The Grammar of Carnatic Music.

The Grammar of Carnatic Music.

This book argues that Carnatic music as it is practiced today can be traced to the musical practices of early/mid eighteenth century. Earlier varieties or 'incarnations' of Indian music elaborately described in many musical treatises are only of historical relevance today as the music desc...

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Main Author: Vijayakrishnan, K. G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Phonology & Phonetics, v. 8.
Subjects:
Carnatic music > Theory.
Music theory > India.
Music and language.
Carnatic music > Theory
Music and language
Music theory
India
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Language and (Carnatic) music; Chapter 3. Issues in modeling the grammar: Language and Carnatic music; Chapter 4. Conversion of pitch values to notes; Chapter 5. Representation of the musical line; Chapter 6. Construing meaning in Carnatic music: Determining grammaticality; Chapter 7. Construing meaning in Carnatic music: Style/stylistic issues; Chapter 8. The lexicon of Carnatic music; Chapter 9. Accounting for variation in Carnatic music; Backmatter.

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