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The Scales of Indian Music: A Cognitive Approach to Thât/Melakartâ
Foreword by Pandit Ravi Shankar
 CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. EXORDIUM...
1.2. HISTORICAL GLIMPSE :
i-The Dual System
ii-Pivots of the Scale
iii-Sliding Degrees
iv-The Ten Thâts
v-Mélakartâ /Thât : Some elements
vi-Formation of the Mélakartâs
vii-The Classic Chart
viii-Sterile Mélakartâs
ix-Modes, genitore
x-Principal râgas
xi-Search for New Scales
xii-Râga : Characteristics
xiii-From Modes genitore to Râgas
2. THE TRADITIONAL CORPUS
3. THE MODIFIED DISTRIBUTION OF THE MELAKARTAS
3.1. PREAMBLE
3.1.1. Presentation
3.1.2. Preliminary Remarks
3.2. MELA-DALANA
3.3. MODES WITH A PERFECT FOURTH (F)
3.3.1. Cycle I : Common Denominators : C Db D F G
3.3.2. Cycle II : DC : C Db Eb F G
3.3.3. Cycle III : DC : C Db Mi F G
3.3.4.Cycle IV : DC : C D Eb F G
3.3.5. Cycle V : DC : C D E F G
3.3.6. Cycle VI : DC : C Eb E F G
3.4. MODES CHARACTERISED BY AN AUGMENTED FOURTH (F#)
3.4.1. Cycle VII : Common Denominators : C Db D F#G
3.4.2. Cycle VIII : DC : C Db Eb F# G
3.4.3. Cycle IX (DC : C Db Mi F# G
3.4.4. Cycle X : DC : C D Eb F# G
3.4.5. Cycle XI : DC : C D E F# G
3.4.6. Cycle XII : DC : C Eb E F# G
4. CONCLUSION
4.1. MATTERS MICROTONIC
4.2. MELAKARTAS AS COGNITIVE PROTOTYPES
APPENDICES
1. RÂGAS, PENTAPHONIC AND PENTATONIC
1.1. Pentaphonic or Pentatonic ?
1.2. Pentaphonic Râgas
2. THE DIALECTIC PF MOTIVATION IN INDIAN RAGAS
2.1. Scale Models
2.2. Genesis of Motivations
2.3. Graphic Visualisation
2.4. Conclusion
2.5. Bibliography
Glossary
Bibliography
MUKHERJEE Prithwindra, 2004, The Scales of Indian Music: A Cognitive Approach to Thât/Melakartâ, New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts/Aryan Books International, 438 p. [Foreword by Pandit Ravi Shankar]
Publié en 2004 |
