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    101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond: A Music Lover's Guide to Hindustani Music
    101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond: A Music Lover's Guide to Hindustani Music
    101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond: A Music Lover's Guide to Hindustani Music
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    101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond: A Music Lover's Guide to Hindustani Music

    By Haresh Bakshi

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    Indian classical music is so enduring that it is exempt from oblivion. It is destined to live in all ages of this world.



    This book on North Indian classical music (also known as Hindustani music) tells you, simply and informally, about the most popular 101 raga-s, and 161 topics commonly mentioned in conversation, articles and books on Hindustani music. It is the best tool to learn about and enjoy this genre of music, which is a significant component of World Music. More details at www.SoundOfIndia.com



    An audio CD containing aroha, avaroha and pakad of each of the 101 raga-s, is available. Please visit http://www.SoundOfIndia.com and click on Products.
    This book is being translated into French, Hindi and Gujarati.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateSep 26, 2006
    ISBN9781412231350
    101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond: A Music Lover's Guide to Hindustani Music
    Author

    Haresh Bakshi

    Trained in vocal tradition of Gwalior gharana, Haresh Bakshi is the founder of the web site www.SoundOfIndia.com Bakshi is a singer, composer and musicologist. With his experience of thirty years, Bakshi has performed several times and contributed many articles on North Indian music. He gives instructions on Indian music on the Internet, in addition to teaching it traditionally, that is, in the guru-shishya-parampara.

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      101 Raga-S for the 21St Century and Beyond - Haresh Bakshi

      101 RAGA-S FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND

      A Music Lover’s Guide to Hindustani music

      BY HARESH BAKSHI

      101 Popular Raga-s and 161 Technical Terms in North

      Indian classical music explained for perceptive listening

      The Audio CD of the raga-s separately available. Visit http://www.SoundOfIndia.com

      and click on Products.

      Or, visit

      http://www.SoundOfIndia.com

      and click on Raagas to listen to each raga—FREE.

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      © Copyright 2005 Haresh Bakshi. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      Back cover shows the following popular Indian instruments [starting at the top right, clockwise]: The harmonium, the Tanpura, the Sitar, and the Tabla (drums).

      Note for Librarians: a cataloguing record for this book that includes Dewey Decimal Classification and US Library of Congress numbers is available from the Library and Archives of Canada. The complete cataloguing record can be obtained from their online database at: www.collectionscanada.ca/amicus/index-e.html

      ISBN 1-4120-4677-7

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      Offices in Canada, USA, Ireland, UK and Spain

      This book was published on-demand in cooperation with Trafford Publishing. On-demand publishing is a unique process and service of making a book available for retail sale to the public taking advantage of on-demand manufacturing and Internet marketing. On-demand publishing includes promotions, retail sales, manufacturing, order fulfilment, accounting and collecting royalties on behalf of the author.

      Book sales for North America and international:

      Trafford Publishing, 6E—2333 Government St.,

      Victoria, BC V8T 4P4 CANADA phone 250 383 6864 (toll-free 1 888 232 4444) fax 250 383 6804; email to orders@trafford.com

      Books sales in Europe:

      Trafford Publishing (UK) Ltd., Enterprise House, Wistaston Road Business Centre, Wistaston Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 7RP UNITED KINGDOM phone 01270 251 396 (local rate 0845 230 9601) facsimile 01270 254 983; orders.uk@trafford.com

      Order online at:

      www.trafford.com/robots/04-2476.html

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      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      THE PLAN

      THE TEENTAAL

      TAAL: THE GENERAL CONCEPT

      THE NOTATION SYSTEM

      BASIC CONCEPTS IN INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

      THE VOICE TRAINING

      ACCOMPANIMENT: THE TANPURA, THE SARANGI, AND THE HARMONIUM

      TECHNICAL TERMS EXPLAINED

      101 POPULAR RAGA-S, WITH BASIC INFORMATION

      THE PRONUNCIATION/ TRANSLITERATION SCHEME

      Dedicated to my Guru-s

      Pandit Ekanath Padgaonkar

      Ustad Gulam Kader Khan

      Pandit Gajananrao Joshi

      Pandit Narendra Shukla

      And to

      All my students all over the world

      [thanks to the Internet]

      Thanks-

      Meera [for the wonderful cover design]

      Rishabh

      Bodh Narine

      I

      INTRODUCTION

      Indian music enjoys pride of place in the genre of music called World Music. The number of people who desire to learn more about Indian classical music is increasing day by day.

