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Book Audio Tracks

Listen to the tracks online by clicking on the links below or download the 6 zip files

Karnatic examples


Foundations - download zip (tracks 1-59)


01 Solkattu syllables 1:07

02 Cells in chatusra 0:19

03 Cells in khanda 0:42

04 Cells in tisra 1:24

05 Cells in misra 2:51

06 3 versions phrase khanda 0:45

07 3 versions phrase misra 0:40

08 Gatis 4 beats 0:38

09 Gatis 1 beat 0:12

10 Random change of gatis 0:26

11 Tisra jathis 4, 5 7 0:47

12 Chatusra jathis 3, 5, 7 0:44

13 Khanda jathis 3, 4, 7 0:45

14 Misra jathis 3, 4, 5 0:41

15 Tisra (sextuplets) jat 4, 5, 7 0:48

16 Chat j 5 against chat j 7 0:44

17 Khanda j 3 against khanda j 4 0:16

18 Chat j 5 against tisra j 5 0:13

19 Khanda j 4 against misra j 4 0:11

20 Tisra j 4 against khanda j 3 0:16

21 Chat j 3 against misra j 5 0:19

22 Same gati, changing jathis 0:21

23 Same jathi, changing gatis 0:23

24 Gati Bhedam khanda jathi 3 0:20

25 Gati Bhedam chat jathi 7 0:35

26 Gati Bhedam Tisra jathi 5 0:20

27 Gathi bhedam misra jathi 4 0:21

28 Gati Bhedam in soram kattu 5/8 5:38

29 Tree of Gati Bhedam only matras 2:22

30 Tree GB with repeated cells 2:31

31 Original phrase chat for Rhythmical Sangati 0:06

32 Rhythmical Sangati khanda jathi 4 0:05

33 Rhythmical Sangati khanda flow 0:05

34 Rhythmical Sangati khanda j 3, 2matras at end 0:05

35 Rhythmical Sangati, khanda j 3, 2 matras begin 0:05

36 Rhythmical Sangati khanda j 3, adding notes 0:07

37 Mixing reg. chatusra & chat jat 5 0:21

38 Tree Gathi bhedam development w/ short motif 0:49

39 Jathi Bhedam chat 9 b. 0:10

40 Jathi Bhedam 1 note per cell 0:17

41 Jathi Bhedam 2 notes per cell 0:17

42 Jathi Bhedam 3 not per cell 0:17

43 Jathi Bhedam free phrasing 0:17

44 Jathi Bhedam tisra 12 b 0:16

45 Jathi Bhedam khanda 9 b 0:11

46 12 matras in tisra & chatusra 0:09

47 Anuloma-Pratiloma chart until 3rd speed 2:05

48 Anu-prat 1st dev tech in 14:3 0:28

49 Anu-prat 2nd dev tech in chatusr 1:13

50 Anu-prati 2nd dev tech in khanda 0:58

51 Anu-prat 2nd dev tech in misra 0:51

52 2nd anu chatusra no 4+4 0:24

53 2nd anu khanda no 5+5 0:24

54 Manju's solo 11 b w/ Anu-Prat 2:15

55 Method 3rd pratiloma 1:16

56 Method 2nd pratiloma 0:53

57 Method 2nd anul in 3rd prat 1:16

58 Same phrase khanda, diff speeds 1:08

59 Same phrase misra, diff speeds 1:03


Exclusively creative techniques - download zip (tracks 60-127)

