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Shallu Varun

About Shallu Varun

Shallu Varun is a musician hailing from Chennai who specialises in playing Keyboard, Classical Guitar, and Bass guitar. His tryst with music began at a very tender age of 7 by learning Classical piano from his father Trumpet Babu, a veteran cine musician. After a few years of learning the piano, he decided to follow in his fathers footsteps as he started learning classical guitar. He earned his name and fame by winning almost all competitions with his band which paved the way for his international debut at the London Olympics 2012 where he represented India on a Global stage. Shallu has pursued his passion of being a full-time musician having performed more than 1000 national and international concerts across the globe. He has also been a part of esteemed national television channels like Vijay TV, Sun TV, and Kalaignar TV to name a few. He tours the globe as he associates himself with many bands like Staccato, Pulse the band, Poorva the band, and many such prominent artists around the world.

Awards & Highlights

He has professionally learnt Piano and guitar under veteran cine musicians Performed at international platforms like London Olympics 2012 and and multiple national television channels Has performed over 1000 concerts around the world with bands like Staccato, Pulse and Poorva the band to name a few

Courses handled

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Beginner Carnatic Guitar
In this course, students will be exposed to the fundamentals of Carnatic music and Guitar fingering techniques. On the completion of this course, students will be ready to play simple carnatic songs (Krithis) on the guitar. This course would give the students a great head start on the techniques of playing the Indian Carnatic Music on a modern western instrument thereby making the course unique..
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Intermediate Carnatic Guitar
This course is focussed on improving the fingering techniques and the Carnatic music depth of the student. This is achieved by teaching the students Aadhi thala and Ata thala varnams in different speeds and Intermediate level Krithis. On completion of this course, the students will be able tohandle the instrument with a higher level of confidence and will be ready to play intermediate level Krithis (Carnatic songs) on the guitar. .
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Advanced Carnatic Guitar
This course provides in depth Carnatic Guitar training that includes playing complex varnams in different speeds, advanced level krithis (including 1 Pancharathna Krithi) and techniques to achieve dexterity over guitar. This course also focuses on Kalpana swara training and Raaga Aalapana training. On completion of this course, students will be able to handle the Guitar with great ease and will be ready to play complex Carnatic music krithis with simple kalpana swaras and raga aalapanas..
136 slots left
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Beginner Film Guitar
This course is for students looking for quicker approach to Guitar learning. This course is a mix of Western classical and Carnatic training on Guitar where students will learn the basics of both these genres including the major and minor scales, chords, varisaigal, geethams. On the completion of this course, students would be ready to play Jingles, simple Indian film themes and simple background scores. In the intermediate and advanced levels of this course, students will be trained to play classic Indian film music compositions on the Guitar. .
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Intermediate Film Guitar
This course is an intermediate level training in the key concepts Western and Carnatic music, thereby getting the students ready to play Indian film songs. This course also involves Thala/Tempo training, training in important Raags and Scales and training selected film songs. On completion of this course, students will be ready simple to intermediate level film songs on the Guitar..
136 slots left
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Advanced Film Guitar
This course provides training in advanced instrument handling techniques that includes Gamaka/Sliding, Aesthetics training and Song Presentation methods. In this course, students will also learn 5 Indian film classics selected by the Guru and 5 songs of the student's choice. By the end of this course and a few years of dedicated practise, the students will be ready to play any film song with ease as the students are trained in the basics of both Western and Indian forms of music. .
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Super-Advanced Carnatic Guitar
This course focuses on transforming a student into a complete Carnatic musician by training the student in various aspects of mano dharma. This course provides rigorous training on the nuances of Carnatic music like elaborated raga alapanas, Swara kalpana and neraval training. This course also provides concert training and raagam thanam pallavi training. On completion of this course, the student will be a complete Carnatic Guitarist, well equipped to perform full time music concerts and achieve his/her musical ambitions..
120 slots left
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Beginner Western Guitar
The Western Guitar course is aimed at creating a versatile performer. The objective of these courses is to learn different genres and styles of music like Rock, Blues, Funk, etc., on the guitar that enables a musician to use these skills both in sessions playing or on the stage. An understanding of these styles not only helps students in pursuing independent music but also makes a student a complete guitarist. The course can take in students at very basic levels and then progress them to more advance concepts and techniques over five distinct levels of learning..
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Beginner Classical Piano
This course is equivalent to Grade 1 – Grade 3 of the Trinity syllabus. In this course, students will be trained in Legato and MF in the following scales C Major, A harmonic Minor, Pentatonic major C and chromatic D and also the exercises and pieces in each of these scales. The course also provides sound at sight training in basic time signatures upto tempo 60, theory and trinity exam training to students. This course will provide a great head start to the western classical music system and the theory involved. On completion, students will be able to play all the major & minor scales that were taught in this course and also be ready to take up Grade 1 - Grade 3 certificate exams from Trinity..
208 slots left
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Intermediate Classical Piano
This course is equivalent to Grade 4 – Grade 5 of the Trinity syllabus. In this course, students will be learning Legato, staccato and MF in the following scales: F# Major, G# harmonic Minor, Pentatonic major E, B and chromatic G and also the exercises and pieces in each of these scales. The course also provides sound at sight training in advanced time signatures upto tempo 110, intermediate level theory and trinity exam training to students. On completion of this course, the students will have a clear knowledge about the western classical music system, the intermediate level theory and will be able to play the major & minor scales that were taught in this course with improved confidence. Students will also be ready to take up Grade 4 - Grade 5 certificate exams Trinity Certificate exams..
208 slots left
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Advanced Classical Piano
This course is equivalent to Grade 6 – Grade 8 of the Trinity syllabus. In this course, students will be learning Legato, staccato, MF, Straight and Swung in the following scales: E Major, C# harmonic Minor, Pentatonic major A, D and chromatic C and also the exercises and pieces in each of these scales. The course also provides Aural and Improvisation Training, Chords Training, Sound at sight training in advanced time signatures upto tempo 140 and advanced level theory and trinity exam training to students. On completion of this course, the students will have a clear knowledge about the western classical music system, the advanced level theory and will be able to play all the major and minor scales with ease. They will also be ready to take up Grade 6 - Grade 8 of the Trinity Certificate exams..
208 slots left
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