http://shripathi.com/2008/05/01/carnatic-music/learning/why-i-find-it-difficult-to-learn-carnatic-music/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:37:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://shripathi.com/2008/05/01/carnatic-music/learning/why-i-find-it-difficult-to-learn-carnatic-music/comment-page-1/#comment-351 virig Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:33:31 +0000 http://shripathi.com/?p=54#comment-351 you are not alone on the ga thing unless you happen to have perfect pitch like lalgudi sir. For mere mortals relative pitch is sufficient. The caveat would be find sa. CM is based on relative intervals and also gamakams plays a havoc. We tuned/auto pilot our brain to appreciate music before learning it by rote not the other way around...my two cents you are not alone on the ga thing unless you happen to have perfect pitch like lalgudi sir. For mere mortals relative pitch is sufficient. The caveat would be find sa. CM is based on relative intervals and also gamakams plays a havoc. We tuned/auto pilot our brain to appreciate music before learning it by rote not the other way around…my two cents

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