The Ultimate Book of Sargam Patterns: Indian music permutations, classical Indian music, sargam exercises, paltas Paperback – January 7, 2016

Not every music enthusiast has the blessing to learn music sitting in front of a Guru. In the modern-day globalized environment, with engagement in varied callings for livelihood, learning music in person from a Guru remains unachievable for many. This book can help them reach the maximum that is possible realistically without in-person learning. Later or when possible, the help of the Guru can fill the gaps. This book facilitates the balance between passion and survival in the life of a music enthusiast.

If you are a classical singer or play any instruments then this books will unfold many misteries to you . The type of system used will help you work on understanding positions of individual notes and trust me this s really not easy . If you want to touch individual notes from more possible ways then this book is for you. I use this book to practice Hindustani Bansuri and trust me the more you practice using this method , the more closely notes start revealing it's beauty . Thanks a lot for bringing such a wonderful book .

Amazing! This is the first time ever that a full book has been written on this system of practicing. This book is hardcore! This is for the dedicated musician. This book is filled with every possible permutation from 1 - 7 notes. (1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 = 5,040 possible combinations / permutations without a single note being repeated within a phrase.This is an example. The book goes from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 note permutations.It uses Sargam notes as Sa, Re, Ga, ma, Pa, Dha, Ni, 'a (SRGmPDN').1234, 1324, 2134, 2314, 3124, 3214, 1243, 1423, 2143, 2413, 4213, 4132, 1342, 1432, 3142, 3412, 4132, 4312, 2341, 2431, 3241, 3421, 4231, 4321.So with 4 notes you have a max of 24 permutations. I did it with numbers but the book does it with sargam notes.This is 3 notes SRG, RSG, SGR, GSR, RGS, GRS which gives you a maximum of 6 permutations with only using 3 notes.This is how the Dhrupad singers would practice. Ustad Amir Khan was forced to practice this way by his father as a child. Also the great carnatic musicians of India practiced this way. This is similar to the known "Merukhand system".What this book gives you is very similar.This system was taught orally from teacher to student and memorized over repeating these permutations millions of time. It is amazing that this was finally put down on paper and made into a book. I can see why nobody has attempted to do this before. It's NOT easy and looks like a lot of work!It's like the movie a Beautiful Mind but here the math meets music.This book is a true gem and well worth the price. This is a completely different book compared to the other one by this author, "The Ultimate Riyaaz book".That book is Amazing also. They both cover 2 completely different ways of practicing Indian Classical Music.These are 2 books that should be in everybody's Indian music library. A true treasure!A review from Alam Khan -"Keith's exercise books are very thorough and must have been quite a lot of work! Well done :) thank you for sharing!"Best,Alam Khan

Great book for students of classicalIndian Music. This book can be used toBroaden your experience in improvisational singing and practice