Tips To familiarize yourself with the world of Carnatic music click on any “pin” on the interactive map for more informationcheck the textbook entries for all the names and musical forms mentioned in the accompanying text boxeszoom in and out on the map by clicking on the + / – control buttonsdisplay more options (click the menu button on the left top of […]
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Melakarta raga application
12 positions are available in the South Indian 72 mela systemto learn more, read the following explanations Tips for viewing: first watch 16 slides appear in their serial order, then stop anywhere; hold any image with the help of the cursor (or finger on touchscreens); and resume by mouse click or right swipe on touchscreens; […]
Open access version (text and audio files): The goddess Māriyammaṉ in music and in sociology of religion
The Goddess Mariyamman in Music and in Sociology of Religion by Pia Srinivasan Buonomo & S. A. Srinivasan >> To download the audio and text files, visit here:https://archive.org/details/mariyamman-in-music >>
Learn to distinguish and remember the 72 melakarta ragas – free course
https://www.carnaticstudent.org/service/free-melakarta-raga-course/ Click the above link to participate – for free! https://www.carnaticstudent.org/melakarta-raga-application/
Search a reservoir of Indian theses: Shodhganga, “a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses – Open access
e.g. search for “Shodhganga Carnatic music”, “Shodhganga veena”, “Shodhganga bamboo flute”, “Shodhganga Indian music education”, “Shodhganga music bani”, “Shodhganga percussion instrument” in the search field below: (function() { var cx = ‘013915946162963447659:xixt7rkiu4o’; var gcse = document.createElement(‘script’); gcse.type = ‘text/javascript’; gcse.async = true; gcse.src = ‘https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=’ + cx; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s); })(); Track […]
Why Carnatic Music Matters More Than Ever
Sruti 35th anniversary issue (October 2018) >> by Ludwig Pesch For this musicologist and author, there are good reasons to believe that Carnatic music matters, perhaps more than ever and almost anywhere in the world. So why not perform and teach it in the service of better education for all, for ecological awareness or in […]
Tip | Online research library: Musicresearchlibrary.net
Merger of websites: The two sites www.musicresearch.in and www.musicresearchlibrary.net have now merged! We have closed www.musicresearch.in and moved its contents to www.musicresearchlibrary.net. In the ‘musicresearchlibrary.net’ site, a menu ‘musicresearch.in‘ has been created which will house some of the earlier contributions of senior scholars. Please like and follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Musicresearchlibraryadmin/ for latest news and updates. […]
Unity in Diversity, Antiquity in Contemporary Practice? South Indian Music Reconsidered
“Unity in Diversity, Antiquity in Contemporary Practice? South Indian Music Reconsidered” by Ludwig Pesch (Amsterdam) in Music – Politics – Identity published by Goettingen University Music always mirrors and acts as a focal point for social paradigms and discourses surrounding political and national identity. The essays in this volume combine contributions on historical and present-day questions […]