Music Theory notes for Carnatic Music at Government Music colleges, Andhra Pradesh -
Download: Carnatic Music Theory – Year I (pdf, ~110 KB)
Syllabus (Full, Unofficial, All years, in Telugu) – cbz/zip ~6.8 MB *NEW
Beautifully typeset using Latex. Please inform me if there are any typos or other errors.
- UPDATE – Apr 9, 2010 : Corrected some mistakes in Year II. (Vasantha – Avarohanam corrected, Hindolam is Audava ragam, Some notes about Thana and Padha varnams included.)
- UPDATE – Apr 22, 2010 : Broken link, fixed.
- UPDATE – May 04, 2010 : Uploaded Year I’s Theory.
- UPDATE – Dec 10, 2010 : Uploaded full Syllabus. It’s a scanned copy of a hand-written notes from a senior. It’s in Comic Book format (CBZ), use some comic book reader software to view, or use a zip (like 7-zip) software to unzip and get individual pages.
Notes:
- Theory papers for Year 3 and 4 are not ready yet. These are the notes that I took from my teacher for my personal use. I can post Year 3 or 4′s notes only when I move to those classes.
- Official textbook, prepared by Sri. Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma, which contains Varnams, Kritis etc, for the whole 6 year course, is now available in English too.