Sangeet Aaradhana Part-1 Prarambhik and Praveshika Pratham (Learn Music- Practical and Theory)

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About the Author Monica Shah is a founder and director of Aaradhana Sangeet Academy. She is a renowned classical vocalist of Kirana Gharana. She has obtained her preliminary training from Shri Laljibhai Chauhan of Agra Gharana. She is a prominent disciple of Dr. Smt Pradipta Ganguli With complete dedication and devation Dr. Shah has adopted melodious Gayaki (style) of late Pt. Shri Rasiklalji Andharia, a great maestro of Kirana Gharana. She is taking training under the Guidance of thumari queen Smt. Girijadevi. She has performed more than 1000 Concerts of classical music and Bhajans.

Her father was a Ceramic Industrialist and mother is a Sitarist She has secured gold medals in Ph.D. in music in 2000, in 1987, Sangeet Visharad in 1981.

She was decorated with many Awards like, the most prestigious Award of Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar (Government of Gujarat), Surmani Award, Navdip Pratisthan Award, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur Award, Sangeet Shiromani Award, GCCI Award, etc... She is a regular singer of radio and doordarshan.

She has performed at many famous festivals and places like Saptak Festival (Ahmedabad), Bajju Samaroh, Tanariri festival (Vadnagar), Kumbha Samaroh (Udaipur), Classical Female festival, Kankaria carnival festival (Gujarat), Sankalp festival, Sur singar, Swar Sadhana, Kala Gurjari, (Mumbai), Sangeet Academy. M.S. University (Baroda). S.R.A (Kolkata) gandharva maha vidhyalaya, Flame University (Pune), etc... She performs and also conducts work-shop at U.S.A. and Canada every year.

Her audio CD's of Classical vocal, Jain-stavans, Bhajans, Kirtans are highly appreciated by music-lovers.

Preface With this auspicious feeling, I put forward `Sangeet Aaradhana' booklet to the world. It was a keen desire of my mind that worshiping music and as an outcome of it having abandoned anger, pride, infectuation, performing devotion of God people may acquire inner peace. There are many ways to reach the God, but I have experienced that there is no other way so easy as music is for that. You might be knowing the proverb: `Mahi padya to maha-sukh pame.' The same way you also worship music and experience divine ripples of precious joy.

My main aim for publishing this book Sangeet Aaradhana' is that from it any student can learn music easily. After having experience of `Sangeet Aaradhana Academy', I publish this book for the welfare of the students and music lovers so that the whole music world can take benefit of it. It is said, "The foundation of which house is strong, so strong will be that house.' The same way whose music worship of the beginning becomes strong he or she wins the life. I have made a humble effort to include brief, simple, point wise, complete information. Moreover famous, ancient and popular bandhishes (songs) are included in it. I have used Kan mind and Sparsh swara to clarify the form of raga. Unevitably keeping this in mind one should sing or play that Raga. At the same time one should not forget that classical music is knowledge - learning art, dependent on teacher. In the raga, if swara, comes on correct Shruti' interest arises. And then only expected effect is produced. Only Siddha Guru (Expert Teacher) can show it and guide properly.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages