Foreword
Preface
CD Track List

1. Modernity and Tradition
   
   A Culture of Bewildering Variety
   Threads to Follow in This Text
   The Old and New in an Ancient Land
   Indian Music on the Move


2. Affect
   
   Religious Connotations
   Sacred Texts
   Verbal Syllables
   Song Texts
   A Musician's Practice
   The Nine Moods
   Extramusical Effects
   Conclusion


3. Teaching, Learning, and Performing Music
   
   Teaching and Learning Music
   Old Traditions in New PAckages


4. Rhythm and Drumming
   
   Tala
   Theka: The Tal as a Succession of Drum Sounds
   Counting Patterns in Tal
   The Tabla
   Kayda
   Tihai
   Other Drumming Traditions
   Conclusion


5. Song and Performance
   
   Composition and Improvisation
   What is a Raga?
   Raga in Performance
   The On-the-spot Development of the Composition
   Song Texts in the Classical Styles
   Other Song Genres
   Conclusion


6. Instruments, Melodic and Rhythmic
   
   Drone Instruments
   Melody Instruments
   The Sitar and the Sarod
   Other Melody Instruments
   Ensembles
   Conclusion


7. The Old World Joins the New
   
   The Postcolonial Era
   The Effect of the New Democracy on Music
   Electronics: Preserving and Spreading the Traditions
   Some Views from an Old Master

Glossary
Resources
Index