--- url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-int/faq/workshops-learning/where-can-i-learn-to-sing-a-carnatic-varnam-online-with-a-live-teacher' title: 'Where can I learn to sing a Carnatic varnam online with a live teacher?' author: name: rajeevk url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-int/user/fce96177fd193d3a' date: '2026-10-27T01:43:21+00:00' type: website summary: 'You learn to sing a Carnatic varnam online at KalaSudha, live and one-to-one with a vetted teacher, at the end of your early training.' tags: - 'Workshops & learning' image: 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' published: true og: site_name: KalaSudha 'image:url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:secure_url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:type': image/svg+xml 'image:alt': KalaSudha --- FAQ ยท Workshops & learning # Where can I learn to sing a Carnatic varnam online with a live teacher? Updated 27 October 2026 You learn to sing a Carnatic [varnam](/en-int/vocal/carnatic-classical/varnam) online at KalaSudha, live and one-to-one with a vetted teacher, at the end of your early training. A varnam, set partly to words and partly to **swaras**, the sung note names, lays out the characteristic phrases and ornaments of one raga, or melodic framework. Musicians treat it as a reference for that raga, and concerts often open with one. Before it come graded solfa exercises and simple songs, from **Foundation** on. Over years, one teacher guides you through the levels of our [courses](/en-int/courses), with workshops and summer camps where enough learners sign up. Was this answer helpful? [ ](/en-int/user/login?flag_anon=faq_helpful-1309&destination=/en-int/faq/workshops-learning/where-can-i-learn-to-sing-a-carnatic-varnam-online-with-a-live-teacher) [ ](/en-int/user/login?flag_anon=faq_not_helpful-1309&destination=/en-int/faq/workshops-learning/where-can-i-learn-to-sing-a-carnatic-varnam-online-with-a-live-teacher) Thanks for your feedback! ## Related pages 1 page mentions this question ### Discipline (1) - [ Varnam A varnam is a Carnatic composition, part words and part solfa syllables, that sets out one raga's phrases. Students sing it at two speeds before concert pieces. ](/en-int/vocal/carnatic-classical/varnam) [ Previous question Where can I learn to sing a Carnatic tillana online with a live teacher? ](/en-int/faq/workshops-learning/where-can-i-learn-to-sing-a-carnatic-tillana-online-with-a-live-teacher) [ Next question Where can I learn to sing Carnatic kritis online with a live teacher? ](/en-int/faq/workshops-learning/where-can-i-learn-to-sing-carnatic-kritis-online-with-a-live-teacher)