Pada Varnam Compulsory. Each Varnam should be played or sung in Two Speeds with Rendu Kalala Choukam(Double Talam) 1. Sarasuda – Saveri (Adi Tala) 2. Era Naa Pai – Todi (Adi Tala ) 3. Saami Ninne – Sree (Adi Tala) 4. Chalamela – Darbar (Adi Tala) 5. Chalamela – Natakuranji (Pada Varnam)
1. Evarura – Mohana – Misrachapu – Tyagaraja 2. Mahaganapatim – Nata – Adi – Dikshitar 3. Brochevarevare – Sriranjani – Adi – Tyagaraja 4. Paridana – Bilahari – Khandachapu – Patnam Subramanya Iyer 5. Himadrisute – Kalyani – Rupaka – Syamasastri 6. Gnanamosagarada – Poorvikalyani – Rupaka – Tyagaraja 7. Karunajaladhe – Nadanamakriya – Adi – Tyagaraja (Divyanama kriti) 8. Any Papanasam Sivan or Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi composition
Expected to sing each of the five swarams in first and second speed.1. Kalyani or 2. Mohana
(Testing swara, raga gnanam , moorchanas, questions from level 3 syllabus)
Note: Examiners can test students in any part of the composition