Why is Mayamalavagoula the first Raga we learn? | VoxGuru ft. Pratibha Sarathy 

Finally a channel that explains Carnatic music properly to the English audience. Thanks ma'am for your effort.

Who was your guru? Surely your guru will be very proud.

I am 69 years old started Carnatic music class a month ago. Great teacher. She encourages me. I know nothing about the information you gave. Very nice and useful. Bless you.

oh my god. my lifelong question answered. wish my teacher had done all this, I would never have quit! finding my way back slowly.... thank you for being part of that journey!!!

Very nice Mam. I am 61, start learning carnatic and keyboard just 6 months back, your class is very very helpful. Your way of teaching is EXCELLENT 👌

Always wondered why Sri Purandara Dasa choose this this raga to begin training with for Carnatic vocals. And when i learnt Veena, i started with this. Great video and some good comments too. Thanks Pratibha ji and everybody.

Pranam mam🙏This was the question I asked today in my class,and I didn't get the answer with reason! Thanks mam,just a few hours ago,I raised this question in my First year Carnatic Vocal class at BHU, Varanasi;and I got the answer from you,from so far!🙏🙏🙏🙏 Please,keep guiding us Mam!

I never watched this type of brilliant teaching on music

This is so amazingly explained. Thank you so much. The symmetry, swara spacing, balanced gamakas is so scientifically thought about.

Well executed Pratibha Ji... You are amazing!!! "Deva Deva kalayamithe" is one of my favourite Swathi Thirunal krithis in the raga 'Mayamalavagowla'

What a great teacher you are, my dear. God bless you.

Thanks Mam.. I have been singing all these years without any knowledge of Music. You are imparting lot of basics for people like us. Thank you. Sunil Chennai

I think you did a fantastic job of driving home the rudiments which will stand us all in good stead with respect to understanding other raagas as well...the pictorial representation was also very crisp and self explanatory. Keep it up lady

I, honestly, do not understand Ragas - however, I certainly do realise how complex and mathematical correct they are!

your singing is very beautiful and we yearn to listen to it more ! perfect voice for a classical singer !GOD bless you .

Thank you for your valuable time in making this video, have been confused with the notations and also had the same qn why mayamalavagoula. This video nailed it. Thanks again!

Very neat way of presenting, explaining. You have done it with lot of dedication. If one follows all these tips given by you, becomes an amazing singer. Thank you so much

Thanq so much....nobody gets a teacher like u..even if we go for paid classes....u are very clear and visuals make it even better...i hope i can also learn soon oneday....tqq 😊 guru

Simply superb! I have loved Carnatic music all my life with less than zero knowledge. Thank you for this.

You are such an amazing teacher!!! I am so glad I found your link! BTW I know nothing about music and these lessons are making me wish I had learnt music when I was young, but still enjoying this so much! Thank you!

Thanks a million, dear Mataji...your lessons are so crisp and clear...you make understanding so much easier...Thanks again and God bless. Hare Krsna.

Thank you madam. Beautiful presentation. Even a child can understand. You are helping a lot for the beginners.🙏🙏🙏

T.Q.madam....you cleared our doubt..why mayamalava goula ragam is taught for beginners.. wonderful insight about the raga with clear demo.. you have wonderful voice mam. It's God's gift...GOD bless you.

bruh this channel is precious

Thanks so much for the efforts. Had heard mayamaalavagoula bring practiced around but the intervals, mirrored notes just makes one go a little deeper. It is obvious you have a talent for teaching.

Thanks for the detailed explanation...... got to know the deeper aspects of the Swaras which were not known till date... appreciate your efforts... will continue to watch other videos so I can benefit from learning them, PraNaam

Ur classes are so useful ma'm, especially for beginners like us. Thanks a lot.

Excellent , great teaching by you madam. Hats off to Saint Purandara dasa for conceptualize this several centuries ago,,

Very good introduction to open the knowledge, understanding of the basics for learning and singing the ragas, hope it continues, great lecture Ms Pratibha! Thanks 🙏

Thx ma'am my daughter is 5 years we have joined her to class before 4 month now i can show this video and motivate her and also i will try to make her understand the importance of this raga . 🙏 thx a lot

Wowwie my karma I stumbled into your channel, I wonder who your guru was 🤩🤩 you are blessed to be so aware, thank you for spreading the message

I had always had this doubt of why mayamalava goula for the last 12 years of my music journey, thanks for clarifying.

these videos are so well made and informative. thank you for opening my eyes to this wonderful music!

This was so useful, thankyou!! Its something ive always wondered

Great introduction for me as it surrounded and added to knowledge after starting studying this as first raga with my guru

What a voice. So unique! Wonder if you can make a video on the types of voices in terms of qualitative differences

I heard another story about Mayamalavagowla. As all these basic music exercises were developed by Purandaradasa, his reason for choosing this raga was it would be easy for a beginner to practice on the veena, because of the spacing of the frets, as he was a vainika himself

Awesome video. Thank you for the information. Pranams to Sangeetha Pithamaha Sri Purandara Dasa who made Mayamalavagaula as the basic Raga to start with.

My admiration for your knowledge and clarity of your explanation is growing by the day. *You know what to tell,how much to tell and how to tell.* You are simply excellent in your field.

i have started learning carnatic music in keyboard , i was taught the maayamalavagowla last week , this video was eye opening. i always feel this depth of information is needed to be understood by each student which inspires us more

As a kid I too was taught beginning this "scale", but had to stop the lessons after 2 weeks after my parents were transferred to a different city. I have always instinctively loved this raga and never realized why until I started googling and finally found that name "Mayamalavagoula". Thanks for this superb introduction!

Really you are a music genius. Your explanation of Mayamalava Goula Ragam is so versatile and very enchanting. God bless you dear daughter.

