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

Shyam is an ex-IITian playing guitar since age 11, with teaching expertise in multiple fields.

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

1-1 classes & Private Corrections

Better 1-1 

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

Shyam’s PRIVATE community

Starts at USD39 (= INR)

Learn with a dedicated group

(Whatsapp Sreenath) +91 828 1234 828 | Email: shyam@musicianself.com

  • Dedicated membership space to post and get corrections (Student platform with profiles, not whatsapp group)
  • Ask anything, group calls directly with Shyam ($39 or = INR) 
  • enrollment opens on 25th for a limited time. 
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Async

  • Recorded feedback sessions
  • Corrections and technique suggestions  that match your skill level and goals
  • Musical improvements – connection, sustain, phrasing, finger, play like sung, rhythm
  • Guidance on what to focus on next – like a GPS, connect to your personal music goals

Record

  • I’ll record professional guitar rhythm tracks for youRhythm & Chords Track
  • Get beautiful, rhythm & chord tracks, tailored to your song.
    These will match your chosen:

    • Key
    • Tempo
    • Feel (meditative, upbeat, groovy, devotional, etc.)

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.

 

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