How to LEARN ENJOYING Music?
How to Develop KAELHVI- GJNAANAM ?... by a Total Stranger ?
Modus-Operandi... to learn to Enjoy Classical-Music
(1) Start with Light Songs... or Cinema-Songs carrying PURE Classical Music-Raagaas.... Out of them.... select a few songs of your tastes.
(2) Ask your friends or Relatives... who knows Music... On Raagas Name ... of the Songs you like.... At such a First stage... You must start with Main and Popular Ragaas like... Kalyani,
(3) Mug-up the Name of the Raagaa as well as the the Song ...
(4) On the advice of your friend.... hear... other Songs too... chosen on the basis of... Main-Ragas
(5) Thus you remember the appropriate Songs for all the Basic Raagas. These Songs are called the Key-Songs for you.... pertaining to Raagaas. These may be Cinema-Songs too.
(6) Then start hearing Music concerts.... with rapt attention on Songs first.(Aalaapanas will be confusing for the Beginner)
(7) While hearing a Keerthana... the matching Key-Song.. of the pertaing Raagaa will come to your memory.. if you keenly observe and try to collect the Key-Song.... the Name of the connected Raagaa... is NO DIFFICULTY.
Then go to the Second Lesson of ... Secxondary Ragas...
Thus... You can proceed step by step...
In course of Time... commensurate with the endeavour put forth... you will get well-versed.
Experience is the BEST TEACHER !!!
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Identification of a raagam
I agree with Sudhaamaa to some extent only that the old film songs based on Carnatic music raagams are far superior to the present day ones but there is no music or melody to the greatest extent in the latter and you can find only jarring beats, improper pronounciation of the language, singing in false voice that does not suit the voice of the singer since the music director never allows free hand to the singer. Whether it is the old or present day cine songs, I am still of the firm opinion that to learn Carnatic music, one must sing pure krithis and keerthanais so that one can enjoy the beauty. In the present day cine songs raagaams are fusioned and spoiled. Of course the songs quoted by you are enjoyable. There are good articles if you bowse various sites and read for example you can get these from http://www.carnaticcorner.com/