If you're a beginner to Carnatic music, or just would like some typical music to listen to, here's a good start. This collection includes a female and male vocalist, violin, veena, nadaswaram, flute, as well as a variety of compositions: varnam, kritis, alapana, kalpana swara, folk song, and bhajan. It's a sample of the breadth and beauty of Carnatic music.

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• needayara (varnam) - aandOLika - aadi - Sudha Raghunathan (vocal)

• vaataapi - hamsadwani - aadi - Kanyakumari (violin)

• bhuvanEshwariyaa - mOhana kalyaaNi - aadi - Maharajapuram Santhanam (vocal)

• ranjanamaala - raagamaalika - aadi - Chitti Babu (veena)

• aalaapana - hindOLam - Namagiripettai Krishnan (naadaswaram)

• evarimaaTa - kaambhOji - aadi - N. Ramani (flute)

• folk song - flute

• bhajan - sindu bhairavi - flute