*Registration for Fall Session '22 is now closed*
All new students starting in the KIFA curriculum will please email vijayashriv@ra-veculturalfoundation.org for your placement.
If you are a continuing student, you should have received your next course number with your final report card. Please check your email or use the email above for more details.
All students, new and returning, need to pay the annual registration fees.
The individual course fees are listed below along with the course description. Fees is due at the beginning of the month or you may choose to pay for the entire session of three months together.
Once you register and pay the fees, you will be emailed the calendar and the Zoom link for your classes (if applicable).
All new students starting in the KIFA curriculum will please email vijayashriv@ra-veculturalfoundation.org for your placement.
If you are a continuing student, you should have received your next course number with your final report card. Please check your email or use the email above for more details.
All students, new and returning, need to pay the annual registration fees.
The individual course fees are listed below along with the course description. Fees is due at the beginning of the month or you may choose to pay for the entire session of three months together.
Once you register and pay the fees, you will be emailed the calendar and the Zoom link for your classes (if applicable).
Fall 2022
Instructor: Shivprasad Kotagal
INT 101
*Registration for Fall Session '22 is now closed*
Wednesdays | 5:30pm - 6pm CST (online only)
Teacher: Shivprasad Kotagal
Fees: $180/student/session
- Introduction to Tabla, understanding the application, understanding the components of music - rhythm and melody.
- Introduction to terms - Sangeet, Naad, Taal, Swar, Matra, Bol
- Parts of Tabla, positioning the instrument, posture and placement of hands on the instrument.
- Playing Basic syllables on Tabla - Ta, Ge, Na, Tin, Tu, Tete, Ke, Dha, Dhin
- Introduction to Teental, Dadra and Keherwa Taals.
- Reciting and Playing the above Taals on the Tabla.
- Listen to songs based on Teental, Dadra and Keherwa Taals.
Wednesdays | 5:30pm - 6pm CST (online only)
Teacher: Shivprasad Kotagal
Fees: $180/student/session
Summer 2023
INT 102
- Introduction to Lehra, Reciting and Playing Taals along with Lehra.
- Introduction to syllables - Din, Katha.
- Introduction to the concept of Laya and the three basic Layas.
- Understanding concepts of Taali, Khali, Vibhag and Khand in notation
- Introduction to Hand notation and how to recite Taals using hand notation.
- Introduction to Taal Rupak and Jhaptal, playing with Lehra.
- Introduction to the concept of Single/Double tempo.
- Reciting Taals using Single/Double Tempo using Hand Notation.
- Playing Taals using Single/Double Tempo.
Teacher: Shivprasad Kotagal
Fees: TBA