FAQs

When is the right time to start vocal training for my child?

Training is recommended right from the time the child is able to sit for class. RamRasayan takes in students right from around 3.5 years of age - students even walk around the room during class - the power of passive learning can never be underestimated. 

How do I gauge the level of my child who is training already?

Training can be broadly classified into 7 levels

Level 1 - saralis jantais dattus 

Level 2 - alankarams

Level 3 - Gitams

Level 4 - Varnams and simple kritis

Level 5 - Advanced varnams and complex kritis

Level 6 - Art of teaching classical music

Level 7 - Creative singing - manodharmam

How do I get back to singing after a break?

For adults, it is easiest to enroll in short term courses and slowly revive earlier training that has already been assimilated.

For kids, a break is not recommended

Forteens, during exams they can shift to weekly once batches and get back to daily after settling down in their new course.

What are the modules that are available at RamRasayan?

Vocal classical

Violin

Flute

Keyboard

Guitar

Veena

Mridangam

Dance

Indian Languages - Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi

• WE INDUCT CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS ACROSS ALL MODULES

Should kids know all the sarali varisais?

Yes. If they know all the varsiais with talam, with order in mind, they start becoming very confident. The concept of 3 speeds can be applied on any varisai.

My child cannot sing without looking in the book. How do I teach her to sing without looking at the book?

This doubt is there in most parents' minds. Sangitam is best learnt naturally thorough repeated practice. Thats what is done in class in a daily practise setup. The varisai has to be approached logically and the pattern of the varisai has to be understood. Varisais are not just random collections of svarams, with the exception of a few. The logic will also aid in remembering the order of the varisai. Over and above everything, singing with talam with the notes open and the video played once each day outside class time helps internalising the talam and the varsai and the concept of three speeds. This done over a period of one month will definitely help the student outgrow the book not temporarily but forever. Children below 6 years of age will find it more difficult to assimilate and execute all the above because of their age. But there are precedents even at RamRasayan where the parent diligently sits with the child and reads out to them like they read a story aloud and make them learn comfortably.