Varisas
The great composer Purandara Dasa hailed as Father of Carnatic music, created a set of fundamental exercises which are followed today. These are of five types:
1. Sarali Varisas - Fundamental exercises
2. Madhya sthayi Varisas - Middle octave sequences
Mandra sthayi Varisas - Lower octave sequences
Tara sthayi Varisas - Upper octave seqences
3. Janta Varisas - Sequences in which rendering a note twice
4. Dhatu Varisas - zig-zag sequences
5. Alankaras - Multi-tala sequences
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