About the Author Monica Shah is a founder and director of Aaradhana Sangeet Academy. She is a renowned classical vocalist of Kirana Gharana. She has obtained her preliminary training from Shri Laljibhai Chauhan of Agra Gharana. She is a prominent disciple of Dr. Smt Pradipta Ganguli With complete dedication and devation Dr. Shah has adopted melodious Gayaki (style) of late Pt. Shri Rasiklalji Andharia, a great maestro of Kirana Gharana. She is taking training under the Guidance of thumari queen Smt. Girijadevi. She has performed more than 1000 Concerts of classical music and Bhajans.

Her father was a Ceramic Industrialist and mother is a Sitarist She has secured gold medals in Ph.D. in music in 2000, in 1987, Sangeet Visharad in 1981.

She was decorated with many Awards like, the most prestigious Award of Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar (Government of Gujarat), Surmani Award, Navdip Pratisthan Award, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur Award, Sangeet Shiromani Award, GCCI Award, etc... She is a regular singer of radio and doordarshan.

She has performed at many famous festivals and places like Saptak Festival (Ahmedabad), Bajju Samaroh, Tanariri festival (Vadnagar), Kumbha Samaroh (Udaipur), Classical Female festival, Kankaria carnival festival (Gujarat), Sankalp festival, Sur singar, Swar Sadhana, Kala Gurjari, (Mumbai), Sangeet Academy. M.S. University (Baroda). S.R.A (Kolkata) gandharva maha vidhyalaya, Flame University (Pune), etc... She performs and also conducts work-shop at U.S.A. and Canada every year.

Her audio CD's of Classical vocal, Jain-stavans, Bhajans, Kirtans are highly appreciated by music-lovers.

Preface Dear students, friends, teachers, artists, writers, mestroes and musicians....

I am very much thankful to all of you for giving warm and wide spread welcome to the book Sangeet Aaradhana - Part-1 and 2.

Someone says: 'This book has become a light pillar or lighthouse in the roaring sea of music.' Someone says: 'It has become very useful to learn classical music systematic and stepwise. Somebody says: 'Having acquired the book Sangeet Aaradhana' all the examination based complex questions are solved.' Someone says like this - 'In my library one book is added in form of a treasure that is giving knowledge of music.' I thank them all who have sent me good wishes through e-mail and blessed me through letters too. I am incomplete without all of you. You are the persons who have appreciated and approved my art and perseverance. That is why I am inspired to publish Sangeet Aaradhana Part-3 with such enthusiasm, zeal and willingness.

I thank you all from my inner core of heart.

In this book complete syllabus of `Madhyama - Pratham' means kriyatmak (practical) and shastra (theory) are covered. Bada Khayal is written in Bhatkhande style' so that the students may find it simple. If the method learnt from the beginning remains the same it becomes easy to comprehend it forever. If the students living very far from me and taking knowledge from internet learn from one method only they find it easy to grasp it easily.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages