutorial. Good work.

very nice expression, god gave you wisdom. god bless you more and more .thank you so much.

vishaljee, thanks for the wonderful job being done here. I loved the scientific way of explanation....great job Sir.

excellent explanation of understanding of the music with the frequency. definitely it needs practice and depends on the individual ear capability to distinguish the frequencies and match with the keyboard sound. thanks

After watching the class i understood that no one can teach how to find out the tones. it's only possible by practice.😀 any way nice class

So nice of u sir! in sharing the beautiful knowledge u have in music!! Thousand pranams to u for ur selfless work. U have stressed on tala gnana and shruthi, to listen and acquaint with them. It was very helpful for me. Thanks again!

It is very nice. Best wishes.

Very nice approach to explain this basic !!

Thank you so much!! This was so very usefull! I was looking for this for a long time. You have explained very logically!

THank you very much ..aap jio hazaro saal ..amazing explanations..

very nice, informative sir. Thanks so much!

Really excellent sir. I really love the way u r teaching. Thank you so much for this video. what can I say, speechless.

you are the best teacher to me

Brilliant first tutorial for me. Thank you Sir

Excellent teaching capacity....... Great

Very well explained. I find this useful. Thanks for putting in the effort for creating this video and sharing with fellow music lovers.