Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, How are vivādi notes related to non-vivādi notes? As you know, following are the vivādi notes: Ṣaṭśruti

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, I understand that a composer usually uses a word or a phrase in his composition as a

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, I understand that the 72 Meḷakartā ragas are divided into 12 chakras of 6 ragas each, and

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, I love to memorise songs. Nowadays I am finding it a little hard to memorise quickly. Do

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, I understand that in the first half of varṇams we have muktāyi svarams after pallavi and anupallavi. Why

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, Tell me something about raga Ayōdhyā. Ayōdhyā is derived from Kósalam (Meḷa 71). Kósalam is called Kusumākaram

Dear Pāṭṭu Vādyār, The Ka-ṭa-pa-yā-di system allows one to arrive at the Mēḷakartā number from a Mēḷakartā name. Is there an