Carnatic Songs & Compositions
Every composition here links to its raga, tala, and composer - the same musical graph your expert teacher carries in their head.
Geethams
The simplest complete songs - one swara per syllable, learned right after the varisai.
Varnams
Two-part concentrates of a raga - the daily warm-up of every serious musician.
Ninnukori
Mohanam · Adi tala · Traditional. The classic first varnam, in pentatonic Mohanam - nearly every student’s entry into real repertoire.
Explore the song →Evvari Bodhana
Abhogi · Adi tala · Traditional. A gentle Abhogi varnam that settles the voice into janya raga singing.
Explore the song →Sami Ninne
Sree · Adi tala · Traditional. A stately Sree varnam - often the student’s first step beyond Mohanam.
Explore the song →Kritis
The heart of the concert repertoire: pallavi, anupallavi, and charanam, rich with sangati.
Endaro Mahanubhavulu
Sree · Adi tala · Tyagaraja. The fifth Pancharatna: a salute to all great souls, sung in chorus at every Tyagaraja aradhana.
Explore the song →Jagadananda Karaka
Nattai · Adi tala · Tyagaraja. The first Pancharatna - a garland of names of Rama in blazing Nattai.
Explore the song →Dudukugala
Gowla · Adi tala · Tyagaraja. The confessional third Pancharatna, in crisp Gowla.
Explore the song →Deva Deva
Mayamalavagowla · Rupaka tala · Swati Tirunal. A Swati Tirunal krithi in the students’ own Mayamalavagowla - a natural early krithi.
Explore the song →Dinamani Vamsha
Harikambhoji · Adi tala · Tyagaraja. Tyagaraja greets the scion of the solar dynasty in sweet Harikambhoji.
Explore the song →Bhakthi Biccha
Sankarabharanam · Rupaka tala · Tyagaraja. “Give me the alms of devotion” - Tyagaraja in the grand calm of Sankarabharanam.
Explore the song →Vatapi Ganapathim
Hamsadhwani · Adi tala · Muthuswami Dikshitar. Dikshitar’s invocation to Ganesha in Hamsadhwani - very likely the most-performed concert opener in Carnatic music.
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