Features, Principles and Technique of Indian Music

This book is very important one on Indian Music and it has been honoured all over the world due to its extraordinary features. It is very interesting for the persons who love the music of our country. The author has made all the chapters very attractive by giving many illustrations and has given a simple method of music so that an ordinary person may understood easily and may take advantage of his experience and intelligence. First of all the author has introduced all the essential characteristics of music and the development of music since early days, which are necessary to know for the readers. The first chapter opens with the description of the conditions under which the songs were collected. The second chapter is also very important as it contains the description of dances and songs of various parts of India. In chapter IV, the account of folk songs and folk instruments is also praiseworthy and such account is nowhere available in any book on Indian Music. Chapter VI shows various kinds of Raag along with some examples. Time and season for particular Raag and their sources have been discussed variably by the author. Chapter VIII is also very attractive as it has comparison of Indian system of music with the European System of music, with special reference of Carnatics system of music. In chapter XII, at the end the author has compared Indian Melody with European Melody and such analysis of both the above said melodies was never given by any writer in the world.