Indian Music References 1) Shamim Ahmed. 3 Ragas. Monitor, 2009. CD.

This recording includes 3 works each based on a different raga, or scale used Indian classical music. The liner notes include useful information on the traditions, instrumentation, and musical characteristics of Indian classical music. They also provide some information on the performers. 2) Beegle, Amy C. Melodic Rhythms of India. folkways.si.edu. Smithsonian Folkways. nd. Web. 21 Jan, 2012. This is a lesson plan provides information and instructions for teaching basic rhythmic patterns found in Indian tabla drumming. It also introduces jati, the Indian system for vocalizing rhythms. 3) Ruckert, George. Introduction to the Classical Music of North India. St. Louis: East Bay Books, 1991. Print. This book explains the notation of classical Indian music, particularly in the northern part of the country. It includes rhythmic notation and melodic notation. It also includes the vocalizing systems for both rhythms and notes. It also describes the history of the music, prominent musicians, information on the instruments, lyrial content, and song forms. 4) Rowell, Lewis. Music and Musical Thought In Early India. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. Print. This book goes beyond the notation and musical elements of Indian music and describes the role music plays in Indian culture. Rowell describes the religious aspect of music and ritual music, and also musics place in society in general. 5) Williams, Kevin. Indian Music and the Sitar. folkways.si.edu. Smithsonian Folkways. nd. Web. 21 Jan, 2012. This lesson plan contains information and techniques for teaching some of the basic elements of Indian music, a diagram with labeled parts of the sitar, and an arrangement of a short excerpt of Indian music for various band and orchestra instruments. 6) Phillips, Arne. Being Creative With Hindustani Music. folkways.si.edu. Smithsonian Folkways. nd. Web. 21 Jan, 2012. This lesson plan teaches the importance of improvisation, the drone, and the raga in Indian music. It includes several recordings and a warm-up sheet with rhythms and melodies.

7) Ustad K.T. Khan. 42 Lessons For Tabla. Folkways Records, 1973. CD. This cd and liner notes contain an extremely in-depth guide to tabla music, both written and aurally. There is specific technique with pictures and auditory examples of the rhythmic vocalizing system for tabla drumming. 8) Tambura. YouTube. 17 Oct, 2008. < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrlZcgdcMw&feature=relmfu> This video shows a tambura played in a traditional Indian style. It shows the instruments purpose as a drone sound for a melody to be played over. It sounds meditative and mysterious to western ears.