Learning paths

Each path puts the guides in order for one goal and shows where you are, with a next lesson at the end of every page. Start with the first lesson, or jump to the one you need.

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  Understand a ghazal in one evening

  A ghazal is a poem of couplets that share a rhyme and a refrain, and a sung ghazal sets that poem to a raga and a rhythm. This path explains the form, its five terms, one poet and the two rhythms, in an evening.

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  Raag Yaman, from the first note to a performance

  Yaman is the raga most students learn first and the one most people search for. This path takes you from the note names to a khayal performance in Yaman, in ten guides.

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  Master your first single

  You have a finished mix and want it to sound right on Spotify and YouTube. This path takes you from what mastering is to the day the single goes live, in eight guides.

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  Indian music for producers in eight lessons

  You work with Western tools and want to use Indian material without getting it wrong. This path gives you the eight ideas that matter, from the note names to the ornaments, with a drone and a metronome to practise on.

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  From film song to raga

  Most people meet ragas through film songs without knowing it. This path starts with how a film song is built and ends with three ragas you already know from the songs that use them.

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  The bansuri: hear it, understand it, write for it

  The bansuri is a bamboo flute with no keys, and the sound most people mean when they say Indian flute music. This path covers the instrument, the music written for it, two ragas it suits and a prompt to make a track with it.