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2.2 Sarali varisai 5 to 9: turning inside the scale
Play sarali varisai 5 to 9, where the line begins to turn back on itself.
From the fifth exercise the line stops being a straight walk and starts doubling back. That is what makes the hand or the voice learn the scale as a place rather than as a sequence.
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Learn sarali varisai 5 and 6 and name the point where each turns.
karnATik — Beginner lessons · TutorialAdd 7, 8 and 9, slowly enough that no turn is fudged.
Play any one of them from memory when asked for it by number.
Notice which turn you get wrong most often, and practise that one alone.
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