Experience the Fluency

Beginner or been playing for sometime:

  • Play music, not notes
  • Learn fluent Indian music on standard tuned guitar
  • Avoid generic exercises, frustration and quitting
Master the REAL skills

while learning what matters to you

My Teacher - a gentle and beautiful way he teaches the instrument . With Ragacourses, the foundation, the speed and focus that I have now is wonderful. Signing to Ragacourses was one of the best decisions and I recommend it wholeheartedly for music learners.
Krishna Mohan
Ellicott City, US

Access ALL courses ($29/mo)

Automatic access to Shyam’s private lessons within the next 5 minutes.

  • The whole bunch: 100s of video lessons, Tabs, pdfs
    • Fundamentals and best practices
    • Indian raga & Film song fluency
    • Rhythm & Chord connectedness
    • Carnatic compositions
    • Sing while Rhythm
    • Recording and Mixing
    • Fingerpicking and Chord melody
    • Finding chords for ragas
    • Ear training…
  • Immediate access Start learning in the next 5 minutes: the login and password is automatically emailed to you

Shyam’s PRIVATE community

Starts at USD39 (= INR)

Learn with a dedicated group

  • Dedicated membership space to post and get corrections
  • Ask anything, group calls directly with Shyam ($39 or = INR) 
  • enrollment opens on 25th for a limited time. 
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(Whatsapp Sreenath) +91 828 1234 828 | Email: shyam@musicianself.com

1-1 classes & Private Corrections

Starts at USD150

Better 1-1 

  • 1-1 calls with Shyam
  • Private recorded video corrections and custom content
  • Access to ragacourses lessons
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(Whatsapp) +91 828 1234 828 | Email: shyam@musicianself.com

My name is Shyam

A German village evening light
  • ex-IITian living in Germany. 1998 BTech (JEE AIR 716)
  • playing Indian style guitar since 11 years of age
  • Teaching, building instruction systems, since 1.5 decades
  • Free videos: Youtube (musicianself, shyammonk)

I used my FOCUS – CHUNK – SKILL method to prepare and pass JEE, from a small town in South Kerala. My students and I use DELIBERATE practice methods to get results while deepening the process. Benefit from my learning and teaching methods.

 

Sreenath | Trained Teacher

Sreenath started playing Indian style and chords by watching Shyam’s youtube channels. Later, he started using the ragacourse material, got instruction from Shyam, submitted video and theory material for examination. After validation, he started teaching students using Shyam’s teaching methods and value concepts.

Mr. Sreenath is my tutor, he is very humble and patient enough to listen to his students view. He understands what a beginner looks for, he scripts the sessions in such way that the interest never goes down. His teaching style is unique, he ask me choose what song I need and he gives the notes as per my understanding. My hearty thanks to Sreenath and Shyam sir for making this wonderful journey.
THIRU
DUBAI

“I am a student of Shyam. I also teach in his method. In my life, I haven’t seen anything like this – goal oriented, without ineffective methods, not limiting information to prolong time spent, total commitment to student progress. Once you start in his method, you see the endless possibilities and you are hooked.” – Sreenath


Avoid these problems:

Beginner

Practice fundamentals and best practices to avoid future bottlenecks.

Indian music interest

Learn optimized methods, avoid generic western theory and exercises.

Playing, actually

Know many notes, but can’t play when you want to? Learn what and how to practice.

Independence

Too dependent on tabs? Can’t play freely? Learn memory and playing techniques.

Rhythm and chords

Troubled by mismatch? Can’t sing and play? Learn to harness the downbeat.

Improvise, freedom

Learn practical theory that will set you free. Instead of mere rote memorization.

Optimized methods for clear outcomes

Learn what matters

Want to play Indian music? Generic western exercises will not get you there. 

What to practice?

Repeating, hoping for improvement? Instead learn the exact steps to progress.

Pro Practice Strategies

Start and sustain your practice using focus, chunking and executive functions. 

Match your skill

Custom lessons: Challenging, not overwhelming. Fluid deliberate play.

Systems approach

Learn long impact, under the hood skills in a short time for sure progress.

Sound like a musician

Not a note player. Develop the producer’s mind to make music you are meant to.

Your Needs & Interests

Beginner Best Practices

You have the right to start learning music playing towards what you like, knowing for sure that you are in the right direction, absorbing the best practices without wrong methods.

Indian Guitar Fluency

Stop hitting notes. Play music. Learn the rules of connected sustained playing. Practice exercises relevant to playing your favorite Indian songs fluent and efficient like it is sung!

Rhythm Chord Ability

Automated rhythm hand. Smooth intelligent transition moves. Underlying mechanics to reduce the time you take to go from 0 to be a consistent rhythm chord player.

Chord Melody & Fingerpicking

Fingerstyle rich playing using song notes and chords at the same time. Better sound when playing alone. 0 to Higher skill level exercises.

Sing while rhythm

Play with family and friends? You play the rhythm while you sing or accompany. How to sync and not go awkwardly out of rhythm? Rhythm hand automation, chord techniques.

Advanced skills

How to find notes and chords on your own? Ear training, improvisation… other musician concerns. Join the family, let us go the path together. Custom solutions – just ask us.

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Path & Practice

  Learning theory, methodology, frameworks, steps we use to systematically and efficiently learn the different skills involved in playing music fluently and connected as we want it. Instead of trying in vain to somehow get the final sound, you understand the sub skills that chunk down the bulk to managable rewarding substeps. Spend your time, energy and money to get the best results as possible:
  • Beginner what to do
  • Indian guitar fluency – raga or film song – how
  • carnatic on guitar – additional
  • rhythm and chord steps
  • the smart chord root & pattern method overview
  • how to find chords steps
  • finding notes on your own – logic
  • learning using songs you like. Why
  • raga improvisation on western instrument – phrasal
  • fast and sure progress