Sangeet Bharati America is an organization of volunteers to practice, perform, promote the profound Indian fine art forms like Bharatiya Shastreeya Sangeet and Nrutya (Indian Classical Music and Dance) through the vibrant and energetic music and dance community in North America and beyond.
The PDF books available on this website are constantly revised for any errors, omissions or to add new content.
Sangeet Bharati Music Books
Laya Sourabha – English
Laya Sourabha is a textbook on learning Mrudangam – a Carnatic percussion instrument. This book is written by percussion Vidwan Shri. Sreenivas Murthy, founder of “Gurusmruti Kala Kendra”, Bengaluru. Originally released as a printed book in 2014, this book is now made an evolving digital version and published on Sangeet Bharati for the benefit of a larger audience worldwide. This book can also be used as a textbook to prepare for the tala-vadya examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) every year. It is available for free downloads on this Sangeet Bharati website like any other Sangeet Bharati publications.
Laya Sourabha – Kannada
Laya Sourabha in the Kannada language is a textbook on learning Mrudangam – a Carnatic percussion instrument. This book is written by percussion Vidwan Shri. Sreenivas Murthy, founder of “Gurusmruti Kala Kendra”, Bengaluru. Originally released as a printed book in 2014, this book is now made an evolving digital version and published on Sangeet Bharati for the benefit of a larger audience worldwide. This book can also be used as a textbook to prepare for the tala-vadya examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) every year. It is available for free downloads on this Sangeet Bharati website like any other Sangeet Bharati publications.
Swarna Carnatica – English
Swarna Carnatica is a collection of popular Swarajatis, Jatiswaras and Varnams of all types. The compilation of these compositions is useful for both junior and senior students of Carnatic music.
Swarna Carnatica – Kannada
Swarna Carnatica – Kannada is a collection of popular Swarajatis, Jatiswaras and Varnams of all types in the Kannada language. The compilation of these compositions is useful for both junior and senior students of Carnatic music.
Sadhakams – English
Sadhakams is a set of practice exercises for Carnatic flutists to improve playing speeds and clarity. It is also useful for other instrumental learners like Violinists and Veena players.
Sadhakams – Kannada
Sādhakagaḷu is a set of sadhakams practice exercises in the Kannada language. Mainly written for Carnatic flutists to improve playing speeds and clarity, it is also useful for other instrumental learners like Violinists and Veena players.
Bhakti Carnatica – English
Bhakti Carnatica is a compilation of Devotional songs (Keertanams/ Devaranamas) and Bhajans. This also will have a collection of patriotic songs and national anthems.
An evolving book like any other books from Sangeet Bharati and it evolves with corrections and additions. This eBook will be made available soon.
Bhakti Carnatica – Kannada
English equivalent of Bhakti Carnatica, this is a compilation of Devotional songs (Keertanams/ Devaranamas) and Bhajans in Kannada. This also will have a collection of patriotic songs and national anthems.
An evolving book like any other books from Sangeet Bharati and it evolves with corrections and additions. This eBook will be made available soon.
Nottuswara Sahitya
European Tunes in Karnataka Shastreeya Sangeeta
Nottuswara Sahitya is a compilation of 39 Nottuswarams of Nadajyoti Shri. Muttuswamy Dikshitar along with similar songs by other composers.
Songs are provided in Devanagari and Latin with meaning in English. Notations are also included.
Bhagawad Gita
Bhagawad Gita is a compilation of all seven hundred Gita shlokas for easy reading and rendering. A book evolving with corrections and additions is written in standardized Devanagari and English with simple translations.
Salient Features:
1. “Gita-As-It-Is” without narration or interpretation of shlokas.
2. Easy transliteration close to Sanskrit pronunciation using ISO-15919 international standard for the romanization of Brahmic scripts.
3. Simple translation of Gita shlokas.
4. Use of today’s standardized Devanagari for the benefit of more readers.
5. Attractive and easy to read fonts and layouts.
6. Interesting facts on Gita in the form of tidbits to bring interest in Gita reading.
7. Printer-friendly PDF with pages organized to print as a booklet, spiral bind or hardbound book on letter size paper.
8. Permitted to interested people and organizations to print, use printed books as a gift or circulate.
9. Collaborative work among friends in Dallas, USA to make it a quality work available in the original form, freely and easily.
10. Readers too can contribute with suggestions on errors, omissions and additions, and help improve this evolving book.
Like any other PDF book on this website, Bhagawad Gita is also an evolving product, constantly revised for errors, omissions and additions and uploaded on this website on every Yugadi.
Upcoming Works
Interested persons can request a pre-publication copy by writing to publish@sangeet-bharati.org.
Kruti Murali – English
Kruti Murali is a compilation of madhyama kala and vilamba kala Carnatic Krutis.
Kruti Murali – Kannada
Kruti Murali – Kannada is a compilation of madhyama kala and vilamba kala Carnatic Krutis in Kannada.
Sangeet Prabhanda Mala
As the name suggests, “Sangeet Prabhanda Mala” is a growing collection of essays from various authors on a variety of subjects on Indian music.
Interested authors can send their essays/articles to publish@sangeet-bharati.org. A new version of this book will be uploaded on this Sangeet Bharati website every Yugadi with a new set of essays.
Sahasranama Stotravali
Sahasranama Stotravali as the name suggests is a collection of popular Sahasra Namavalis. This book will evolve with one sahasranama stotram at a time.
Bulk Printing
For bulk printing within India, contact Sameer Darekar:
Call +91 99600 13113, email sameer.darekar@brightgrace.com
Copyright
Sangeet Bharati’s books and eBooks are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The licensor permits interested people and organizations to copy, print, distribute, and transmit only unaltered copies of Sangeet Bharati’s works.
The pages of Sangeet Bharati eBooks are designed to print on letter-size (8.5″x11″) paper and two-sided printing. You can either print it at home and secure it in a binder or professionally print it as a booklet, perfect bind book, spiral-bind book, etc. For the best reading experience, Sangeet Bharati advises using printed PDFs with all pages printed.
Disclaimer
Indian music systems and their practices are very robust, versatile, and powerful. Students should learn from their Gurus and strictly follow the sampradaaya. Learning aid from the Sangeet Bharati is one of the many ways of learning and teaching Indian classical music and dance.