Lesson 1 - Vocal Warmups: 1. Plain "Sa" Riyaz (FIRST 5 MINUTES)

Duration- 15 minutes
Lesson 1 – Vocal Warmups Level- Beginner

1. Plain “Sa” Riyaz [FIRST 5 MINUTES]
Three Steps of Doing Riyaz Of “Sa”
• Hold Sa (note) and start humming (2 minutes) Make sure to drop your Jaws while humming .You
should feel the sound
• Hold Sa (note) and say Sa (2 minutes) resonating inside your mouth. One should feel the
vibrations while practicing.
• Hold Sa (note) and Say Aaaa (Aakaar) (1 minute)
Note: Please follow the steps in the video and make proper mouth formation.
2. Sustaining the 7 notes of Music [For 10 MINUTES] Install a mobile app for metronome
• Hold all the seven notes namely Sa,Re,Ga,Ma,Pa,Dha,Ni in your comfortable scale to track the rhythm.
and sing all the notes one by one.
• Hold each note for four beats
• Keep/set the Bpm at 62 (Bpm is beat per minute which is used to determine the tempo of a song)
• Gradually increase the speed by singing one note in 2 beats then one note in one beat, two notes in one beat and so
on. You can also I increase the Bpm slowly.
LESSON 2- Vocal Warmups (Part 2) Duration- 10 minutes
Level- Beginner
Breathing Exercise
1. Short Breath Exercise
• Inhale for 1 beat and exhale for 8 beats ( keep the bpm at 62)
Procedure: Open your mouth wide and take as much air as possible in one beat. Close your mouth
as soon as the beat ends and hold the breath for 2 beats. Exhale the air for 8 beats. Continue this
exercise for 2 minutes without a break .
2. Long Breath Exercise
• Inhale for 4 beats and exhale for 12 beats (bpm-62)
Procedure ; Procedure will be same as short breaths only the beats and counts will increase.
3. Mixed Breathing Exercise
Here combination of three types of breaths will be done. Refer the Video for proper mouth
formations.
LESSON 3- Vocal Warmups Duration- 20 Minutes
(Part-3) Alankar/Palta
Level- Beginner
An alankar is any pattern of musical decoration a musician or vocalist creates within or across tones,
based on ancient musical theories or driven by personal creative choices, in a progression of swaras.
In Simple words, Combination and patterns created using musical notes (sa,re,ga,ma) are called
alankars or paltas.
Alankar 1.
Aroh - SaRe ReGa GaMa MaPa PaDha DhaNi NiSa
Avroah- SaNi NiDha DhaPa PaMa MaGa GaRe ReSa
Alankar 2.
Aroh- SaReGA ReGaMa GaMaPa MaPaDha PaDhaNi DhaNiSa
Avroah - SaNiDha NiDhaPa DhaPaMa PaMaGa MaGaRe GaReSa
Alankar 2.
Aroh- SaGA ReMa GaPa MaDha PaNi DhaSa
Avroah - SaDha Ni Pa DhaMa PaGa MaRe GaSa
LESSON 4- Pitch Perfection Duration– 15 minutes
Level- Beginner
(Part-1)
1. Feeling the vibration of “Sa” (5 minutes) Exaggerate your mouth
• One must Sing the note “Sa” while saying “Om” formation while saying
every alphabet. You
• Give equal time to each and every alphabet of “Om” should feel the
vibration inside your
Those letters will be O,U,M. Follow the video to mouth and head
region. If you feel such
understand the correct way of saying Om. vibrations then only
you are doing it in the
2. Practice of chromatics (10 minutes) correct manner.
There are 12 different notes that we can play in music. Sa,Re,Ga,Ma,Pa,Dha,Ni,Sa

