The rags of North Indian music: their structure and evolution / by N. A. Jairazbhoy.

Author/creator Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali author.
Other author Khan, Vilayat, 1928-2004, performer.
Format Book
Edition[1st American edition].
Publication InfoMiddletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [©1971]
Description222 pages illustrations, plates, music 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction to the historical background -- An outline of present-day North Indian classical music -- Basic elements of theory -- That -- The effect of drones -- Evolution of the circle of Thats -- Alternative notes -- Transilient scales -- Symmetry, movement and intonation -- Appendix A. The system of thirty-two Thats -- Appendix B. Description and notation of recorded musical examples.
Abstract This book explores important features of Indian classical modes: the structure of melody, the effect of the drone, ornamentation and intonation, the function of accidentals and the perception of symmetries. These are related to a well-documented survey of the evolutionary processes that hae shaped the rags of today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.
LCCN 77120260
ISBN0819540277

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