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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Important dates

Course Commencement Date

Start Date : 20 Jan, 2025

End Date : 14 Mar, 2025

Certificate Exam Date

Start Date : 23 Jan, 2025

Enrollment Date

End Date : 27 Jan, 2025

Other

End Date : 14 Feb, 2025

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 1000yesAhmedabad University

The Syllabus

  • Hindustani Music - A World of Colour, Romance and History
  • Classical or Shastriya – What’s in a Name!
  • Dhrupad, Khayal and Instrumental Music – A Bird’s-eye View
  • Hindustani Music as Raga Sangeet
  • The Textual Tradition
  • Swara and Shruti: Tone and Microtone
  • Swara and Shruti in the Textual Tradition

  • Tanpura – The King of Overtones
  • Entering the World of Raga – Raga and Swara
  • The World of Raga – 2:  Strong and Weak Notes
  • The World of Raga – 3: Ornament
  • The World of Raga – 4: Paths of a Raga
  • Raga and Time Association

  • Raga Lakshana or Features of Raga
  • Defining Raga
  • Classification of Ragas – the Mela or Thaat System
  • Classification of Ragas – the Raagaanga System
  • Classification of Ragas – the Raga Ragini system

  • Extending the Raga Corpus – Winds from the South
  • Extending the Raga Corpus – Jod Ragas
  • Principles of Time in Hindustani Music – Tala and Laya
  • Some Aspects of Tala and a Few Important Tala-s
  • Tabla as Keeper of Tala in Khayal
  • Khayal-A Compositional Form
  • Some Contemporary Composers of Khayal

  • The Vilambit Khayal
  • Improvisation in Khayal: Elements of Raga Vistaar.
  • The Eight limbs or Ashtaanga of Khayal and the nature of Tabla accompaniment.
  • A Typical Khayal Presentation    
  • Raga Profiles as Captured in Bandish-es – Guest Lecture by Pt Satyasheel Deshpande

  • Gharanas of Hindustani Music – Introduction
  • Gharanas of Hindustani Music – Early Masters
  • Gharanas of Hindustani Music – Twentieth Century masters
  • Gharanas of Hindustani Music – Guest lecture demonstration by Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande.
  • Melodic accompaniment in Khayal
  • The Harmonium as a solo and accompanying instrument-Guest Lecture by Pt. Vyasmurti Katti

  • Dhrupad: style and structure, aalaap, compositional forms, song texts - Guest Lectures by Dr Ritwik Sanyal
  • The Enchanting World of Thumri

  • Instrumental Music – an Introduction
  • The Sarod: A Lecture demonstration by Pt Suresh Vyas
  • The Sitar: A Lecture demonstration by Dr Supriya Shah
  • The Art of Tabla: Guest Lectures by Dr Aneesh Pradhan
  • Bhakthande and Paluskar - The 20th Century Reformers of Hindustani Music.
  • Hindustani Music in a World of Click-baits and a Million Views

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