String Compositions of Twentieth Century

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About the Book It is only in Indian culture that musical instruments are ascribed to Gods and Goddesses. Lord Shiva is the King of Dancers, and called Natraja. Lord Krishna is a great Flutist, Goddess Saraswati is a great Veena Player. In this way almost every God and Goddess is associated with some instrument. Indian music has got vast background and cultural heritage. In present time the music education system has completly changed. The glory of Indian Music has spred all over the world This book mainly deals with the compositions (Gat or Bandish) for stringed instruments like Sitar, Sarod, Santur, Vichitra, Veena etc. I have tried to give a good collection of compositions (Gat) of different Ragas and Talas in English, so that the students can understand casily. The students who are not able to read Hindi will especially be benefitted from this book. I have given the introduction of Ragas, their Aroh Avaroh, slow and fast composition (Gat) in Teental and other Talas and few Tanas. I have given example of Jhala, which any player can play after playing slow and fast composition in any Rag. So, I have tried to complete a Rag in a Simple way. Though it is very difficult to learn Indian classical music from book, but one can learn the basic structure of a Rag and the form of composition from book. Six years ago a book of compositions of different Ragas and Talas was published in Hindi Named " "Rag Rupanjali" All compositions were composed by my Guruji Late Prof. Lal Mani. I have tried my level best to present the Ragas and their compositions in such way. So that a beiginner as well as learners who know the basic of sitar, both are benefitted. There are six chapters in this book First to fourth chapter is related to running In Fifth chapter there are Sixteen compositions from one beat to sixteen beat in different Ragas. Constructed in Teenlal. In six chapter there are total one hundred and five Ragas. Every Rag has two to four compositions. Some Ragas have two fast composition and tanas, some have two slow and two fast composition, one is other than Teenital e. g. Ektal, Jhaptal, Rupak, Adachartal etc.

Since music was introduced as a subject in many colleges and universities. These are a lot of books in Hindi available in the market on theory and practical both, especially for vocal music. For Instrumental music also, there are books related to historical and theoritical aspect of music available in the market. But there are very few books which highlight the practical aspect of instrumental music, especially in English.

Now a days, a lot of foreign students are learning Indian classical music, especially sitar. But there is no good book about compositions available for them in the market. So, I have decided to write a book in English which will help the foreign students. By the grace of God and the blessings from my Guru Late Prof. Lal Mani Misra, I have successfully completed this book. I hope I will be rewarded for my hard work.

Preface Since my childhood I have always been very fond of music. It was my first choice (preference), when I was in school, I selected sitar as one of my subject since class ninth.

Indian music is mainly based on Rag or melody system. Rag is the fundamental element of Indian music, which is made up of a scale, a mode, shruti, swar, Gamak, grace notes and the embellishments of music. Throughout the ages the education of this Rag system was imparted through indigo enous way called "Guru shishya Parampara" or "Gharanasystem". After in dependence the introduction of music started at schools, colleges and uni versities.

Since music was introduced as a subject, many books came in the mar ket. There are a lot of Hindi books available in the market on theory and practical both especially for vocal music and Tabla. For instrumental (stringed) music also, books related to historical and theoritical aspect are available, but very few books which highlight the practical aspect of stringed instrument especially in English.

Nowadays many foreign students are learning sitar. But there is no good book on compostions (Gat) available for them in the market. So, I decided to write a book in English which will especially help the foreign students. By the grace of God and the blessings from my Guru Late Prof. Lal Mani Mishra, I have successfully completed this book. I hope, I will be re warded for my hard work. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the people whose assistance has contributed in a most important way to this book. My heartiest blessings to my three daughters, Mrs Anuradha Dey, Mrs Ranjana Dhar and Mrs Jaya Basu.

They have contributed their precious time and given me constant moral support. My disciples Shri Anand kumar Mishra, Miss Pratibha Singh and Shri Vijay Kumar Jaiswal have helped me a lot. I particularly appreciate their dedication to this book.

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