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Music in North India Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

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ISBN-10: 0195139933

ISBN-13: 9780195139938

Edition: 2003

Authors: George E. Ruckert, Bonnie C. Wade

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Music in North India is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional…    
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Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.39" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
CD Track List
Modernity and Tradition
A Culture of Bewildering Variety
Threads to Follow in this Text
The Devotional Component
Fixed Composition and Improvisation
The Verbal Syllable
Rhythmic Jatis
Syllables for Pitch Names
The Old and New in an Ancient Land
Indian Music on the Move
Affect
Religious Connotations
Sacred Texts
Verbal Syllables
The Vocal Genre of dhrupad
The Vocal Genre of Tarana
Song Texts
A Musician's Practice
The Nine Moods
Extramusical Effects
Conclusion
Teaching, Learning, and Performing Music
Teaching and Learning Music
Old Traditions in New Packages
Rhythm and Drumming
Tala
Theka: The Tal as a Succession of Drum Sounds
Counting Patterns in Tal
The Tabla
Kayda
Tihai
Other Drumming Traditions
Conclusion
Song and Performance
Composition and Improvisation
What is a Raga?
Raga in Performance
The On-the-spot Development of the Composition
Bara khyal
Vistar
Tan
Khyal and Instrumental Styles
Song Texts in Classical Styles
Other Song Genres
Conclusion
Instrumentals, Melodic and Rhythmic
Drone Instruments
Melody Instruments
The Rise of Instrumental Music
The Sitar and the Sarod
The Sitar and the Sarod
Other Melody Instruments
Ensembles
Conclusion
The Old World Joins the New
The Postcolonial Era
The Effect of the New Democracy on Music
Electronics: Preserving and Spreading the Traditions
Some Views from an Old Master
Glossary
Resources
Index
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