60 Sama mukthay original phrase 0:15

61 Sama mukthay, diff accents on orig phrase 1 0:15

62 Sama mukthay, diff accents on orig phrase 2 0:15

63 Sama mukthay, diff phrase on accents 1 0:15

64 Sama mukthay, diff phrase on accents 2 0:15

65 Sama mukthay, in khanda 0:15

66 Sama mukthay w/mini-mukthay overlapping 0:15

67 3-fold mukthay type A 0:22

68 3-fold mukthay, type B1 0:17

69 3-fold mukthay type B2 0:19

70 3-fold mukthay type C 0:21

71 Strotovahayati adding at the end 0:11

72 Strotovahayati adding beggining 0:11

73 Strotovahayati adding middle 0:11

74 Gopuchayati drop at the end 0:11

75 Mridangamyati w/ viloma structure 0:21

76 Mridangamyati w/ palindromic structure 0:21

77 Damaruyati w/mukthay-like structure 0:21

78 Yati Mukthay type A 1 0:15

79 Yati Mukthay typ A 2 0:15

80 Yati Mukthay type A 3 0:15

81 Jahnavi's yati mukthay (krama-viloma-vakra) 0:27

82 Yati Mukthay type A 4 0:37

83 Yati Mukthay type B1 0:13

84 Yati Mukthay type B 2 0:13

85 Yati Mukthay type B decreasing 0:13

86 Yati Mukthay type B 4 0:13

87 Yati Mukthay type B 5 0:13

88 Yati Mukthay type C 1 0:06

89 Yati Mukthay type C 2 0:13

90 Yati Mukthay type C 3 0:09

91 Purvanga tirmana 9 beats 0:15

92 Uttarangas tirmana 9 beats 0:21

93 Tirmana tala 9 krama 0:18

94 Tirmana tala 9 krama-viloma-vakra 0:55

95 Tirmana-mukthay tala 11 krama-viloma-vakra 0:45

96 Tirmana-mukthay tala 9 krama-viloma-vakra 0:37

97 Compound mukthay tala 6 0:13

98 Compound mukthay tala 5 0:11

99 Compound mukthay tala 7 0:15

100 Compound mukthay type 2 tala 7 0:15

101 Tirmana-Compound mukthay 1, tala 9 0:10

102 Tirmana-Compound mukthay 2, tala 10 0:11

103 Tirmana-Compound mukthay 3, tala 11 khanda 0:12

104 Tirmana-Compound mukthay 4, 25 beats 0:26

105 Sub-mukthay 39 matras 0:11

106 Yati prastara/a 0:25

107 Yati prastara/b 0:24

108 Yati prastara/c 0:25

109 Yati prastara/d 0:25

110 Yati prastara tala 10 krama-viloma-vakra repeat phrase 1:01

111 Yati prastara tala 10 krama-viloma-vakra develop phra 1:01

112 27/8 Yati prastara 1:22

113 Double Mukthay/a 0:25

114 Double Mukthay /b 0:32

115 Double Mukthay /c 0:33

116 Triple mukthay w/yati prastara 0:37

117 Triple mukthay w/ intertwined palas 0:50

118 Mukthay combination rupaka 0:37

119 Mukthay combination Simhendra 0:41

120 Mukthay combination very intertwined 1:37

121 Mukthay combination tala 10 1:51

122 Poruttam A all 3 blocks 2:12

123 Mohara 8 b. chat 0:21

124 Mohara 8 b. khanda 0:21

125 Mohara 14 b. chat 0:37

126 Mixed gati Mohara chat-tisra 0:42

127 MG Mohara chat-khanda 1:21


Motta Kannakku - download zip (tracks 128-192)

128 Process construction Nadai Bhedam frame 0:15

129 Nadai Bhedam with matras and phrase 0:20

130 Nadai Bhedam phrases 4:5, tisra nadai 0:11

131 Nadai Bhedam phrase 4:7, tisra nadai 0:15

132 Nadai Bhedam phrase 3:4, misra nadai 0:13

133 Nadai Bhedam phrase 3:5, misra nadai 0:16

134 Nadai Bhedam phrase 5:3, chatusra nadai 0:07

135 Nadai Bhedam phrase 5:7, chatusra nadai 0:15

136 Nadai Bhedam preparation gati becomes nadai 1:04

137 Nadai Bhedam with gati bhedam 0:06

138 Nadai Bhedam with jati bhedam 0:06

139 Nadai Bhedam with three frames of jati bhedam 0:16

140 Nadai Bhedam with yati phrase 0:06

141 Nadai Bhedam with short mukthay 0:06

142 Changing nadai: chat to misra 0:21

143 Changing jathi 4:3 to 4:7 0:21

144 Changing gati 4:5 to 6:5 0:21

145 Nadai Bhedam resolution with Gati Bhedam 0:14

146 Nadai Bhedam resolution Nadai to Gati 0:09

147 Nadai Bhedam sequence in tala 14 2:35

148 Polypulse 4:7 & tisra 0:29

149 Polypulse 4:7 & chatusra 0:29

150 Polypulse 3:5 & misra 0:16

151 Polypulse 3:5 & tisra 0:16

152 Nadai bhedam in 3-fold mukthay 0:23

153 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 3+4 1:00

154 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 5+7 0:51

155 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 5+6 0:23

156 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 3+5 0:17

157 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 5+7 0:25

158 Mixed jathi Nadai Bhedam 4+5 0:19

159 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 2 w/phrases 2:21

160 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 2, 4:5 mixed frames 0:31

161 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 2, 5:4 mixed frames 0:25

162 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 2, 3:7 mixed frames 0:43

163 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 2, 7:3 mixed frames 0:19

164 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 3 w/phrases 2:39

165 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 3, tis mixed frames 0:37

166 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 3 chatu mixed frames 0:37

167 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 3 kha mixed frames 0:46

168 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 3 mis mixed frames 1:13

169 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 4 w/phrases 1:36

170 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 5 w/phrases 0:54

171 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 6A (3 b.) w/phrases 2:05

