TY - BOOK AU - Ruckert,George TI - Music in North India: experiencing music, expressing culture SN - 0195139925 AV - ML338 .R83 2004 U1 - 780/.954 21 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Hindustani music KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98) and index; Modernity and tradition. A culture of bewildering variety ; Threads to follow in this text ; The old and new in an ancient land ; Indian music on the move -- Affect. Religious connotation ; Sacred texts ; Verbal syllables ; 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 ; 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 ; Song texts in classical styles ; Other song genres ; Conclusion -- Instrumentals, melodic and rhythmic. Drone instruments ; Melody instruments ; 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 form an old master UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0614/2003053588-d.html ER -