Choosing a first guitar
Comfort and playability matter more than the name on the headstock.
How much should a beginner practise?
Fifteen minutes every day beats two hours on Sunday.
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Notes from Panchami School of Music
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
What happens at our quarterly concert
Every student plays, from the first-month beginner to the senior batch.
Why new students begin on Vijayadashami
The tradition of starting music on the tenth day of Navaratri, and what happens at our school that morning.
The December music season for young students
How Chennai’s Margazhi concerts can help a child’s learning, which ones to attend and how to make it fun.
Carnatic vocal or keyboard: a first course for your child
Age, temperament, home practice and goals: how to decide between our two most popular beginner courses.
What music lessons really cost in the first year
Fees, instruments, books and concert clothes: a realistic first-year budget for each of our four courses.
Is it too late to learn music at 40?
What adult beginners worry about, what is genuinely harder and what is easier when you start later in life.
Inside a beginner Carnatic vocal class
Sarali varisai, the shruti box and the tala on your thigh: what happens in the first months of vocal lessons.
Caring for a violin in Chennai’s heat and humidity
Where to keep it, how to clean it and what to do about loose pegs and strings in a humid coastal city.
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Tell us the instrument and the student’s age. We suggest a batch and a time.