Technique To Remember and Vocalize Komal and Teevr Swaras
Out of the blue, while vocalizing natural note-phrases for a long time, you are asked to sing the Re-Komal that is Re-Flat. Now that's the puzzling, tension-some era. More than 90% of my beginner students, or even amateurs get the jimjams and go wrong, out of tune, when asked to switch from natural notes to Komal . And why not? this is one of the most reasonable and possibly appropriate timings to get puzzled especially when you have started randomly without pondering over it for a few seconds. Normally, flat or komal denotes dull, faded version of the notes. Sharp or teevr denotes dominating or acute, ready to invade. Komal is the Hindi word for 'soft' and teevr refers to 't ez ' or clever. Thus, the first step is to perceive and grasp these terms clearly by imaging them as the meaning indicates. The proper sequence of the 12 notes in a chromatic scale or in the realm of 22 shrutis are: S re R ga G M ma' P dha DH ni NI