BM Institute of Indian & Western Music was founded in the year 2002. The Institute aims at providing professional keyboard lessons online for students in India and abroad.
Carnatic keyboard lessons and Western piano lessons are available for students from the age of 6 years. There is no upper age limit.
Our experienced teachers provide their best guidance to the students and nurture their creativity in music.
Bh.Murali
Our Faculty Team
Balakrishnan B
Keyboard - Carnatic / Western
With a commendable knowledge of carnatic and western music and around 10-15 years of teaching experience, Balakrishnan is passionate on teaching keyboard to kids, and preparing them for Trinity Grade exams, & Carnatic Grade exams. He is very flexible in class scheduling. Under his guidance, many students have passed Trinity Grade exams with distingtion.
Bh Murali
Keyboard - Carnatic
A versatile musician and music educator, having done more than 1000 concerts, with a teaching experience of around 25 years. Bh.Murali is passionate in imparting perfect musical knowledge in kids, and designing hobby lessons to elders. Some of his students are in the level of performing concerts, and a few others are in the composing field.
Nagaraj R
Keyboard - Western, Guitar/ Ukulele
Having an in-depth knowledge in Western Classical Theory/Piano/Electronic Keyboard and Guitar, with an experience of around 15-20 years of teaching, Nagaraj is very passionate in coaching students for Western grade exams, and improvising their playing skills on the instrument chosen with a strong foundation on the underlying Music Theory and Compositions..
1. One-on-One classes personal coaching (live classes, not pre-recorded).
2. Simplified song notes to learn & play.
3. Innovative short-cut methods of approaching music.
4. Video support during classes.
5. Audio recording will be sent for practice, as applicable.
6. Lessons will be begun from the level of students at the time of joining classes.
7. For fresh students, lessons will start from the basics.
8. Age limit : 6 to any age
9. Customized lessons to suit the students' requirement & taste.
10. Songs as per students' choice, at the appropriate levels.
11. Classes missed with prior information will be compensated.
12. All materials/notation sheets for our courses will be provided by us in PDF format. Students have to simply print them out then and there, and file them neatly. For Grade exams, it is better to buy the books available online. We will give the complete guidance.
We also teach a few SIMPLE MIDI EDITING/ SEQUENCING' softwares in addition to the regular lessons, which will help students to understand music digitally, and this provides them an opportunity to compose their own small bits of music for jamming sessions or school projects.
OUR VISION : To help students around the globe and make them read music, write music, play music, understand music and last but not the least, create music.
At present, we are mentoring students from the USA / Canada / UK / Germany / France / Africa / Australia / Jamaica / Saudi Arabia / UAE/ Singapore / New Zealand / Ireland / Norway / and many other countries.
1. A laptop or PC with a good configuration
2. A high speed internet connection (preferably fibernet)
3. A 61 keys or 76 keys or 88 keys keyboard/ piano
4. A printer to print the pdf files (preferred)
5. Minimum 1-2 hours per week to attend the lessons
6. Minimum 30-45 minutes per day for practice
7. A smart phone/ iphone/ tablet to use music related apps
Step 1 : Check our courses, fee structure etc. and choose your course and faculty.
Step 2 : Chat with your desired faculty on WhatsApp and fix up the schedule for a free demo/discussion session.
Step 3 : Remit fees for the first month, begin your musical journey.