Hindūsthāni Pravēsha

(Junior in Hindusthani Style of Music)

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Syllabus

    • The syllabus below is the minimum required to be a junior certified.
    • Compositions from previous levels can be used in the successive levels.
    • Students can appear at any level based on their preparedness.
    • The fourth level is mandatory and considered for certification.
    • The certification fourth level is held in-person, currently in the cities of Dallas, Austin, San Jose, and New Jersey.
    • Bhajans: Students can find the sample Bhajans from the Rana Sangeetam book.
    • Since Sangeeta Bharati’s syllabus is Guru and Sampradaya agnostic, students must provide a detailed list of their prepared compositions (including Raga, Tala, Composer, and Language) to the examiner one week before the exam. This list must be emailed as a PDF to exams@sangeetabharati.org.

Pravesha
Prathama

(Level 1)

Optional and Virtual

Paper 1: Practical (Kriyatmak)

  1. Alankar (any 2)
  2. Raga (any 1 raga with a detailed introduction and bandish)
  3. Taal: Introduction, with taali-khaali (any 1 from the following list)
    1. Teen taal
    2. Daadra
  4. Sugama Sangeeta (any 1 Bal Bhajan in its original form, Keertan, Geet, folk song, or patriotic song)

Paper 2: Oral

Simple Definitions for:

  1. Sangeeta
  2. Swara
  3. Laya
  4. Taal
  5. Taali-Khaali

And should be able to answer simple verbal questions based on the above practical syllabus.

Written Exam: NO

Pravesha
Dwiteeya

(Level 2)

Optional and Virtual

Paper 1: Practical (Kriyatmak)

  1. Alankar (any 3 in Ekgun, and Dugun)
  2. Raga
    1. Any 1 raga with a detailed introduction, bandish, and 5 taans
    2. Any other 1 raga with introduction, and bandish
  3. Taal: Below taals with introduction and taali-khaali (in Ekgun and Dugun)
    1. Teen taal
    2. Daadra
    3. Kaharawa
  4. Sugama Sangeeta
    1. Any 1 Bhajan in its original form
    2. Any 1 Geet, folk song, or a patriotic song

Paper 2: Oral

Simple Definitions for:

  1. Sangeeta
  2. Swara
  3. Laya
  4. Taal
  5. Taali-Khaali
  6. Aroha
  7. Avaroha
  8. Shuddha Swara
  9. Vikrut Swara
  10. Taal Matra

And should be able to answer simple verbal questions based on the above practical syllabus.

Paper 3: Theory

Common theory part 1 from the book Kala Shastra Pravesha

(Mode: Oral)

Pravesha
Truteeya

(Level 3)

Optional and Virtual

Paper 1: Practical (Kriyatmak)

  1. Alankar (any 3 in Ekgun, Dugun, and Chaugun)
  2. Raga
    1. Any 1 raga with a detailed introduction, bandish, 3 alap in sthayi, and 5 taans
    2. Any other 1 raga with introduction, bandish, and 5 taans
    3. Lakshan Geet (any 1 in any raga)
  3. Taal: Below taals with introduction and taali-khaali (in Ekgun and Dugun)
    1. Teen taal
    2. Daadra
    3. Kaharawa
    4. Chautaal
    5. Roopak
  4. Sugama Sangeeta
    1. Any 1 raga-based Geet 
    2. Any 1 folk song, or a patriotic song
  5. Shravana Jnana: Ability to recognize a particular swara when rendered on an instrument or sung by the examiner.

Paper 2: Oral

Simple Definitions for:

  1. Sangeeta
  2. Swara
  3. Laya
  4. Taal
  5. Taali-Khaali
  6. Aroha
  7. Avaroha
  8. Shuddha Swara
  9. Vikrut Swara
  10. Taal Matra
  11. Introduction of any recognized Hindusthani vocalist in around 5 sentences

And should be able to answer simple verbal questions based on the above practical syllabus.

Paper 3: Theory

Common theory parts 1 and 2 from the book Kala Shastra Pravesha

(Mode: Written)

Pravesha
Chaturtha

(Level 4)

Mandatory and in-person

Paper 1: Practical (Kriyatmak)

  1. Alankar (any 2 in Ekgun, Dugun, Chaugun, and Trigun)
  2. Raga (Should select unique ragas for each section)
    1. Any 1 raga with a detailed introduction, beginning Alap, bandish, 3 alap in sthayi, 5 taans in sthayi, 2 taans in antara
    2. Any other 1 raga with introduction, bandish, and 5 taans
    3. Any other raga with an introduction and bandish only
    4. Any 1 of Tarana, Dhamar, or Dhrupad
    5. Lakshan Geet (any 1 in any raga)
  3. Taal: Below taals with introduction with taali-khaali (in Ekgun, Dugun, and Chaugun)
    1. Teen taal
    2. Daadra
    3. Kaharawa
    4. Chautaal
    5. Roopak
    6. Ek taal
  4. Sugama Sangeeta
    1. Any 1 Dadra Geet 
    2. Any 1 raga-based Geet
    3. Any 1 folk song, or a patriotic song

Paper 2: Shravana Jnana

  1. Ability to recognize a raga (from the theory portion) when rendered on an instrument or sung by the examiner
  2. Ability to recognize a raga (from the theory portion) from notation
  3. Ability to recognize a particular swara when rendered on an instrument or sung by the examiner
  4. Notations writing in both styles – Bhatkhande and Paluskar
  5. Drawing the picture of the Harmonium or Tanpura, naming its parts
Paper 3: Theory

Common theory parts 1 and 2 from the book Kala Shastra Pravesha, and Hindusthani music theory  from the book Hindusthani Pravesha

(Mode: Written)