Harmonium course

Yes. The Harmonium course prepared by KalaSudha runs online with a live teacher in three levels, Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced, with three modules in each. You learn solo playing and sangat, accompanying a singer, and sargam notation and tala theory run alongside playing.

Each level ends with a reviewed presentation and a KalaSudha certificate or diploma. Ask about the course in the Academy.

On the KalaSudha Harmonium course you study gharanas through the singers you accompany. The shared core names no gharana, and module 3A has accompaniment studies of four vocal gayakis, or singing styles: Kirana, Gwalior, Agra and Patiala.

A core topic asks you to learn one singer's gayaki and accompany 5 minutes of their recording. A teacher who accompanies singers of each gharana confirms that study.

Yes. Your harmonium teacher reviews a practice recording on every topic against its completion check, then sets the next correction. You record the task with the keyboard and the bellows hand in view, and in live online lessons your teacher also listens to each phrase.

Between lessons you practise the task for the current topic and log the date, minutes, goal and tempo. How long you practise each day is agreed with your teacher.

One-to-one harmonium lessons are always available on the KalaSudha course, at your own pace, and you can take several lessons on one topic. Group cohorts open from time to time, depending on teachers and demand.

Register your interest to hear by email or WhatsApp when a cohort's dates and times are announced. In a cohort you rehearse and present to the group, and your topics close on your own evidence.

Both. The Harmonium course prepared by KalaSudha teaches solo playing and sangat, accompanying a singer. Foundation builds bellows, touch, ragas and a first bandish melody, and Intermediate adds following a singer, lehra for tabla and first solo playing.

Advanced has a module for khayal accompaniment and a module for solo harmonium. The concert has 20 minutes of accompaniment and 10 of solo.

Learning the harmonium on the KalaSudha course typically takes 9–12 months for Foundation, 9–15 months for Intermediate and 12–30 months for Advanced.

The months are a guide you agree with your teacher. The pace depends on your practice and on how many lessons each topic needs, and your teacher closes each topic only when its completion check is met.

Online Indian classical music lessons with KalaSudha cost from £30 / $30 an hour, set by each teacher. Each type of lesson a teacher gives can have its own price. You book and pay through KalaSudha and receive an invoice.

To ask what a teacher charges, visit the Academy, press Talk to an Advisor and tell us what you want to learn.

On KalaSudha's online Indian classical music courses, teachers assess students topic by topic. Each topic credits named skills, and the teacher closes it only after reviewing the student's work. Foundation assessment uses practical work and spoken questions. Intermediate adds written theory, and Advanced adds theory papers and a judged stage performance. A module certificate follows each module, and KalaSudha issues an award at the end of each level.