On 2/27/08, divya manian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had ok-ok teachers of Carnatic music and, as you all mention, was
> "forced" to learn singing and dancing for a while. I then started
> learning to play the Veena, but stopped it in time for my X standard

I started after class X and stopped Veena class within 2-3 months**
when the teacher threatened to giveup teaching it if I stepped into
her class again.

** Unlike others I never had a Veena to practice lessons at home.

> course, loved the maths that was so intricately a part of Carnatic

yep, try asking them and you will get an irritated "trouble-maker"
look thrown your way.


> I heard people are nowadays learning carnatic music online through
> teachers who are teaching them through the voice chat, sitting in
> Chennai and students who reside in the US.

Actually one Vidwan under whom I wanted to learn was conducting online
classes for students in India while living in the USA for nine months
of a year.
*sigh*
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