Courses offered at “SVSoM”

We have courses for Piano / Keyboard, Recorder, Ukulele, Guitar, Mandolin, Flute, Violin, Tabla & Acoustic Drums, Yakshagana (Mridanga & Chende), Dance (Bharathnatyam, Kathak, Bollywood). These courses are provided to enrich and extend the curriculum. The interactive backing tracks provide an authentic musical framework for performance and the learning is consolidated through creative repetition

RECORDER: is a woodwind musical instrument in the group known as internal duct flutes-flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as Nipple flutes. …Recorders are made in different sizes with names and compasses roughly corresponding to different vocal ranges.

The sizes most commonly in use today are the soprano (“descant”, lowest note C5), alto “treble”, lowest note F4), tenor (lowest note C4) and bass (lowest note F3). Recorders are traditionally constructed from wood and ivory, and now come in a wide range of different woods.

UKULELE is a string instrument that originated in Portugal in the second century B.C. With a small, guitar-shaped body that is fitted with four strings, it is considered a member of the chordophone family. Sound is produced through these instruments by plucking and strumming the strings. The strings in turn vibrate and are amplified by the resonating body. The ukulele is manufactured in a similar way as a full size guitar.

KEYBOARD is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. …Today, the term keyboard often refers to keyboard- style synthesizers.

GUITAR is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. … The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings’ vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber.

VIOLIN is a string instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow. The strings are usually tuned to the notes G, D, A, and E. It is held between the left collar bone (near the shoulder) and the chin. … The violin is the smallest and highest pitched string instrument typically used in western music.

ACOUSTIC DRUMS is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that A standard drum kit is made from a bass drum, snare drum, set of tom toms (the amount can vary depending on many things such as the style of music being played), hi hat cymbals (2 cymbals played together to create a “chick” sound), a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal.

TABLA is a percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent, consisting of a pair of drums, used in traditional, classical, popular and folk music. … Each is made of hollowed out wood or clay or brass, the daya drum laced with hoops, thongs and wooden dowels on its sides. Tabla is the king of all percussion instruments

MANDOLIN is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum. It commonly has four courses of doubled metal strings tuned in unison, although five and six course versions also exist.