      This book is designed for all those who want to learn the basics of Indian classical music. Using this unique product, they can take the first step to learning Hindustani music. This book allows them to learn at their own pace.

      Whether you want to be a listener, student, performer, or teacher, the basic skill requirement is the same: Learning the listening skills. Music is to be imbibed in, not to be understood. Absorb, assimilate, energize, enjoy. Take only a few, small steps at a time.

      The Audio CD of the raga-s separately available. Visit http://www.SoundOfIndia.com

      and click on Products.

      Or, visit

      http://www.SoundOfIndia.com

      and click on Raagas to listen to each raga—FREE.

      So, here you are: You, your own copy of this book-cum-CD, anytime ofthe day or night, anywhere in the world, at your speed—briskly or leisurely. The aim here is to learn, as well as to enjoy while learning.

      The basic concept of enjoy-while-you-learn is reflected in the unusual design and content of each chapter. Each chapter is, in fact, like a musical session. Each chapter presents the basic concepts in simple, informal language.

      Each raga outlined creates an unforgettable aesthetical experience. Though we relish the bliss while listening to the basics of each raga, yet the learning itself remains serious and sincere.

      If you are a newcomer to the field of Indian music, you may call yourself by various names like freshman, neophyte, beginner, entrant, tyro, novice,initiate, starter, trainee the name does not matter; what matters is thatyou will soon become a self-made achiever, capable of enjoying listening to North Indian classical music by yourself, or with your friends and family members, and even much larger audiences.

      Of course, please follow the rules of success. Like some vocal training? Try to train your voice using the set of patterns for DAILY practice. This set of patterns is demonstrated in the accompanying CD.

      You will realize that Indian classical music is a source of immense joy. You will find it delightful. It will soothe your nerves, gladden your heart, cheer up your mind, and nourish your soul.

      Now follows the best part of the offer:

      If you have a question, you can write to me athbakshi@SoundOfIndia.com

      As a part of my answer to your question, if I strictly feel the need to further clarify, I will be happy to initiate a limited chat session with you on the Internet. You will find the details on my web site:

      http://www.SoundOfIndia.com

      Lastly, how is it that this book lists no references? The answer is simple: this book is a simple description of frequently used concepts; it is the simplified presentation of common terms we come across when listening to, talking or reading about, or learning Indian classical music.

      Now, please read on and embark upon the journey to the joy of learning North Indian classical music. All the best,

      Haresh Bakshi

      II

      THE PLAN

      All the raga-s in the optional CD, as well as on http://www.SoundOfin-dia.com, have the key C, as their tonic, or ‘Sa’. On the harmonium/keyboard, this is the first white key in the set of the 12 keys that comprise the octave. This key is variously called the ‘Sa’, ‘white one’, ‘sufed ek’ etc. If you like, you can play on the keyboard the notes of the demonstrated raga and thus memorize the basics of any raga.

      III

      THE TEENTAAL

      The Teentaal. It is the most common taal (rhythm) There are several other taal-s used in classical music Some other frequently used taal-s include Ektaal, Roopak, Jhaptaal, Dipchandi, Jhoomra, Tilwada, as also Keharva and Dadra. There are several well-known as well as rare taal-s. There are variations of Teentaal, variously called addha, punjabi, sitarkhani etc. These taal-s are played on the tabla. The tabla is a set of two drums. The right-hand drum, called daya (pronounced daa.yaa), is tuned in the treble (higher pitch), while the left-hand drum, called baya (pronounced baa.yaa), sounds in the bass (lower pitch).

      Teentaal is represented on paper as under:

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