1. Carnatic Music Violin Notes Pdf
2. KarnATik Beginners' Lessons Notation - Carnatic Music
3. Carnatic Music Violin Notes Printable

In order to be able to play in a tuneful way, the violin has to be tuned well before we can start playing the instrument.

The Mechanism:

There are three broad classes of ornamentation (gamakas) in Carnatic music: slides (ascending and descending), deflections (often performed as a rolling or sliding oscillation or shake of the note), and fingered stresses (often performed as a mordent, turn or grace note). Attend concerts as well. A shruthi box or tambura. This will provide the basic notes sa and its fifth pa. Ask your teacher to help you find your ideal pitch so you can sing at least two whole octaves comfortably. Find out exactly how to tune either your shruthi box or tambura. Listen to the notes carefully at least five minutes. Carnatic Music is ruled by 7 octave musical notes. These Sapta Swaras are believed to have originated from “Dumru” (Musical Instrument) of Lord Shiva. 7 musical notes (Swaras) are the following: Sa – Shadjama (Tonic). aThe violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifthswith notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bowacross its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno).

Carnatic Music Violin Notes Pdf

We can change the tuning of the violin by changing the tension on the string, and that we accomplish by using the two parts of the violin:

KarnATik Beginners' Lessons Notation - Carnatic Music

1. Tuning pegs: Changes the pitch of the string in a significant manner.
2. Fine Tuners: As the name suggest, this is used to make minute adjustments.

The Notes to Tune to:

Carnatic Music Violin Notes Printable

As we have learnt earlier in the video about shruti, Indian musical notes are relative to the tonic. They are not like the western musical notes which have been standardized to certain frequencies. Every time that the tonic (or foundational note) is changed, the tuning of the violin is also changed. The tuning of the 4 strings, starting from lowest pitch to highest pitch:

• Lower Tonic (Lower Sa)
• Lower Fifth (Lower Pa)
• Tonic (Sa)
• Fifth (Pa)

In the table below, I have mentioned a few examples using western music notes.

In my opinion, the violin sounds the best in the Indian style when tonic string is tuned to E4. This tuning is much lower than the western tuning, so we shall explore string selection in future videos. So the 4 notes to tune the violin would be:

• E3
• B3
• E4
• B4

Tuning Process:

Students are usually expected to tune the violin by ear after a while. But for beginners, that might seem difficult. So you can use tuners for help, be it physical tuners or digital ones in the form of software. You need to match the tuning of each string to the notes listed above. In my testing, a lot of smartphone apps performed poorly leading to erroneous results. So make sure to download a highly rated application. Tuner – DaTuner (Lite!) is one such free android application that worked very well.

1. Switch on the tuner device or open the tuner application. Make sure that it is registering changes based on the sound.
2. Using your finger, start plucking the string you wish to tune.
3. Using the pegs, match up the note that you see on the tuner to the desired musical note. Be sure to screw your pegs in tight, or they will slip, causing the tuning to change.
4. Don’t look for 100% accuracy yet.
5. Once you have all the four strings in approximately the correct position, start bowing the strings and refine your tuning to perfection.

Language : English
Song :Jingle Bells
Movie :Christmas Carol
Defaults : s r2 g3 m1 p d2 n3 (See Legend for more details)
Scale/Key: C
Prelude
p G R S p p GR S d dM G R n P D P M R G
C F Dm G7 C
p G R S p p G R Sd d MG R P P P P D P M R S
C F Dm G7 C
Main
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way
G G G G G G G P S R G
C
Oh! what fun it is to ride
M M M M G G G
F C
In a one-horse opensleigh hey!
G G G R RG R P
D7 G7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way
G G G G G G G P S R G
C
Oh! what fun it is toride
M M M M G G G
F C
In a one-horse open sleigh
G G P P MR S
G7 C