by Ludwig Pesch “An easy to use reference book for concert, music class and and home” [about the first edition] – Indian Express, Chennai, 29 August 1986 “A neat compilation … ragas mainly used on concert platforms … highly useful as a reference book for listeners in concerts and to students for use in the …
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By N S Ramachandran (University of Madras, 1938) | Compositions >> Gamaka has been defined by Sarngadeva and others as the ornamentation of a note by shaking it. But evidence from their works can be cited to show that the idea of gamaka is more extensive than the connotation of this definition; it has been …
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Gouri Dange, The Hindu, 11 May 2019 | Read the full article here >> Every kind of music has a protocol for ‘beginners’ or ‘learners’. Students must practise paltay, alankaras, scales, études, tonalisation exercises, depending on the kind of music they pursue. […] However, here’s the rub: for many learners, these ‘early’ ragas get translated …
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<< Swipe >> to reveal/to hide the svara syllables as sung Read like a text: left-to-right, top-to-bottom Concept & images © Ludwig Pesch | Learn more >>Feel free to share in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license >>
<< Swipe >> to reveal/to hide the svara syllables as sung Read like a text: left-to-right, top-to-bottom Concept & images © Ludwig Pesch | Learn more >>Feel free to share in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license >>
