The 'Essentials of Musicology in South Indian Music' is a ten-chaptered comprehensive volume in English covering a very wide gamut of musicology dealing with the fundamentals of South Indian Music, Raga Systems, evolution of the Sruti and Tonal Systems, Gamakas, Musical compositions, Talas and the aspects of Manodharma and Kalpita Sangita. The topics are dealt with in a manner so as to emphasize their practical aspects and address some of the inconsistencies and ...