Rāgs Around the Clock: A Handbook for North Indian Classical Music, with Online Recordings in the Khayāl Style

Rāgs Around the Clock is a rich and vibrant compendium for the discovery and study of North Indian classical music. The theory and practice of rāg are explored through two interlinked resources: a handbook of essays and analyses offering technical, historical, cultural and aesthetic perspectives; and two online albums - Rāg samay cakra and Twilight Rāgs from North India - featuring khayāl singer Vijay Rajput and accompanists. Extracts from the albums are also embedded into the text to enhance learning and understanding. Each rāg is accompanied by a description of its chief characteristics and technical features, a notation of the song (bandiś) on which the performance is based, and a transliteration and translation of the song text. Distinctively, Rāg samay cakra also includes spoken renditions of each of the texts, helping non-Hindavi speakers to achieve the correct pronunciation. Sharing insights from both theory and practice, this collection draws on recent scholarship while also showcasing the vocal idiom - the gāyakī - of Vijay Rajput, a disciple of the late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. It offers invaluable reading for students and researchers of Indian classical music, world music and ethnomusicology, and a rich repository for teacher and student practitioners of the khayāl vocal style. The combination of an aural and written exploration of rāg will appeal to anyone drawn to this form of music - whether newcomer, student (śiṣyā) or aficionado (rasika). RANGE!B8:T17 _Hlk156903058 _Int_Ljsp3cgZ _Hlk157153153 Beginning Online Albums: Track List Rāg Samay Cakra Twilight Rāgs from North India Preface and Acknowledgements Biographical Notes Transliteration and Other Textual Conventions Prologue: First Encounters Introduction: Origins, Overview, Contexts 1. CONCEPTS, CONVENTIONS, HISTORY AND CULTURE 1.1 Elements of Indian Classical Music 1.2 Sargam Notation 1.3 Rāg 1.4 Tāl 1.5 Tānpurā Drone, Svar 1.6 Rāg and Time: Samay Cakra 1.7 Khayāl: Stylistic and Performance Conventions 1.8 Khayāl: Ornamentation 1.9 Khayāl: Origins 1.10 V. N. Bhatkhande 1.11 The Guru-Śiṣyā Paramparā 1.12 Riyāz 2. A CYCLE OF RĀGS: RĀG SAMAY CAKRA 2.1 The Album and Its Supporting Materials 2.2 The Song Texts 2.3 Notating the Bandiśes (and Performing Them) 2.4 Terminology Used in the Rāg Specifications 2.5 The Rāgs 3. EXPLORATIONS AND ANALYSES (I): RĀG SAMAY CAKRA 3.1 Introduction 3.2 How Do You Sing an Ālāp? 3.3 How Do You Sing a Choṭā Khayāl? 4. EXPLORATIONS AND ANALYSES (II): TWILIGHT RĀGS FROM NORTH INDIA 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Rāg Bhairav: Texts, Notations and Commentaries 4.3 How Do You Sing a Baṛā Khayāl? Performance Conventions, Aesthetics, Temporality Epilogue: Laya/Pralaya Glossary of Terms Used in Hindustani Classical Music References List of Audio Examples List of Figures Index