Or A, B, C, D, E, F, G being the seven usual notes of music. Rest five are
Re,Ga,Ma,Dha,Ni or A#/Bb , C#/Db, D#/Eb, F#/Gb and G#/Ab.
How to Practice: Press Each note in your keyboard or Harmonium and sing all the 12 notes
while naming it. Set the tempo of metronome at 65 and sing every note with every click.
Gradually Increase the speed of the metronome once you start getting comfortable with the
current tempo.
LESSON 5- Pitch Duration- 10 minutes
Perfection(Part-2) Level- Beginner
Skipping Notes
During this exercise we Gradually skip notes. This Exercise will let you bring
flexibility in singing.
Aroha- Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa Avroah- Sa Ni Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa
Sa Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa Sa Dha Pa Ma Ga Re Sa
Sa Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa Sa Pa Ma Ga Re Sa
Sa Pa Dha Ni Sa Sa Ma Ga Re Sa
Sa Dha Ni Sa Sa Ga Re Sa
Sa Ni Sa Sa Re Sa
Sa Sa Sa Sa
• We can do this exercise on Bpm 80 and gradually Increase it.
• The same exersice should be done in Aakar (while saying Aa).
The Language of Music
One of my favorite things about Indian classical music is that you learn it very
much the way you would learn a language. With language, once you’ve learned
certain basic things like grammar and vocabulary, you start making your own
sentences. In Indian classical music, once you have learned the basic notes, you
are introduced to ragas (which are like musical themes), and then you are
encouraged to start improvising and making your own melodies. It’s really not
that difficult to improvise melodies in a raga you’re familiar with. I have
nowhere near the level of talent it takes to become a performing artist, but I can
make spontaneous music, and that’s an inexhaustible source of delight.
So, it doesn’t take much to improvise little bits of melody here and there, but it
gets more difficult when you try to improvise in coordination with the rhythm,
and becoming an artist capable of hour-long extemporaneous performances is a
different story altogether. A performance must have a clear structure, it must
feature certain elements, it must progress coherently, attain climax, and be
brought to a conclusion, and it must measure up to certain standards. Achieving
all that takes many decades of study and training, and only rarely will you find
an artist who can be taken seriously before the age of 40.
Raag Darbari Kanada
SWAR VISTAAR :
1. Swar Vistaar of ‘S’ .n S , .d .n S , S g S , g M g S , g M d M , g M g S, g M d
n d M , g M g S , g M d n S. , S. n d M, g M g S
2. Swar Vistaar of ‘g’ S g , .n S g , .d .n S g , g M g , g M d M g, d n d M g , g

M d n S. , S. n d M , g M g S
3. Swar Vistaar of ‘M’ g M , S g M , .n S g M , g M d M , g M d n d M, g M d

n S. , S, n d M , g M g S
4. Swar Vistaar of ‘d’ M d , g M d , S g M d , n d , S. n d , g. S. n d M g M g S
5. Swar Vistaar of ‘S.’ n S. , d n S. , M d n S. , g M d n S. , S. g. S. , g. M. g.

S. , S. n d M , g M g S
Chota Khyal (Bandish)
Sthayi meaning
Neer bharan mai to chali jaat rahi. (Im going to fill water)
Beech mei mil gaye Nand ke chail ab (in between I find Nand
Baba’s sons ie lord Krishna and balram)
Antra
Jamuna ke tat mai to naa hi chalungi. (I don’t want to walk in
the bank of Yamuna river)
Baeinya pakad mose karat raar ab (as they will hold my
hand and will annoy me)

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Lesson 1 – Vocal Warmups Level- Beginner

There are 12 different notes that we can play in music. Sa,Re,Ga,Ma,Pa,Dha,Ni,Sa

Perfection(Part-2) Level- Beginner

2. Swar Vistaar of ‘g’ S g , .n S g , .d .n S g , g M g , g M d M g, d n d M g , g

3. Swar Vistaar of ‘M’ g M , S g M , .n S g M , g M d M , g M d n d M, g M d

4. Swar Vistaar of ‘d’ M d , g M d , S g M d , n d , S. n d , g. S. n d M g M g S

5. Swar Vistaar of ‘S.’ n S. , d n S. , M d n S. , g M d n S. , S. g. S. , g. M. g.

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