Shanti Ranganathan comments : I heard about this site through a friend of mine. The column on Carnatic music is a great idea and you've done the right thing by inviting a knowledgeable musician with good literary skills as Ms. Kiranavali.
Looking forward to seeing more such articles,
Shanti
Velramanan comments : Given below is a site created as a dedication to the carnatic caliber of ilaiyaraaja. Would like to have your comments.
Felipe Beltran comments : Ms.Kiranavali i am a music student from Chile the last country in the map of south-america, i am a musician to, and i am realy interested in the indian music,this interesting start when i heard Shakti,then i heard Ravi shankar,Zakir Hussain and Ali akbar Khan,in my country there is no place to study this music,so your articles are very good to me,i will like if you could make an equivqlent table(if this exist)beetween swaras and occidental notes(cromatic scale)thank for give us your knowing,(sorry for my bad english)i am a jazz musician and love the improvisation that`s why i like indian music,however the complexity in rhitm and melody is sommething that i will like to catch from this beatiful music and i`ll like to speak in this musical language.Thank`s for your time,Felipe.
If u remember..i am Joji Mathew. it would better remind you if i mention Suchitra's name. Well.. am in the US now. Am a Network Engineer for Discovery Channel at it Worldwide Headquarters. I wanted to get to the show held here at DC by your brother but looks like i missed out on the date. Hoping you are doing fine. just wanted to get in touch.
I am a computer programmer and I am trying to learn the Carnatic music Melakarta scheme for writing software based on Carnatic music. I really appreciate the step diagram giving the positions of swara sthanas. I searched many sites and asked many knowledgeable people, but none could explain it to me as clearly as that diagram did. It is very rare to find some one knowledgeable about music, yet can explain the basic concepts so simply. Usually, I have encountered only one or the other ability.
SRINIVASA GOPAL comments : Thanks for this excellent article. I am putting together a computer program to automatically play ragaas and was looking for an explaination of the science of the Carnatic Music.
Tariq Mahmood comments : dear it is a great site i have lot of interest in classical music i have good collection of hindustani music. but no music from carnatic. i would like to know more about the differeces between two musics also like to have online opportunity to listen to some samples truly
Sudersen comments : Well written. I wish you would add demonstrations of the music. audio clips associated with the explanation will be perfect.
