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Starting Classical Vocal Training
What the first year of Carnatic or Hindustani vocal actually asks of a student, how the two traditions differ in what they drill first, and how to tell early on whether a teacher is building a voice or just teaching songs.
What's inside
- Carnatic and Hindustani — where they diverge, and what that means for a beginner
- Why the first months are exercises rather than compositions, and what is being built
- Sruti, shruti-matching and the ear: the skill everything else rests on
- How to practise for twenty minutes without a teacher present, and what not to practise alone
- What a good teacher does in the first term that you can actually observe
- Voice care for a growing child, and the one thing that does real damage