172 Combinations Anu-Prat dev tech 6B (5 b.) w/phrases 1:34

173 Combinations Anu-Prat on Jati Bhedam tisra 0:15

174 Combinations Anu-Prat on Jati Bhedam chatusra 0:15

175 Combinations Anu-Prat on Jati Bhedam khanda 0:18

176 Combinations Anu-Prat on Jati Bhedam misra 0:18

177 Ravi's solo in Misra chapu 2:29

178 Combinations Anu-Prat 20:7 & 10:7 0:14

179 Combinations Anu-Prat 20:7. 15:7. 10:7, 5:7 0:34


180 Warm-up Combinations Anu-Prat C exercise 3 matr 1:37

181 Warm-up Combinations Anu-Prat C exercise 5 matra 2:20

182 Warm-up Combinations Anu-Prat C exercise 7 matra 2:44

183 Combinations Anu-Prat exersise C w/ 4:5 0:32

184 Systematic gati on tirmana frame 9 b 0:22

185 Systematic gati on tirmana/a 0:22

186 Systematic gati on tirmana /b 0:23

187 Systematic gati on tirmana /c 0:22

188 Systematic gati on tirmana frame 10b 0:24

189 Systematic gati on tirmana /d 0:25

190 Systematic gati on tirmana /e 0:25

191 Systematic gati on tirmana /f 0:25

192 Poruttam B  in 27/8 2:02


Recent developments - download zip (tracks 193-236)

193 Shadanga 19 pattern 1 0:14

194 Shadanga 19 pattern 2 0:13

195 Shadanga 19 pattern 3 0:12

196 Soram kattu in Shadanga 19 b. 5:03

197 L. Shankar theme 4+3/16 0:29

198 L. Shankar 4+3/16 percussion duo 4:56

199 Shadanga 27 pattern 0:18

200 Shadanga 44 pattern 0:30

201 Kalavathi shadanga 44/16 pallavi 8:19

202 37 b. theme (Tala combination) 1:24

203 Shadanga 19 b. mukhy regroupings 1:12

204 19/8 1st regroup w/ khanda 0:29

205 19/8 2nd exercise w/ misra 0:29

206 19/8 3rd exercise w/ tisra 0:29

207 19/8 4th exercise w/ chat 0:29

208 19/8 5th exercise w/ misra 0:29

209 19/8 6th exercise w/ khanda 0:29

210 27/16 1st exercise w/ misra 0:15

211 27/16 2nd exercise w/ khanda 0:15

212 27/16 3rd exercise w/ tisra 0:15

213 27/16 4th exercise w/ chat 0:15

214 27/16 5th exercise w/ tisra 0:15

215 27/8 chat 0:21

216 27/8 khan 0:21

217 27/8 mohara A 1:22

218 27/8 mohara B 1:22

219 Sankirna inner division 4+5 0:09

220 Sankirna inner division 5+4 0:09

221 Sankirna combining inner division 0:16

222 Sankirna complex phrase in 9:2 0:30

223 Gati 11/a 0:57

224 Gati 11/b 0:57

225 Gati 11/c 0:53

226 Gati 11/d 0:57

227 Complex phrase in 11:2 0:19

228 Gati 13/a 0:57

229 Gati 13/b 0:57

230 Complex phrase in 13:2 0:24

231 Phrasing through gati changes/a 0:17

232 phrasing through gati changes/b 0:25

233 phrasing through gati changes/c 0:39

234 Manju's solo 37 beats 7:08

235 Shivu & Manju duo 44/8 27:33

236 Phrasing through gati changes w/ only matras   0:13

237 Phrasing in gati changes: phrase 0:14


Contemporary and jazz examples - download zip (tracks 238-259)


238 F. Zappa example 1 0:07

239 F. Zappa example 2 0:07

240 F. Zappa example 3 0:06

241 Dmaathen example 1 0:12

242 Dmaathen example 2 0:12

243 Castiglione example 0:20

244 Persephassa example 1 0:09

245 Persephassa example 2 0:19

246 Persephassa example 3 0:16

247 Ferneyhough phase 1 0:21

248 Ferneyhough phase 2 0:21

249 Ferneyhough phase 3 0:21

250 Ferneyhough phase 4 0:21

251 Ferneyhough phase 5 0:21

252 Ferneyhough phase 6 0:21

253 Dance of Maya 2:34

254 Sightseeing 1:25

255 Falling in between 1:03

256 Matter of time 1:20

257 Spiral 2:21

258 Three oceans 4:59

259 Accelerando 1:53


Students compositions - download zip


260 Andys Skordis 12:03

261 Hans Leeuw 10:09

262 Louis Aguirre   6:27


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