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Learn about Carnatic music and the bodily yoga chakras and their relationship - in terms of frequences, swaras, position in the body, chants, and more. Explore how the chakras, like the swaras, rise in pitch towards the top of your head. Explore listening and viewing links, and try making your own "chakra bracelets" using the colors and beads and string. Connect your spirit with the music. by rani. brought to you by okachiko.com (more at okachiko.wordpress.com)

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Carnatic Trivia Game for sarali varisai level students. Go through the questions and see how many answers you know! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our other Trivia games also. Have fun with music! Copyright rani karnatik.com

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this series of Fall or Autumn activities and games. Go through as you explore beats, swaras, ragas, and more, with a fall theme. Try them all! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Pirates and Halloween activities too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Song Sundae presentation. Choose your favorite ice cream and toppings to create your sundaes. Then put the swaras together to make up your own song! To make it more challenging, choose or use the "raga" feature at the bottom and try making sundaes in different ragas. Don't forget to eat them up! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Swara Names and Swara Intervals present

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Swara Types presentation. As you begin learning your swaras or notes, learn the names of each, and how to remember them. Use the symbols above each letter to help you remember the pitch, and use the keyboard to help you place the note. Use this in conjunction with the swara names and Swara intervals presentations. Also includes a full list of all the swaras on the keyboard as well as swaras with Western solfege. This powerpoint slide file can

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Swara Intervals presentation. As you begin learning your swaras or notes, learn how to find the pitch of each using these songs to help you remember the interval. Use this in conjunction with the swara names and Swara types presentations. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Swara names and Swara Types presentations, too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Swara names presentation. As you begin learning your swaras or notes, learn the names of each, and how to remember them. Use the symbols above each letter to help you remember the pitch. Use this in conjunction with the swara intervals and Swara types presentations. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Swara Intervals and Swara Types presentations, too. Have fun with m

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Varisai Red Light Game. As you sing your varisais or vocal exercises, use the colors to go through and play. Red means stop, green means go, and yellow means very slow. You can also use blue and purple to mean other things (like sing VERY slowly, and VERY fast, or even in swaras, or tune only). This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Varisai methods presentation, too. Have

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Song methods presentation. As you sing your chosen song, try singing it in different ways using the prompts for a fun version of singing. You can also play the red-light-green-light game with your song. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Varisai methods and red light presentations, too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Varisai methods presentation. As you sing your varisais or vocal exercises, try singing them in different ways using the prompts for a fun version of singing. You can also play the red-light-green-light game and use the circular "buttons" for other purposes. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Varisai red light presentation, too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Quiz to see why you come to music class. Answer each question honestly, and then write them down. What do you think about your music class? What do you want it to be? Share your answers with your teacher to make the kind of class that works best for you. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Quiz to see what kind of Carnatic musician you might be. Answer each question honestly, and then tally up the number of As, Bs, Cs, or Ds. What do you turn out as? Is it true for you? This quiz is just for fun - if you disagree, it's okay - you can be the kind of musician YOU want, with practice and dedication. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this series of Pirates and Halloween activities and games. Go through as you explore songs about Pirates, activities scary sounds and stories, talas, games, and more. Use the activities to practice singing different singing in class as you work together with classmates to reach a goal. Try them all! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Krishna's Garden activities too. Have

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this series of Krishna's Garden activities and games. Go through as you explore songs about Krishna, activities with Krishna and Radha, ragas, games, and more. Use the activities to practice singing different singing in class as you work together with classmates to reach a goal. Try them all! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our Pirates activities too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Song Layer Cake activity. Look at the different parts of a song and make your cake. What parts do you need to make a complete song? When you've got the different parts, see if you can think of or make up a song that has this, and perform it! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Holiday Swaras Guess the Song game. Read and sing the swaras to yourself or aloud - can you tell what song it is? Make a guess before going to the answer. Try them all. Then sing them again for fun! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our other Guess the Song game, too. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Melakartha Mnemonic presentation. The first page includes a Melakartha Chakras chart to help you remember the names of the 12 chakras by what they mean. Then learn the 72 melakarthas using 12 pages of mnemonics and pictures to help you remember them. Slide 2 includes a "reminder" slide that covers all the 12 chakras. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Let's Go Fishing Game. Use these fish for levels for Beginner, Sarali, Jantai, or Varnam. Each fish is covered by a number. Make up your own list for what each number represents based on what you want to teach - a varisai, identifying a ragam, singing a varnam, etc. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. It can be used interactively. Have fun with music!

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Jaati Monsters activity. Learn about the different jaatis - 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9. Use the pictures to help you remember. Then try saying the words that go along with each rhythm. After that, try guessing what the jaatis are that make up the "monsters." Finally, you can also play Khandam Candy by choosing your favorite candies and making a rhythm with the words. This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share

Learn and practice Carnatic music with this Guess the Song game Each slide includes pictures that can come together to make the name of a small song or bhajan. Can you guess which one it is? Then sing the song! This powerpoint slide file can be used as a presentation for online learning, or share in person. Check out our other Pattern Game also. Have fun with music!