How learning works: one-to-one and batch

Every course on KalaSudha is a set of topics, grouped into modules and levels. You can learn the same topics two ways: one-to-one with the instructor at your own pace, or in a batch that moves through one topic a week.

How a course is built

• Level: a stage of learning. Full programmes have three: Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced.
• Module: a block you enrol in and finish. Each level has three, coded 1A, 1B and 1C at Foundation, then 2A to 2C and 3A to 3C.
• Topic: one skill or piece of material, with one clear job. A module has 12 topics.
• Session: a class in the diary. A topic can take one session or several.

The first topic of each module orients you or reviews the module before. Topics 2 to 10 carry the material. Topic 11 pulls it together, and in topic 12 you present what you have learnt.

One-to-one

You book sessions on a topic and work through it at your pace. A topic stays open until your instructor reviews your playing and closes it. If it is not closed, you book another session on it. When it closes, the next topic opens.

Your instructor may add, skip or adapt topics to suit you. One-to-one also suits an entry assessment or a single correction class.

Batch

A batch is a group that meets at a fixed time each week and covers one topic per class, so a module runs for 12 weeks. Each class lasts 40 minutes.

The instructor adds, skips or adapts topics for the group as a whole, and closes each topic for the group.

Batch students also get time with an assistant and guided practice material, about 10 hours per module on top of the 8 hours of live classes.

What comes with each topic

• The live class, in our own video classroom.
• Preparation before the class: warm-ups and revision of the last session.
• Notes and resources: notation, listening links and the week's practice plan.
• A practice recording you upload for your instructor to hear before the next class.
• Feedback from your instructor on that recording.
• Short theory questions on swaras, taal or raga rules, where the topic needs them.

To get started, see Enrol in a course.

If this does not work

If you cannot tell which way of learning suits you, or which course to start, write to [email protected] with the instrument or art form you want to learn and how much you have played before. We reply within 2 working days, Monday to Friday, UK time. To choose a starting point, see Which level should I start at?