Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Raga Lalit: Tonal geometry and melodic mischief

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Lalit is amongst the older and more popular ragas of the Hindustani system. It  bears a close resemblance to raga Lalitha of the Carnati...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Seasonal raga-s in Hindustani music

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Musicologist, Prof. Ashok Ranade often observed that Hindustani music is deeply engaged with the three major cycles affecting human life –...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

Becoming familiar with the genres

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When exposed to Hindustani music, the novice listener needs to figure out what is going on.   The answer to this query depends on the ge...

Understanding the Raga

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An aspirant to the appreciation of Hindustani music will generally start with two questions in his mind: What is a Raga? And, how do I d...

Appreciating Hindustani music

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The joys of any art grow with the awareness of its governing principles. This is true also of Hindustani music. A Hindustani musicia...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Is Hindustani music your kettle of fish?

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Hindustani music is obviously not music for everyone. Music industry sources have reported that, for several decades, the share of this se...

Hindustani Music and Aesthetics Today

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Sushil Kumar Saxena First Edition 2009 Sangeet Nataka Akademi in association with Hope India Publications Pages: 471. Hard cover:...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Raga performance in the Dhrupad genre

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Dhrupad performances on the contemporary concert platform are either of vocal rendition or of Rudra Veena recitals. The Rudra Veena – a me...

Raga performance in Khayal vocalism

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The overall architecture of Khayal vocalism is similar to that of instrumental music.  It conforms to the modern architecture of Hindustan...

Raga performance on the Sitar and Sarod

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The Sitar and the Sarod evolved concurrently and interactively in the 18th and 19th centuries as major solo instruments in Hindustani musi...