Student Resources: Buying Books and Instruments
Come join our illustrious faculty to continue teaching and nurturing the next generation of Classical Indian musicians.
Please know that The Raaga School is NOT Affiliated with any of these companies or manufacturers, and the school DOES NOT receive any commissions on sales. We provide these contacts because a lot of our Gurus have worked with these manufacturers.
Carnatic Vocal
Books:
Please know that a few teachers use their own notes passed down from their own Gurus. That said, most of our Gurus use these books
- Ganamrutha Bodhini: https://www.amazon.com/Ganamrutha-Bodhini-Sangeetha-Bala-Padam/
- Ganamurtha Varna Mallika: https://www.amazon.com/Ganamrutha-Varna-Malika-Panchapakesa-Iyer/
Shruti Box (this is preferred to an app):
The links may change — but you can search for “Raagini Electronic Tanpura” on Amazon or Google Shopping. They typically cost about $130 – you may find cheaper ones too.
https://www.amazon.com/RAAGINI-DIGITAL-ELECTRONIC-TANPURA-TAMBORA
Carnatic Violin
Violin:
The following is a good violin for Beginners: https://www.amazon.com/Mendini-Antique-Violin-Shoulder-Strings/dp/B002026DR0
Renting a Violin
Music Village in San Jose rents Violins; http://www.musvil.com/
Music Village also has a rent-to-own program
Veena
Veena:
To purchase in India:
Contact is Raju garu. Phone number is +91 9845744693, Indian Veena maker, 4 -6 week delivery, cost around $1100 – $1200 (includes shipping). Please let him know that you are a student of The Raaga School.
Please note that if you buy the Veena in India, you can transport it yourself as your second check-in luggage for no additional cost. Quite a few of our students have done that over the years.
To purchase in S.F Bay Area
The Musicians Mall in Berkeley sells Veenas and Sitars. Tell them that you are a student of The Raaga School to get a 10% discount. https://www.musiciansmallusa.com/
Tabla
To purchase in India:
See picture below of Somnath Kakade saab.
Approximate costs (please check with Kakade saab)
1) professional Tabla Dagga set — $ $350 – 400 USD
2) Tabla case (hard case) — $ 100 USD — the packaging in the picture shown below is included in the cost of the Tabla.
3) Shipping cost to USA — about $200
To purchase in S.F Bay Area
The Musicians Mall in Berkeley sells all kinds of Tablas. Tell them that you are a student of The Raaga School to get a 10% discount. https://www.musiciansmallusa.com/
Sitar
Teacher Will Marsh sells Sitars. Please talk to him in class.
To purchase in S.F Bay Area
The Musicians Mall in Berkeley sells all kinds of Sitars. Tell them that you are a student of The Raaga School to get a 10% discount. https://www.musiciansmallusa.com/
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We believe in continuing the rich Indian cultural and musical tradition by teaching and nurturing the next generation of artists and musicians. And through our teaching methods, we seek to transform our students passion in Carnatic and Hindustani Music into a life long journey of reward and fulfillment. There has never been a better time to embrace music there has never been a school quite like Raaga School to help you achieve your goals.
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