Raga Course Details

Study Raga with Mood, Season & Expression.

A focused one-to-one raga course in Rishikesh for students who want to understand swar, raga mood, melodic movement, improvisation, and classical expression.

About the Course

The Raga Becomes a Living Mood.

Raga study opens the language of Indian classical melody through swar, mood, season, rhythm, listening, and awareness.

This course is designed for beginners and advancing students who want to understand raga structure, melodic phrases, improvisation, and expression.

Each session blends traditional raga practice with practical learning, helping students develop swar clarity, listening skills, improvisation, and confidence.

Foundation

Alignment Practice

  • Alignment Swar — pitch and note awareness.
  • Breath alignment — support, relaxation, and resonance.
  • Voice culture — tone, clarity, and projection.
  • Raga and mantra singing introduction.
  • Focused daily practice with clear correction.
Class Timings

Choose the Time That Fits Your Routine

Students can select 1-hour or 2-hour classes depending on their practice goals.

AM

Morning

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

PM

Afternoon

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

EV

Evening

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Course Duration

Session Options

Select a short introduction, structured foundation, skill-building course, or intensive training.

7

Intro Voice Sessions

Perfect for beginners wanting a meaningful first experience with focused practice and personal correction.

10

Foundation Sessions

Build strong basics, understand structure, begin real practice patterns, and explore expression.

15

Skill Development Sessions

Improve technique, clarity, confidence, and expressive control through guided repetition.

30

Intensive Training Sessions

Deep learning with advanced patterns, personal practice, and visible transformation.

Learning Levels

Beginner to Advanced

Beginner

Foundation training for breath awareness, pitch, basic swar practice, and natural voice opening.

Intermediate

Build confidence with stronger tone, clearer pronunciation, structured practice, and deeper musical control.

Advanced

Master expression through raga phrases, improvisation, devotional singing, and musical flow.

Sacred geometry for musical learning

Saraswati Yantra

Tonic · Time · Melodic identity

Drawn with pure geometry · no external image
Meaning & musical connection

Geometry that helps the ear understand.

Saraswati Yantra is traditionally associated with Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, speech, music and the arts. It is paired here with raga study as a symbol of musical learning—not as a historical notation system for raga.

How it connects with this practiceA raga is more than a scale. Its identity appears through note relationships, direction, rest, ornament and mood. The yantra helps students imagine these rules as a balanced field rather than a list of isolated notes.
01

Tonic stability

Keeps Sa present as the reference point for intonation and phrase.

02

Phrase memory

Supports recognition of characteristic movements instead of scale-running.

03

Mood and timing

Encourages sensitivity to pacing, register, emphasis and the emotional color of a raga.

Traditional yantra diagrams can vary across lineages and sources. This CSS drawing is a simplified decorative representation for education; it is not intended for ritual installation or initiation.

Start with Shree Ganesha

Begin with Positive Vibration

॥ वक्रतुंड महाकाय
सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव
सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः

With this sacred mantra, students align the mind with positive vibrations, creating the right atmosphere for learning music with clarity, confidence, and spiritual connection.

Course Guided By

Amresh Kumar

Raga and Naad music training at Naad Music School, Rishikesh.

  • One-to-one guidance.
  • Traditional Naad learning.
  • Patient correction and structured practice.
  • Supportive environment for international students.
Accommodation Information

Please Note

Naad Music School provides music courses only. Accommodation or hotel facilities are not provided by the school.

Students are requested to book their own hotel, room, guest house, or ashram stay before arriving for the course. Many comfortable and affordable places are available near the school.

Book Your Sessions

Ready to Begin Raga Studies?

Choose 7, 10, 15, or 30 sessions and contact the school for availability.