First term

• Tecnique

1. Sitting posture
2. Right hand strokes and basic sequences
3. Left hand posture and fingering

• Music

1. Relation of melody to pulse
2. Tonal quality
3. Elementary dynamics
4. Jhala in a given raga
5. Scales in a given Raga

• Maintenance

1. Tuning
2. Cleaning

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Second term

• Technique

1. More sequences for the right hand
2. Krintan: left hand ornamentation on the frets

• Music

1. Different divisions of the pulse (barabar, dugun, tigun, caugun)
2. Introduction to Tintaal
3. First gat in a given raga (asthai and antara)
4. Tans (runs) related to the gat
5. Establishing sense of tala

• Maintenance

1. changing strings

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Third term

• Technique

1. Right hand ‘Dir’ technique: fast and vigorous strum on the main string
2. Introduction to meend and ghasit left hand techniques: bending and slide

• Music

1. Introduction to Jor alaap
2. More variations in the ‘gat’ portion
3. Final Jhala in Drut Tintaal

• Maintenance

1. Jawari culture and sensitivity

Group class: 80€ per month

Individual class: 130€ per month