Thank you very much for your valuable update mam....தங்களது இந்த பதிவு மிக அருமையான உள்ளது மிக்க நன்றி பெருமகிழ்ச்சி

Thank you. For your contribution to carnatic music.

Excellent Explanation, love to hear more from you

Excellent presentation! Couldn't have been so clear and simple

Hello madam, thanks for these wonderful tips . I have just started Learning music .

It's similar to raag bhairav in Hindustani classical.

I loved this music for a long time and never knew it was so structured and precise. I always thought that the oscillations and slides were just artistic styling from each singer. I've a lot to learn on my Carnatic journey :). (Western drummer that is very interested in the rhythms of India)

I know it has all three types of intervals, but I always believed that this Raga, emphasized the single semi-tones so much that made the the student start of with the harder aspects off the bat, if they did Shankara Barnum then this wouldn't have been available for them and they would have to get this skill later in their training. This is very unique across all other cultures, Purandara Dasa is truly amazing.

i never heard such technically good teaching in carnatic music,

You have by far one of the best channels! Thank you so much

Very well explained. You have the purest voice.

Thanks to our Purandara Daasaru to set this raga as basics. Thank you so much Ma'am, for explaining it so good. If you can explain other ragas also like this along with their janya ragas it would help a lot..🙏🙏

U r amazing person... By seeing you m able to understand music... Initially i was thinking i can even understand it... I hv hope now.. Thank you so much

very interesting. Had always wondered about this choice of Raga as the first lesson.. Thanks

This was so interesting and I never thought of this raga from this angle ❤️❤️❤️

Wow! Making such a clarity and clearly explained Madam👍👍🙏

Rightly said Madam🤝 the Father of Carnatic Music Sri Purandara Dasaru must have well thought of it while introducing it!

A very good as well as useful description Mam...

Very well said about mayamalavagula. ... It inspires even a lay person to learn carnatic music The presenting way is very beautiful

Yes.. Balaji Dasapaji Govindaraju- is right.. It is the DASAVARENYA Purandaradasa was the first to lay foundation for modern teaching of carnatic classical music. He with many experiments finally zerod on to Mayamalavagowla and set the famous PILLARI geete for beginners to learn. MADAM pls give credit to the great Music scientist PURANDARADASA

I have been wondering why beginners always start with Mayamalavagowla. Here is the answer which is presented so nicely.

Your teaching is cristal clear mam. Thank you.

Awesome points. I did realise the symmetry but other points which you mentioned was eye opening to me. Another thing I felt is. In MMG, all notes come in adjacent pairs. SR GM PD NS Which might help a beginner focus on only two notes at a time to break it down to simpler chunks

You're the one who perform sriraga 2.0 OMG!!!! In that the anupallavi is so good."bhrama" word very nice very talented.

Wow having learnt carnatic music I never though about the benefit of learning to perceive interval spacing for learning mayamalavagoula as your first ragam but it makes so much sense.

Very interesting subject,thank you madam 🙏🙏

Super madam garu. Naku music nerchukovalani vundhi, good explanation

I am fortunate enough to have got training in Hindustani music and also a little insight of Carnatic music. I have always had this question in mind, why Mayamalavagoula/Bhairav is the first raga we learn. Well, yes, we learn singing the notes and alankaras with all the Shuddha swaras, equivalent to Shankaravaranam but the raga we first learn is raga Bhairav (equivalent to Mayamalavagoula) in Hindustani music along with raga Yaman (only Madhyama is teevra). I guess all I'm trying to say is thanks a lot for this video. I've got the answer now and feeling so thrilled about it.

Mam u voice is so melodious and u r perfect music teacher for us

Excellent way of explanation ... both visuals n auditory 🎉

Brilliant, helps to deeply focus an understand the anatomy of a Raag! Thank you

really wonderful presentations.. clear simply joyfully explained.. thank you ;9)

This is fantastic expln.. thank you..

Wow!! That was a wonderful explanation! I love carnatic music though I have never had the opportunity to learn. But I keep hearing and enjoying songs everyday. Loved ur analysis and explanation. I often visualise a noise free atmosphere with this Ragam in the back ground.. for that matter many lovely raagas and enjoy the bliss. I think even for meditation RU-vid is flooded with so many. But just these ragas would be more than great to make one enjoy THE BLISS. Kudos to your efforts!

Very Good !! thank you very much !!! I am beginner and you gave here good idea to start with.

Thank you very much. Very helpful content and clear & precise presentation.

Vety easy to learns from your teachings ...thank you maam...🤔🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thank you very much for your informative contribution Mam..

*Mayamalavagoula* Expecting your next one. Thanks

Wonderful analysis and insight, thankyou. Your presentation and voice, simply awesome.

Excellent Madam, thank you for educating me who didn't knew about The Music of Our Land for a long time.

Thanks so much Ma'am, I've had this question for a long time. Very convincing explanation 🙏

What a beautiful voice mam, very use full information

Even in Hindustani sangeet, we say that one who has practised/mastered Bhairav would have achieved everything 🙏

Truly intuitive....Loved it

Very insightful! Thanks for sharing mam.

wow I’ve always had this question! an amazing explanation!

R r excellent and clear easy to understand mam. Thanks

Really very interesting. Thank you

Awesome ,way of makeing understand the lesson to students

Thank u so much. Very informative video 🙏

Very beautiful. Your teaching is great.

amazing information and good teaching with the sudden catching

GREAT ! GOOD USE OF TEACHING SKILLS. V GOOD TEACHER .

Very informative. I have always wondered this! Thanks for letting us know mam!♥️

Wow, just loved the way you teach 👏 😍

That's great analysis of Mayamalavagowla!!!

Very clear thank you