Download: Carnatic Music Theory notes

Music Theory material for Carnatic Music at Government Music colleges, Andhra Pradesh.

UPDATE – Oct 5, 2012 : Uploaded Detailed  Syllabus in Telugu.

Music Theory notes for Carnatic Music at Government Music colleges, Andhra Pradesh -

Download: Carnatic Music Theory – Year I (pdf, ~110 KB)

Year II (pdf, ~220 KB)

Beautifully typeset using Latex. Please inform me if there are any typos or other errors.

 

Detailed Syllabus (in Telugu) – Certificate and Diploma Courses – all Years – (pdf, ~3 MB) *NEW

Note: It’s from a copy of official syllabus, scanned & reformatted, however, I can’t make any promises that this is the current and official syllabus. Shared in public interest.

  • 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.
  • UPDATE – May 04, 2010 : Uploaded Year I’s Theory.
  • UPDATE – Apr 22, 2010 : Broken link, fixed.
  • 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.)

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.  I’ve completed my certificate course. I used a different strategy for my notes for year 3 and 4; I couldn’t share the notes here. I’ll work on and compile notes for all the years.
  • 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. (Practical part only)

Comments

  1. rimjhim says:

    Thanks a lot for posting such a useful link. Iam appaearing for music exam and was having great difficulty in translation from telugu > english. Do you possibly have other years theory downloads too? If you could share some exam tips for praticals and things to keep in mind it would go a great deal of good.

  2. lata says:

    Hi…Any idea when the third and fourth year theory pdfs could be available? As the exam is approaching it would be a real help to the aspirants of certificate exam.

  3. Indira says:

    Do you have notes for exams for Year III and Year IV. This would be very helpful.

    Thanks.

  4. krishna sandhya says:

    Thank you sooo much.This is very helpful.:)

    Thanks
    sandhya

  5. Thulasi says:

    I am learning Carnatic vocal music in Karnataka.
    I was planning to give my Senior exam in Karnataka when I found out that I need to relocate to Andhra Pradesh.
    I wished to know what are the equivalent music exams in Andhra Pradesh for the corresponding exams of Junior, Senior and Vidwath held in Karnataka?
    Can you please tell me what is the equivalent of the senior exam in Andhra Pradesh?
    Will the syllabus be the same and would it be possible to share the syllabus for the exam?

    • ananth says:

      Potti Sriramulu Telugu University conducts Certificate and Diploma exams. One can join the govt music colleges for these courses or appear for exams directly as a private candidate. Certificate course should be equivalent to Lower and Diploma, Higher.

      The syllabus (in Telugu) for these courses is uploaded here. One can write the theory exams in either Telugu or in English. I’ll upload the English translation of the official syllabus soon here.

      Sorry for the delay in reply. Hope it’s useful.

  6. gayathiry says:

    do you have grade 3 and 4 theory notes if yes could you put them up too

  7. suggie says:

    i want to advance level catnartoic notes ple can you sent e to me

  8. raga mayuri says:

    i could not open the syllabus book for all years. could you please send it to my email.
    thanks.

  9. raga mayuri says:

    please send me the pdf format to my email. thanks..

  10. kiran says:

    it’s really beautiful sir/madam. thank you very much and wish you all the very best in future, keep on working thanks again

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  12. Sandhya says:

    Hello Ananth

    The information you posted is very useful. Can you please post the theory for 3rd and 4th year, if you have it ready. I am planning to attend the certificate exam in English, so your links are very useful.

    Thanks

    • Ramana says:

      Can you please give the contacts of all the exams that are conducted in Music in Hyderabad. This will help all the music lovers. Not just diploma and degree but the various levels conducted by govt in Music

  13. Samhitha says:

    Hi can you please put the 3rd and 4th year notes if available.

  14. madhavi says:

    hi,
    I am a veena artist.Iteach students. I was finding it difficult to give them notes for theory.your notes is very convenient to use.can you please post details about appearingfor the exams privately.ie how to apply when and to whom.
    thank you.madhavi

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